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Primary School Politics

  • 26-10-2015 10:05AM
    #1
    Yellow Tail
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3 ✭


    It's come to my attention that junior and senior infant teachers are paid less than teachers of the older children in primary school, apparently it takes more school to teach the older children. I wouldn't be so sure about that.

    As well as that, teachers of second class pupils receive a bonus for "guiding the children through their communion year".

    This to me seems unfair, from speaking to a friend of mine who us a teacher, it causes quite a bit of friction between the teachers. Do you think this is reasonable?


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  • #2
    ted1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,495 ✭✭✭✭ted1


    Yellow Tail wrote: »
    It's come to my attention that junior and senior infant teachers are paid less than teachers of the older children in primary school, apparently it takes more school to teach the older children. I wouldn't be so sure about that.

    As well as that, teachers of second class pupils receive a bonus for "guiding the children through their communion year".

    This to me seems unfair, from speaking to a friend of mine who us a teacher, it causes quite a bit of friction between the teachers. Do you think this is reasonable?
    Junior and senior infants have a shorter day. Per hour I'm sure that they are paid the same


  • #3
    Yellow Tail
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3 ✭Yellow Tail


    ted1 wrote: »
    Junior and senior infants have a shorter day. Per hour I'm sure that they are paid the same

    The teacher I was speaking to said the teachers who teach the older children are paid more because it requires more skill. So would have thought they are paid more per hour. Maybe someone can confirm that.


  • #4
    Bulbous Salutation
    Closed Accounts Posts: 882 ✭✭✭Bulbous Salutation


    I remember the ceasefire of 1989. In return for releasing Thomas 'Speccy 4Eyes' Murphy, we were given access to the stash of Frosties held by the thugs from the 'other team'.


  • #5
    chatjunkie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 104 ✭✭chatjunkie


    This is not true. All teachers are on an incremental scale( there are a number of scales in existence but don't get me started on our union!!!!). What class a person teaches is irrelevant. Also, there most certainly is no bonus for Sacramental classes. OP you've been badly misinformed.


  • #6
    Yellow Tail
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3 ✭Yellow Tail


    chatjunkie wrote: »
    This is not true. All teachers are on an incremental scale( there are a number of scales in existence but don't get me started on our union!!!!). What class a person teaches is irrelevant. Also, there most certainly is no bonus for Sacramental classes. OP you've been badly misinformed.

    If that's the case I've been told porkies.


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  • #7
    daingeanrob
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 834 ✭✭✭daingeanrob


    can confirm, my wife teaches junior infants and is on the same scale as other teachers in the school. same qualifications also.


  • #8
    Diamond Doll
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,344 ✭✭✭Diamond Doll


    My mum's a teacher, it's certainly the same salary scale regardless of class. It's a salary rather than an hourly rate, so it makes no difference that infants teachers "officially" work shorter hours, they get paid the same. And the idea of teachers getting paid bonuses for Communion etc is hilarious!


  • #9
    G_R
    Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 5,028 Mod ✭✭✭✭G_R


    You should try the Primary & Pre-School Forum OP, AH isn't the place for this.


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