Teachers-Do you have this problem?

Whoa...that's a lot of information.

1. Your union needs to handle this.

2. Is there anything about this in your contract? If not, then they can't do it. Often, principals are just making empty threats.

I mean absolutely no disrespect with this, but your punctuation is driving me crazy. It's a personal pet peeve, and I feel that if you're a teacher, you'd like to know. You don't put apostrophes with plural words. You only use apostrophes with contractions (he's=he is) and with possessive nouns (Mark's book). Again, I know it sounds incredibly rude, but I would want someone to correct me if I kept making the mistake.

As for the whole docking thing- I think it takes away from the professionalism of teaching, as do many other things that are thrown at us. If it is a sincere problem in your district, I see no reason why they shouldn't give it a shot. If, however, it's just a way to keep checks on people, it's stupid. Teachers are salaried and are not paid by the hour. As long as they're doing their job in a professional manner, there shouldn't be a reason to dock pay in this way. If they plan to dock pay for coming in late, they should INCREASE pay for teachers who stay late. Fat chance of that happening. I would take it to your union representative. Teacher unions have an ungodly amount of power. You might as well take advantage of it.

I am a teacher in FL. If you are late, you are late. I can't see removing money from a paycheck, because how could you scale that out. However, think about it in terms of another job. If you were a waiter and you were late consistently for your shift, you would be fired. If you are a doctor, and consistently late for appts and surgeries, you would lose patients and money. Our time to be there is 7:19, kids walk in the door at 7:20. If I am not there, people know because my kids are standing outside. If something were to happen to them, who would be responsible? To me it sounds like they have told you to be there at 8:30. Also, count out your daily hours. If that 8:30 is included in your pay then I would think you could be held accountable. But a principal just couldn't do that. I think it would have to go through a lot of hurdles - school board, union, etc.

This is the kind of school district crap that cripples the system. I would get to class on time and prepared and that is all the school and district would get out of me. Micromanaging is the tool of the untalented and of someone who will do anything to anyone to get that big promotion where they can create more havoc. Unions today are so political that they are useless on any human issues. Your union will sell you down the river asap if it was in the best interest of the political stature and power of the union.

Go teach elsewhere! Ambition in teaching is a virus that kills. Teaching is a calling, always has been and always will be. Teachers don't give recognition to the crap you are discussing and neither should you.

I went to a teacher development meeting once and the teacher came late see stormed in put all her stuff down had to figure out where she was at. She lost me at that point if I had to rust to eat to get there on time and she was late, but that was her whole purpose when we are late we tell our kids they are not as important as I say they are actions speak louder than words.

It is a union issue. Until resolved, and bring it up to your union!, make sure you are there on time!