Several Merchants are
Celebrating Teacher Appreciation Week by
Offering Various Deals and Discounts.
Thanks community member
OptimusPrimeAutobot for sharing this deal
Example Deals:
- EVO Entertainment Cinemas: Free Movies for All Teachers (details)
- Must show valid employee ID. One ticket per ID. At Box Office only. May 3-7
- McAlister's Deli: Nominate your favorite teacher & nurse for a chance to win a FREE catering. Plus, nominees get a free tea (details)
- Art Institute of Chicago: Illinois educators get free admission when they register online (details)
- Kennedy Space Center: Teachers from Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands get a complimentary Educator Study Pass, which grants them free entrance to the Kennedy Space Center's Educator Resource Center (details)
- SeaWorld Orlando: Complimentary SeaWorld Florida Teacher Card to all active and certified K-12 Florida grade school teachers w/ ID.me Verification
- The card provides Florida teachers with unlimited admission to SeaWorld Orlando through August 31, 2021
- Headspace: K-12 teachers and administrators receive free annual subscription to their service
- Michael's: Extra 15% Off Purchase Including Sale Items
- Must show valid educator ID. Some exclusions apply
- Costco: Teachers can get a $30 Costco Shop card when they sign up as new members for a Costco membership online.
- Insomnia Cookies: Free Cookie In-store (no purchase required), or free 6-pack with any $5 purchase (details, ends 5/9)
- Sonic Drive-In: Free Large Slush, Soft Drink, Iced Tea or Limeade with purchase when you order online or in the Sonic App w/ promo code TEACHERS
The Example List above is the
most notable deals being offered but be sure to check out the
forum thread for full comprehensive list and for deal discussion as well. -slickdewmaster
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If I didn't have my disabled veteran money to supplement my income I would not be able to do it. Not sure if these people commenting actually know what teachers make. (I'm in Texas, state makes a difference)
Teacher pay is garbage. I am getting my masters and moving into administration. More money, half the work, gonna be great.
Most teachers choose to spread their paychecks out to be received over the summer, but they are technically only being paid for Sep-June.
Teachers have the option of simply receiving larger paychecks from Sep-June, and *not* getting any checks for July/August. But most choose to have their 10 paychecks divided into 12 paychecks for consistency/simplicity.
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then sit down with the fear mongering.
Furthermore, I don't personally know of any teachers who refer to a student as "that kid", let alone my own child...
But thank you for the anecdotal evidence that all teachers are worthless and pedophiles because of the few in your district.
Bonus: here's a math problem you can work on with your child.
52 weeks - 6 weeks vacation = 46 weeks
46 weeks x 5 days/ week = 230 days
230 days - 10 paid holidays = 220 days
The worker in our example works 10 days per year longer than our average teacher (assuming our average teacher doesn't have to do continuing education on their own time, which, is a poor assumption). Do those 10 unpaid days really warrant the degrading seen here in this post?
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Bonus: here's a math problem you can work on with your child.
52 weeks - 6 weeks vacation = 46 weeks
46 weeks x 5 days/ week = 230 days
230 days - 10 paid holidays = 220 days
The worker in our example works 10 days per year longer than our average teacher (assuming our average teacher doesn't have to do continuing education on their own time, which, is a poor assumption). Do those 10 unpaid days really warrant the degrading seen here in this post?
In addition all public school districts across the country comply with the Federal Family and Medical Leave act.
On average, a salaried worker with 10+ years of experience gets 20 days of paid vacation, including holidays. So using your same metric for the averaged salaried worker, here is how the teachers in MN compare.
https://www.thebalancec
52 weeks - 4 weeks = 48 weeks.
48 weeks x 5 days/week = 240 days.
Excluding the 12 sick days, and only taking into consideration the 4 personal days, teachers in Minnesota are contracted to work 206 days compared with the national average of 240 days. On average, MN teachers work almost 1.5 months less than the example given, assuming both professions use all their personal days.
Speaking from personal experience, I get about 6 weeks of PTO, which includes sick time, personal days, and holidays. Assuming I were to combine sick time for both comparisons, I am contracted to work 52 weeks, and can take 6 of those weeks off with pay. In MN, a teacher is contracted to work 41.2 weeks, and can take 2.4 weeks (12 days) off with pay. 38.8 vs 46 weeks of in-school vs in-office. Compared to my wife (and other family teachers), I spend 18.5% more time in the office. We both put in a lot of extra time at home and at our jobs.
In addition all public school districts across the country comply with the Federal Family and Medical Leave act.
On average, a salaried worker with 10+ years of experience gets 20 days of paid vacation, including holidays. So using your same metric for the averaged salaried worker, here is how the teachers in MN compare.
https://www.thebalancec
52 weeks - 4 weeks = 48 weeks.
48 weeks x 5 days/week = 240 days.
Excluding the 12 sick days, and only taking into consideration the 4 personal days, teachers in Minnesota are contracted to work 206 days compared with the national average of 240 days. On average, MN teachers work almost 1.5 months less than the example given, assuming both professions use all their personal days.
Speaking from personal experience, I get about 6 weeks of PTO, which includes sick time, personal days, and holidays. Assuming I were to combine sick time for both comparisons, I am contracted to work 52 weeks, and can take 6 of those weeks off with pay. In MN, a teacher is contracted to work 41.2 weeks, and can take 2.4 weeks (12 days) off with pay. 38.8 vs 46 weeks of in-school vs in-office. Compared to my wife (and other family teachers), I spend 18.5% more time in the office. We both put in a lot of extra time at home and at our jobs.
As far as the 6 weeks go, I was using the previous poster's example of six weeks. When I was in industry, I had earned 5 weeks paid per year (had I stayed 3 more years it would have maxed at 6 weeks). That was in addition to 12 paid holidays per year. I have no doubt those in industry work hard, believe me, I've been there. I'm not seeking sympathy, I love having my unpaid summers off to work a 2nd job. However, the berating of teachers on this board is insane and unwarranted. Equating them to overpaid babysitters and part-time employees is a little excessive, don't you think?
In addition all public school districts across the country comply with the Federal Family and Medical Leave act.
On average, a salaried worker with 10+ years of experience gets 20 days of paid vacation, including holidays. So using your same metric for the averaged salaried worker, here is how the teachers in MN compare.
https://www.thebalancec
52 weeks - 4 weeks = 48 weeks.
48 weeks x 5 days/week = 240 days.
Excluding the 12 sick days, and only taking into consideration the 4 personal days, teachers in Minnesota are contracted to work 206 days compared with the national average of 240 days. On average, MN teachers work almost 1.5 months less than the example given, assuming both professions use all their personal days.
Speaking from personal experience, I get about 6 weeks of PTO, which includes sick time, personal days, and holidays. Assuming I were to combine sick time for both comparisons, I am contracted to work 52 weeks, and can take 6 of those weeks off with pay. In MN, a teacher is contracted to work 41.2 weeks, and can take 2.4 weeks (12 days) off with pay. 38.8 vs 46 weeks of in-school vs in-office. Compared to my wife (and other family teachers), I spend 18.5% more time in the office. We both put in a lot of extra time at home and at our jobs.
Bonus: here's a math problem you can work on with your child.
52 weeks - 6 weeks vacation = 46 weeks
46 weeks x 5 days/ week = 230 days
230 days - 10 paid holidays = 220 days
The worker in our example works 10 days per year longer than our average teacher (assuming our average teacher doesn't have to do continuing education on their own time, which, is a poor assumption). Do those 10 unpaid days really warrant the degrading seen here in this post?
I was hoping not to derail the deal thread with discussion of teachers, but it seems every time teachers are brought up the whole "summers off" thing comes into play. To that I say this....
Many people are salaried. That means that on the whole, on average you'll probably work around 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year (less true PTO, if you want to water it down like that). Some weeks you work more, some less, but in the end it works out. So what's the difference if you work 50, 40 hr weeks with 2 weeks PTO (e.g. 2000 hrs total not including PTO), or if you worked 40, 50 hour weeks? At the end of the year, it's the same 2000 hours.
Heck I used to have a job in college that (illegally I might add) let me work 5x10 hr days and "save" that 5th day for a week off after every 4. (legally that should have been O/T but I valued the time off more, and they were willing to work with me on it - at the end of the day it was all the same # of hours worked).
Back to teachers.... for simplicity if we assume that they get 2 months of 12/yr off (say, July and August which is more or less the case here), that means that to "make up" for those 2 months off they need to put in 1/5 more hours per week (+20%) for the 10 months - so IOW 48 hrs/week for 10 months is the same as 40 hrs/week for 12 months. So the question is, does the average teacher do that? Probably, especially when you consider that teaching doesn't end when the bell rings, but also involves conferences, grading, dealing with guidance issues (of course this depends on the level), any required training or professional certs, etc.
And what you say regarding sick time is the same as in DW's district - they get 15 days a year which accumulate (no limit), but could be required to provide a Dr note to justify it (although that doesn't typically happen for a day here or there, if you're out more than 2-3 days, they're going to ask, also if you require a longer outage say for surgery, they will ask). There is no cash out, but DW's district does allow teachers to give it to each other (a communal "bank").
That said, DW does not get any vacation days as most people would - meaning no "I want to go on vacation this week here, I need time off" kind of thing.
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