Collective Bargaining

The discussions on collective bargaining were enlightening. Being a teacher, I have never heard the flip side to a lot of the discussions we had in this weekend's class. Language and specifics seem to play such an important role; rightly so. I especially liked the idea of Last/Final Best offer. It pushes both sides to get to the real meat of the bargaining agreement. My position was always one of trust that no one would intentionally cheat one side or the other. Naive at best. Hearing about other districts and how they pay or compensate their teachers was also intriguing. I have only ever taught for one school district and have not had the experience of what other CBA's are like. My district also does not have incentives for no using sick days; also a very intriguing idea. As a principal and a part of administration, I think it will be beneficial to have the experience of the teacher side but also understand more about the administrative side.