The Georgia Teachers Organization
The Georgia Teachers Organization (GTO) is an organizational body that desires to make better work
conditions and environments for all educators in the state of Georgia. The
objective of this organization is to bring together all Georgia educators into a sole state organization which can talk out in behalf of the gains that
they should get. Among the issues that they talk out, high salaries is one of the fundamental
concerns. In addition to that, abolition of the state salary step structure by which the veteran teachers are discriminated is one of other
principal concerns where they also emphasize on better retirement gains. Since
the educators have The Georgia Teachers Organization in place, the communication and action execution have been effective among the members.
It is All about Volunteering
The Georgia Teachers Organization states that they do not have "luxury" office apartments and none of their members run for elected
office. The organization is strictly run by the volunteers who wish to do some service behalf
of the educators who are doing an excellent service for the state of Georgia. One of the goals that GTO desires to achieve is that to educate all
Georgia educators about the critical matters that concern their profession and seek the necessary action when it is needed. The Georgia Teachers Organization maintains an email network, so the organization communicate with the members easily. The GTO is inviting the educators in the state of Georgia to join the organization by paying $25 annual fee.
Motivating the Educators
The GTO encourages any legislation that would gain the educator gains and spirit. According to the organization every state that borders Georgia has full retirement gains for educators after 25 years of service without an
early retirement penalty but Georgia does not offer this gain. In addition the Georgia Teachers Organization also comes out for
several other causes such as ending the salary step caps which stops the salary increases of master teachers after 20 years of service and higher salaries for educators who
posses educational qualifications including masters, specialist and doctorate degrees.
The organization also state that the retirement benefit for each year of service should be increased to 3%. As a result 25 years of service would provide
75% (25*3%) salary upon retirement in contrast to the currently provided 60%. Furthermore, GTO maintains that since there are Georgia State employees who get 90% of their salary at retirement, the educators should also
offered the same gain.
Constructing Opportunities
There are many advantages of joining The Georgia Teachers Organization as the organization always keeps the members in the loop
regarding the latest growths in the front and information resources. The contact details of the individuals, parties, and
organizations are given to The Georgia Teachers Organization’s members, so they can directly have a dialog with the parties who are working to improve the standards for Georgian
educators. In addition to that, the educators attached to The Georgia Teachers Organization will get chances to move with the rest of the educators from other states and learn how they accomplished their rights.
