[etni] Re: working in more than 1 school
- From: Bari Nirenberg <bnirenberg@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: graniewitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:16:40 +0300
I'm curious as to whether this is a national problem or a regional problem,
or perhaps more of a problem in the religious sector. I teach at a secular
school in Beer Sheva and although I do know a few teachers who teach in more
than one school, they are definitely in the minority here (both the men and
the women). For most of my 20 years teaching, I've taught more than a full
misra (though generally not as many hours as you teach) and I've always
taught in only one school (and I am a woman, but that's completely
irrelevant).
Maybe we have fewer teachers in the south or maybe the schools are bigger or
maybe religious schools are usually smaller. Whatever it is, I was
completely unaware of this problem.
Bari
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:05, David Graniewitz <graniewitz@xxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> If you had read my original post properly, you would have
> seen that I was expecting to receive a response such as
> yours.
> I know that this is not a "male problem" and that there are
> many women (especially single mothers) in the same
> predicament I merely mentioned that in my experience, it
> affects most men who are teachers. I can't think offhand of
> any male teachers I have come across who were prepared to
> make do with 12 hours a week in one school. That doesn't
> mean to say that there aren't any of course.
>
> What was trying to do was to bring to people's attention a
> problem that is never addressed as we seem to take for
> granted a situation which turns teachers into migrant
> workers, travelling from school to school to make a living.
> we shouldn't be treated this way. That's all. It isn't a
> male-female thing. The problem lies not only with the amount
> we get paid but in the whole organisation of the system.
>
> David Graniewitz
>
>
>
> In response to David's posting I wish to point out that it
> isn't only men teachers who work in more than one school. I
> myself worked in 3 jobs last year. I know many young women
> teachers as well as older women who work in 2 schools as
> well as for non-school programmes teaching English - not
> private lessons. Many of us also take summer vacation
> teaching jobs, not to pass the time I assure you!
> For some of them the problem is that their principals don't
> want to give full time hours to one teacher. While for
> others it's because their school does not have enough hours
> to make them up to a misra. Then of course there are those
> who take more hours in order to earn more because as a
> family they just don't earn enough to make ends meet.
>
> So please don't make it a male-female issue.
>
> Teachers don't get paid enough!
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