CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: More Money!

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Wednesday, November 7, 2007

More Money!

We've gone through all of our carpentry materials here in the shop and so I approached my supervisor about funds for next semesters' Carpentry 1 classes, I have 2. She said "Oh No, you have to buy all of that material now! We don't have new monies for next semester"! So I'm thinking, "Is there a lot of money left in the supply? Do I have to purchase all of that stuff now and cram it into my shop, (Because I have no outside storage)? Carpentry 1 is an advanced class. We get into building concrete forms, buildings, doors and windows, etc. I'm wondering just how much recycling I am going to have to do because of a lack of funds. All the more reason to raise the money I guess. We'll see what happens!

4 comments:

Kim W said...: I certainley hear you! It makes me sick, but teachers are able to write off of their taxes up to $500 a year (from their itemized taxes) for things we must purchase for our classes from our private funds! Is that a joke or what! They realize our funding is insufficient and give us "incentives" to purchase our own supplies...we do a lot of funding raising in our CTAE at Baldwin. Every Wednesday, we sell Chick Fillet sandwiches and are able to raise about $300 a week in PROFITS...we do what is necessary to provide for the students.; November 7, 2007 at 1:25:00 PM EST
garyb said...: It would be nice if you could get some live work. The automotive shop has made about a thousand dollars so far this year. The customer pays for the material and we ask for a donation for the labor.; November 8, 2007 at 9:48:00 PM EST
Jessie H said...: Talk to Riley, Gary, Trevor and others in the class about raising money through your program. Automotive and Construction programs really lend themselves well to generating funds for supplies, etc.; November 9, 2007 at 7:09:00 PM EST
Shane C. said...: Yeah, what she said! Construction dept can be a money making explosion if you plan it right. I know our construction dept builds a lot of small storage buildings and then sells them for cost plus 15% and they turn thier entire QBE allotment plus 15% into program money. They are sitting on around $15,000 right at the moment.; November 11, 2007 at 3:48:00 PM EST