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Friday, December 9, 2011

Oak Creek Teachers Union Votes To Recertify

Union leader says teachers remain unified.

The Oak Creek teachers union, like most of its counterparts in the Milwaukee area, voted Thursday to recertify and keep its union status. The recertification was necessary as a result of the new collective-bargaining law, which requires unions to recertify every year. The move allows the union to continue its ability to negotiate wages. Teachers and many others in public unions are restricted from bargaining for anything else under the changes passed in Act 10. Terry Grogan, president of the Oak Creek Education Association, said in a news release that "school employee unions had significant doubts about the fairness of the mandated process and the long-term value of remaining certified." But by doing so, "this is one way we are sending a …

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Mark Schaaf

7:11 pm on Monday, December 12, 2011

330 Oak Creek union members voted on it - 321 voting yes, 9 voting no.   more ›

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Teachers May Lose Raises For Master's Degrees

School Board must decide how to spend limited amount of money.

For many teachers, the road to a master's degree is a long and difficult one. And expensive. The bill can run some $20,000. For years, Oak Creek teachers have received a salary increase when they earn a master's, which teachers say helps ease the burden of paying back student loans. But that traditional increase – about $3,000 – is in jeopardy, as the Oak Creek-Franklin School District faces a financial shortfall. In addition to master's degrees, teachers earn raises with each year they work. As it stands now, Oak Creek-Franklin does not have enough money to cover both of those salary increases, Superintendent Sara Burmeister said. Put together, they would cost the district about $704,000, but it has only $380,000 to spend. Administrators …

CowDung

3:29 pm on Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Studies have shown that Master's degrees in teaching don't translate into better schools or better performance by the students. It's probably a good idea to stop giving pay raises and other incentives for teachers to get advanced degrees unless there is a specific need that will be addressed with that degree.   more ›

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