It is a stupid idea.  It would pit teacher against teacher.  Suddenly, friends of the principal would be given a pay raise.  This is an idea implemented in the United States, and we all know how well their education system is doing. 
Stupid, stupid, stupid.

----- Original Message -----
From: Barb Danielsen <barbdanielsen@telu...>
Date: Thursday, January 6, 2011 7:48 am
Subject: Re: Are you for or against merit based pay for teachers
To: BCTF PD Issues <bctf-pd-issues@list...>

> This poll stems to comments made by Kevin Falcons who suggested
> that  
> "If he were premier, Falcons says he would institute a merit-
> based 
> system providing financial incentives for teachers who get the
> most 
> out of  their students."
>
> Being paid a bonus for extra curricular work is one thing, being
> paid 
> based on student achievement is another.
>
>
> b
>
> On 6-Jan-11, at 12:04 AM, Kathy Couch wrote:
>
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I don't know how long this will remain on the Nanaimo Daily
> News 
> > webpage, but there is a poll asking the following question:
> >
> > Are you for or against merit based pay for teachers?
> >
> > So far the results are
> >
> > For 58.27%
> >
> > Against 41.73%
> >
> > Here's the link to the poll.  It's part way down on the
> right hand 
> > side of the page. http://www2.canada.com/nanaimodailynews/index.html
> >
> > Kathy Couch
> > LR07 Nelson
> >
>
>