RED BROWARD had the chance to ask Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos (R-Merritt Island) about upcoming Senate action on teacher merit pay legislation. Haridopolos also touched upon Broward County School Board corruption.
REDBROWARD
Turning Broward Red Since 2010
I attended a meeting with him today where he spoke about this also. I did not get the chance to have Haridopolos elaborate on the merit pay. A good point was made by Conner L. that they need to consider the subject the teacher is teaching in relation to merit pay. Wouldn’t want a teacher who teaches math and one who teaches drama to be rated the same, due to math being a much tougher subject.
Help me with the math. Lets say that a teacher works with 150 students during a school year. The average for each student that is paid by the state is $7,000. 150 X 7,000 = $1,050,00 per school year. Lets say the average teacher pay is $40,000.00. $40,000/1,050,000 = .03 or 3% What is wrong with this picture?