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Reader Poll Replies:
* I feel that cash always talks, but realizing every school
district has a budget, maybe you work on areas of the country with bad
weather and lure the quality teachers from that angle. Benjamin
D. NJ
* $33,000 for beginning
teachers? Where and how do the teachers live if they only have a single
income? More of the gambling revenue in the form of taxes needs to be
levied so the salaries can be increased. Kathleen Cahill
Richardson, TX
* I would tell them that
they can have 5 free days or personal days that they can be replaced
with a sub, in which they have to contact in order to leave. I would
choose this because my child's teacher said that if she weren't a
teacher yet, then she would probably become one in CCSD if she had some
personal days to take off. Rosemary Henderson
Nevada
* Find good housing for
potential new hires. Thats a big help for those who are thinking of
moving to vegas. And it makes sense as your trying to lure new teachers
to your city. Many major citys have too many teachers graduating and not
enough are retiring. Advertise is also a good bet. Write and send a nice
advertisement to some major citys newspapers. Give them them perks of
relocating and the help they will need in doing so. Ralph
Didomonic Hamden, CT
* Help the new teachers with
moving cost and finding housing. Duane Kraxberger Canby,
OR
* The key would be to get
area business to help. Some ways might include: sponsoring moving costs,
helping to pay for a new teacher training program (BTSA in CA), offering
low interest home loans for teachers, priority and lower rent on good
places to live, teacher discounts that you can count on--just show your
school ID. The way to get businesses on board is to educate them that
the teachers and their well-taugt students are their future patrons-this
is not a hand out--it is an investment. Vickie Christensen
Mt View CA
* I would send a
representative to the major cities in other states to advertise the need
for teachers. Detroit just had a career fair and there were several
thousand in attendance. I would also give an incentive bonus - perhaps
$500 to people that recruit teachers to the city. Offer the potential
teachers free transportation to come for an interview.
Jenny Simoni Royal Oak, MI
* The first thing is
to offer more money and more incentives. Better health care plans and
better retirement as well as incentives to stay there after years of
service etc. would help a lot. You could offer great financing packages
for home loans to help relocating. Jerry Pullman,
WA
* Build coalitions to make
the job a better value. You need to go find money for a nationwide
marketing push to the universities and state teachers associations. You
need to match up realtors and mortgage lenders to facilitate moving to
the desert. You need the buy-in of the business community to invest in
bribing... "incentivising"... new teachers to start their careers in Las
Vegas. What ever the union will let you get away with. Find the gray
lines. Push the envelope. Take a... chance. Don Bartley
Portland, OR
* Perhaps offering tuition
reimbursement might help, or maybe a scholarship plan with a period of
obligated service for pre-paid education. David Price
Kenmore, Wa
* Offer incentives for highly
qualified teachers to move to the area. For example, help them find
homes and pay part or all of home mortgage for a specified period of
time. Alda A. Cummings Oakland CA
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