The problem is???
Sep. 21st, 2008 10:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundSchool in dilemma over teacher's prostitution work
"The Teachers' Council may be asked to decide whether any action should be taken against an Auckland primary school teacher moonlighting as a prostitute.
The new teacher, a mother in her 30s with two children, has been working as a prostitute to supplement her income.
The newspaper, which did not name the teacher or her school, said a parent told the teacher's principal, who was balancing a possible negative reaction from parents with the woman's right to work in a job which has been legal in New Zealand since 2003.
It has been referred to the school's board of trustees, which will meet in committee to debate whether to ignore the issue, discipline the teacher or ask the Teachers' Council to decide.
The woman reportedly told the principal that her action in her own time was not his concern, and that it was not affecting her ability as a teacher.
Teachers' Council director Peter Lind said the most important factor was whether the teacher's second job was affecting her teaching duties, "and there would have to be actual evidence".
Bear in mind this IS a legal job in New Zealand. As such, the questions are really does it interfere with her work as a teacher? If not, then I fail to see any problems. Except maybe that they should pay teachers more money......
As the particle pointed out, a policewoman who also had a secondary job as a prostitute was investigated because of the concern there was a conflict with those two jobs - and kept her job after the investigation.
"The Teachers' Council may be asked to decide whether any action should be taken against an Auckland primary school teacher moonlighting as a prostitute.
The new teacher, a mother in her 30s with two children, has been working as a prostitute to supplement her income.
The newspaper, which did not name the teacher or her school, said a parent told the teacher's principal, who was balancing a possible negative reaction from parents with the woman's right to work in a job which has been legal in New Zealand since 2003.
It has been referred to the school's board of trustees, which will meet in committee to debate whether to ignore the issue, discipline the teacher or ask the Teachers' Council to decide.
The woman reportedly told the principal that her action in her own time was not his concern, and that it was not affecting her ability as a teacher.
Teachers' Council director Peter Lind said the most important factor was whether the teacher's second job was affecting her teaching duties, "and there would have to be actual evidence".
Bear in mind this IS a legal job in New Zealand. As such, the questions are really does it interfere with her work as a teacher? If not, then I fail to see any problems. Except maybe that they should pay teachers more money......
As the particle pointed out, a policewoman who also had a secondary job as a prostitute was investigated because of the concern there was a conflict with those two jobs - and kept her job after the investigation.
