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Originally Posted by loudi94
On average government contributes 13.46% of a teacher's salary to the plan. Government will contribute $377 million to the fund for the current services incurred. Average of $9500 per teacher.
Finance will also contribute $455 million for the pension liabilities for the pre-1992 services.
The annual budget for education was $7.4 billion in 2014.
"Seems to be putting in time"... is difficult to gauge. I've seen/been overwhelmed, exhausted, fatigued, etc. but sitting behind the scenes for almost 20 years, I haven't seen putting in time.
To be honest with you, feelings of efficacy is a big struggle right now with the best teachers. It has changed so much in practice and the needs of the children in a single class are so diverse, it quickly makes one feel like they don't make a difference. I teach grade 6. I have gone home many times this year feeling useless. There are not enough hours in the day to meet every kid's needs. You get to the point where you feel like you're spinning your wheels. I also have two kids of my own. To say my job has negatively impacted my ability to parent effectively is an understatement.
The only thing keeping the system from completely falling apart are the dedication and hard work by teachers (and assistants who are grossly underpaid), but it will eventually collapse into chaos. There are too many stresses on the system and it will break. I've mused before that one day we will read about a teacher that goes ####oo and does something tragically stupid...then we may see supports in place.
But, everyone has a tough life...I get it.
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I know full well I'm going to get flamed for this, bit here goes. There aren't enough hours in the school day is the problem. I have two kids in elementary and we're looking at six hours a day, and half days every Friday. In that six hours the kids do music, art, physical education, and of course the core subjects. It has to be jam packed! Then you factor in what feels like an endless stream of PD or organizational days. I joke that these kids are never in school actually doing school work. I do feel bad that the teachers can't keep up, but it's not hard to see why.
Then add in that we only get report cards twice a year. Basically parents have just found out what is actually taking place for their kids learning. The next report card is the last day of school, so essentially if things are lacking they have to be fixed immediately. It's a crazy amount of pressure to put on the teachers and students in my opinion. No more nipping it in the bud after the first report card. It's really a poor structure.