Comments on: Refocusing the Incentive/Bonus Debate http://www.edwize.org/refocusing-the-incentivebonus-debate Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jd2718 http://www.edwize.org/refocusing-the-incentivebonus-debate/comment-page-1#comment-63521 jd2718 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 22:09:37 +0000 http://edwize.org/refocusing-the-incentivebonus-debate#comment-63521 "elected representatives of the UFT Chapter" ... "will have to agree upon the division of the bonus cash" The agreement specifically includes people in UFT titles who are agency fee payers. In other words, it is not a chapter vote, but something broader. I am not certain why we included non-UFTers. Jonathan “elected representatives of the UFT Chapter” … “will have to agree upon the division of the bonus cash”

The agreement specifically includes people in UFT titles who are agency fee payers. In other words, it is not a chapter vote, but something broader.

I am not certain why we included non-UFTers.

Jonathan

]]> By: xkaydet65 http://www.edwize.org/refocusing-the-incentivebonus-debate/comment-page-1#comment-63509 xkaydet65 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:54:58 +0000 http://edwize.org/refocusing-the-incentivebonus-debate#comment-63509 The merit type pay does not mirror baseball playoof money. For one that money represents a singular measurable achievement that cannot be contested and that is absolutely an intrinsical part of the ganme, ie winning the World Series. The awards are not for best team, most improved team, most cooperative team. Inded the history of the series shows that the "best "team does not always win. Our bonuses are linked to a specific set of results that do not measure the best teachiong or most effective sets of accomplishment, ie standardized test results. Finally, if the Sawx win the series, neither their owner, GM, manager, nor coaches will have any say in how the monies are distributed. That will be dicided by the guys who won the last game of the year. If you want to align our situation with that of professional sports the principals should be allowed NO voice in deciding who gets what. Indeed while teachers are the instruments by which the admins achieve their bonuses we have no say in determining which administrator deserves the largest bonus. Our current agreement bears only the most superficial resemblance to the monies divided among championship pro teams. The merit type pay does not mirror baseball playoof money. For one that money represents a singular measurable achievement that cannot be contested and that is absolutely an intrinsical part of the ganme, ie winning the World Series. The awards are not for best team, most improved team, most cooperative team. Inded the history of the series shows that the “best “team does not always win.

Our bonuses are linked to a specific set of results that do not measure the best teachiong or most effective sets of accomplishment, ie standardized test results.

Finally, if the Sawx win the series, neither their owner, GM, manager, nor coaches will have any say in how the monies are distributed. That will be dicided by the guys who won the last game of the year.

If you want to align our situation with that of professional sports the principals should be allowed NO voice in deciding who gets what. Indeed while teachers are the instruments by which the admins achieve their bonuses we have no say in determining which administrator deserves the largest bonus. Our current agreement bears only the most superficial resemblance to the monies divided among championship pro teams.

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