[etni] Fw: terms of employment

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Date: Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:26:29 +0200
terms of employment
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From: Sharon Tzur - sharontzu5@xxxxxxx
Subject: terms of employment

Nathan is correct that when we are testers, we are employees of MOE. 
However, I'm pretty certain that we are under no contractual obligation to 
test!

Testing is an extra job that we choose to take on VOLUNTARILY. It is true 
that there is a certain "social contract" at work; schools are expected to 
provide a number of testers equivalent to the number of testers that they 
need. We have always cooperated with this in the past. However, we are doing 
this from a sense of good will. We are paid for the one or two days of 
testing we do, but let's face it - we're not doing it for the money (which 
never comes to much). If we didn't feel a moral obligation to take part in 
testing so that there will be enough testers for all the students, then many 
of us would probably prefer not to spend a free day testing.

Furthermore, despite the fact that schools are expected to provide testers, 
this is again a moral obligation - not a legal one. If I were to refuse to 
test this year, MOE would still have to provide the required number of 
testers for my school - and for that matter, for the schools where they 
wanted me to test.

So I don't think there is any problem with ascertaining in advance if 
students will be coming in with projects and refusing to test at a school 
where I would be required to follow the ministry's directive to flunk 
students who do not have projects due to teachers sanctions.

Anyway, I'm drafting a letter in Hebrew to the ministry. It still is not too 
late for them to change the directive.

Yours,
Sharon Tzur


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