----- Original Message ----- Subject: Re: new English teachers From: Ruthi <rsheffer@xxxxxxxxx> I am in my 29th year, and have an MA and don't make 9,000. I am leaving asap, hopefully in 3 years when I get my sick days and can take early retirement. Ruth Sandra wrote: > Bari-I have been teaching for 12 years and I am not making NEAR 9000 a > month.4 teachers in our staff are probably going to leave at the end of > the > year-guess why. The ministry is running in the wrong direction! Bari wrote: > Although I understand the outrage over people who aren't "really" teachers > being paid more than a beginning teacher, I also think we need to put > things into perspective. > First of all, two articles in two different editions of the same newspaper > seemed to have some trouble with the facts. How do we know how many other > details were inaccurate? > Second, there IS a shortage of English teachers. I haven't heard any > realistic suggestions on how to bring more English teachers into the > system. Those good teachers who left teaching didn't do so because they > wanted a NIS 9000 salary -- assuming this is the gross salary, it's not > that > much more than a lot of teachers already make and it's certainly not > enough > to lure someone away from teaching. ----------------------------------------------- ** Etni homepage - http://www.etni.org or - http://www.etni.org.il ** ** for help - ask@xxxxxxxx ** ** to post to this list - etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** -----------------------------------------------