The Georgia Teachers Organization
The Georgia Teachers Organization, mostly known as GTO, is one of the prominent organizations
that focuses on making an improved environment and gains for the educators in the state of Georgia. Since there was no single body for talk out for the educators in the state of Georgia, GTO has its objective to do what is missing behalf of
the educators who are in the state of Georgia. Among the issues that they talk out, higher salaries is one of the primary
concerns. In addition to that, abolition of the state salary step structure by which the veteran teachers are discriminated is one of other
fundamental concerns where they also emphasize on better retirement benefits. Since
the educators have The Georgia Teachers Organization in place, the communication and action implementation have been effective among the members.
It is All about Volunteering
The Georgia Teachers Organization runs under the minimal resources and they do not even have a proper office space to carry out their
functioning. It is run by a group of volunteer members of the organization that work in order to achieve better
benefits for all teachers, faculty and staff members in the state of Georgia. The Georgia
Teachers Organization also attempts to educate the educators on various matters, worries, and rights, so the educators know what they are
entitled and take necessary steps when required. Using an email communication network, the organization will extend and notify their member of all the
applicable issues. 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 promotes any legislation that would increase 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. Other than for the core benefits of the educators, The Georgia Teachers Organization
also functions on many extra spheres for enhancing and improving the benefits of the educators in the
state of Georgia.
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 offered 60%. Furthermore, GTO maintains that since there are Georgia State employees who receive 90% of their salary at retirement, the educators should also
offered the same benefit.
Making Opportunities
When one joins the Georgia Teachers Organization one receives several benefits such as being included in an action list
which advises who to contact when important issues arise and also receiving email notifications about pending lawmaking
concerning the profession. The names, addresses, telephone numbers and email addresses of those who should be
reached to help pass important legislation would be given to the members. In addition to that, the educators attached to The Georgia Teachers Organization will get opportunities to move with the rest of the educators from other states and learn how they accomplished their rights.
