Bellevue Teachers Victorious for the Teaching Profession

Hey All,
Just a quick note to extend a hand of congratulations to our fellow teachers in Bellevue who look to be getting a 5% raise over three years but even more importantly the right to utilize their professional and creative skills as teachers when it comes to constructing and delivering lessons in the classroom. The idea that the Bellevue School District had to standardize the teaching day was an absolute assault on the profession of teacher. We have to be proud of our fellow teachers in Bellevue who took the risk and the cost of a work stoppage to prevent a movement towards standardization in the classroom which takes away all identity from the teacher and makes him a mindless deliverer of some canned curriculum. We are professionals. We are professionals. We have master's degrees and hours upon hours of continuing education to improve upon our skills. Our degrees and our ce requirements are far more exacting then what is required from most professions in the business world. We are the consummate professionals. Bellevue teachers took a stand for our Profession. We must applaud and thank them for their valour and their victory. We are in their debt. Thank the next Bellevue Teacher that you meet. Go BEA.
SW