[etni] Re: Fwd: Ofek
- From: Michele Ben <mggben@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ETNI <etni@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:16:22 +0300
Since I teach in both the JHS and SHS. I am in both Oz and Ofek. The
school figured out the percentages of hours I need to be there according to
each contract and I rechecked them by visiting the unions' websites and it
was OK. Ofek is definitely a better contract for JHS tachers. Oz gives a
bit more money. According to Oz one needs to be in school for 40 hours a
week. An hour is 60 minutes. According to Ofek one needs to be in school
36 hours a week. An hour is 45 or 50 minutes. In Ofek, you can get paid
overtime for meetings etc - up to 18 hours a semester. In Oz you take off
the extra time from time you're required to stay in school. If you have
decent principals, it all works out. I use all the time in school to work
- check, plan etc. It's annoying because I would rather be at home and
also I still have to take work home. Teachers of other subjects,
especially math, don't seem to have as much checking and planning as we do
so they do a lot of sitting around, but I am always busy with work during
the extra hours I now must stay at school for. Before these contracts, I
often spent more time at school checking etc just so I wouldn't have to lug
home kilos of paper. Now I get paid for work I did anyway. Granted, it's
not at the same rate as teaching hours before, but it's still more money.
As for the "partani", well, we did it anyhow. Don't we all sit with kids
individiually or in small groups? Sometimes more, sometimes less but how
could we do our job properly without it? It's annoying that it's a
requirement. But again, at least we're getting paid for work we did
anyhow. Are the agreements ideal? No. Are they fair? No. Is it better
than before? I think so but who knows. There is so much "fekocked" about
our school system that I just try to enjoy what I can and try very hard not
to get too annoyed about the rest. Usually unsuccessfully.
Michele
On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:19 PM, ETNI list <etni.list@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David and Goldie <rotstein1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Ofek
>
> Recently, someone wrote asking for information about Ofek in
> six-year schools where teachers teach both in the junior high and high
> school. I am also in this situation, as our school will be starting
> Ofek next year. I have 8 hours that I am required to teach in the
> junior high and 9 hours in the high school. From what I understood
> from the email about responses she received, this could be
> complicated and not necessarily advantageous. Id like to hear from
> other teachers about how this works.
>
> Our high school hasnt yet joined Oz. I heard that its possible to
> postpone joining Ofek by writing a special request. Is this
> advisable?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Goldie
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