Sunday, November 9, 2008
Sick Days
I really enjoyed the conversation regarding sick leave today. As Dr. Closen pointed out, it cost his school district an average of $600 a month per person for leaves of absence. Then when a member of the class pointed out that it might be more cost effective to offer bonuses every quarter for perfect attendance I thought that was a good idea. However, I would worry that teachers would be more likely to come to work sick and pass their germs on to students and then the students would end up missing school because of illness. Right now I have the philosophy that if you hire good people, they will make the right decisions regarding whether or not to miss a day of school. It would be interesting to learn and read about district incentive plans regarding leaves of absence.
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I would like an incentive for not calling in sick. I have only called in sick once in the 8 years i have been teaching, I think the staff that is at school with out taking a sick day should get reworded.
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