Free goodie bag at all Costco warehouses. Quality of bags vary depending on the warehouse and availability.
Must show valid teacher/ educator ID or payslip matching member name.
Free Gift for Educators at Costco for Existing Members (Membership Required)
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Previous years have had pens, markers, snacks and just random Costco products.
This time last year got a 600 mL bottle of Costco water, a packet of veggie chips (lunchbox size), a single Kilometrico pen in a brown sticker-labelled Costco paper bag (Epping, VIC) for my efforts of turning up to collect the freebie. I'd neg the deal but as OP says YMMV depending on which warehouse you go to.
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lol, nice and insulting of them.
You don’t think a Kilometrico was worth the trip alone?!
Not if you had to drive 10 Kilometrico's to get there…
And yet STILL teachers say they feel undervalued /s
With inflation it'll be a 250mL bottle of water and lose the pen. Keep the bag though, using their imagination is the best gift of all <3
Were you expecting an 85" OLED, or a few bottles of Grange perhaps?
Or maybe something in between those two extremes? Like a $20 worth of stuff or something rather than $1.50?
Show the selfishness and self entitlement of modern day folk
Absolutely. Imagine not giving good consideration to those people who are in a profession that provides the next generation with those basic skills that society deems important, that usually work beyond their allotted hours because they are burdened with all sorts of things that they didn't really sign up for, that often could get easier and higher paying jobs but love seeing kids thrive.
@MandMs13: Woke skills? Do you mean becoming a decent human being?
25% of the year off? Do you mean all those holidays that many work through?
Teachers average 16 hours (2 days) of overtime per week. Over a 40 week year, that's 80 days. They get 55 days of holidays, so still in a 25 day (5 week) deficit.
You can't just relocate anywhere, anytime…
Can't strike during a new agreement.
The pay rise 'won' in the latest agreement is 1.5% per year, well below inflation.
But, keep on teacher bashing!
@blaast: Woke means becoming a decent human being now? It's basically telling students to be fairies. It's telling people that science is only fact when it suits an agenda. It's weakening future generations and brainwashing the innocent.
Many work through holidays? Not from where I stand. I bet most might put in a day or 2 and claim to have "worked during my holidays" just to take a bit of heat off them and their 13 weeks off in a 52 week year.
@MandMs13: So, you're a conspiracy theorist then!
5G is bad, transphobic, Covid is fake, vaccines cause autism, chemtrails and geoengineering, flat earther, anti climate change, faked moon landing…
If you have kids, I feel sorry for their teacher having a parent like you.
If you don't have kids, please don't.
@afoveht: I'm not saying teachers don't earn their pay, but this describes a lot of professions with regards to usually working far beyond allotted hours and burdened with all sorts of things that they didn't really sign up for.
You're far from alone here
Maybe a few muffins, a voucher, and a jar of something?
From the 22nd to the 28th of January 2024, Costco Australia will be celebrating educators. Visit the warehouse for a special gift* to say thank you for your ongoing service in our communities! *Terms and conditions apply. Contact your warehouse for more info.
Big gestures by the social media marketing teams of Costco Australia. In reality it's a farcical attempt at 'celebrating educators', and an easy ploy to shine up the public facing image of the company.
Ok so I should probably skip the 40-minute driving at the cost of $12 toll for some pen and water
It seems that indoctrination is the new education
What do you mean? What makes you think that?
Good teachers prep in the school holidays. Others don't. Explains the state of our education system…
Explains the state of our education system
Absolutely behind other countries, excluding some private institutions.
But bullying and harassment is on the top of the agenda.Perfect segway after emailing the CEO of education in SA.
Thought people would like to know that teacher recruitment is not linked to skill set in any way. I applied for a local advertised position in my field (Science), but was forced to take a Music / Chinese position. Had no clue what I was doing, couldnt help anyone. School didnt want me, and I didnt want to be there. Mental health is shot. But the CEO (well his associates) wrote me an email explaining the recruitment of teachers is simply "teaching". The actual topic is at the discretion of the Dept. What an embarrassment!
In summary, if your kids come home and say their teacher has no clue what they are doing…they are probably right. Might flick the email to a few news outlets and MPs. DFE needs to be rebuilt from the ground up.
Embrace the challenge, a teacher friend says he always tries to get classes/content he knows nothing about so he can learn new stuff along with the students! He's a bit unconventional to say the least;)
@mauricem: Sounds good on paper…until your in a cat 2 high needs school and if your content isnt on point, they are literally going to tear each other apart. Engaging curriculum is key.
@tunzafun001: Agreed, I've been thrown in the deep end of a Diploma of IT having to teach languages I had no clue about. The best I could do was stay a week ahead of the syllabus and pray none of the students were overly smart. Very stressful times!
Segue
One of my teacher colleagues worked in a school with 240 teachers and the school lost 90 teachers at the end of 2023. Some classes had no permanent teachers for the entire year…
@lunartemis: I took over a tech studies class that had no teacher whatsoever for the first 2 weeks. Then they got me for a couple of weeks…with no formal tech training…That pretty much disgusts me. How can that happen? But it doesnt raise an eyelid with some leaders anymore. "We'll eventually find someone".
As for no permanent teacher for the year, that is probably more the norm now. The Science class I had to leave kept emailing me/ Teams messaging for the next 2 terms for work to do/ help (they got revolving door relievers and a drama teacher). I was basically working 2 jobs at the same time. I really struggled with the guilt of not being able to help, not being present for my own family after hours… but at the same time think of who is really to blaim. Whole department needs a rebuild/ paradigm shift.
Might flick the email to a few news outlets and MPs
I sympathise with your situation, but as a fellow public servant with quite a lot of experience in handling correspondence to the SA education CE and Ministers, please don’t send it to MPs unless you really feel it needs to. You would not believe the administrative nightmare it kicks off, and you’ll just be receiving a response from the Education Minister via the MP that will have been drafted by the people that wrote the original letter you received.
Here, prep means to duplicate the same work tens of thousands of times. A system that thrives on inefficiency
Exactly… unfortunately you get some lazy amongst the good, same with all other professions..
Here we go
Teaching at uni is the best gig — you can get the grad students to do all the unpleasant stuff
I once thought the same way. But then I saw the state of the classroom, parents using the education system to raise kids in addition to educate them. The behavioural issues and the occasional violence teachers experience from children who aren’t taught boundaries nor disciplined at home.
It only takes one or two problematic students to make a teachers life a nightmare for a year.
So having a few weeks off each year is justified IMO, if anything for teacher’s mental health. We want to entice quality people into teaching, and to do that we need to improve the work conditions.
Agree. Not a teacher but I think the money is fine however the conditions seem rubbish. I feel for the teachers out there. A paper bag with a 2 cent pen isn't even a good gesture it's a cheap attempt at good will media.
Unfortunately, its not occasional violence but an everyday occurance for a few years now. Even preps are being either suspended or expelled now.
They need more than 6 weeks off after having to deal with parents and children that mirror your piss poor attitude
If only people seen the shit some parents try and pull. Half the time when the cops have to come it is because some parent is abusing someone, toss up as to whether it is their kid, someone else's kid, a staff member, or another parent; but it happens on the weekly.
Apparently not according to the most triggered and self entitled in this group (plus the 3x 2week holidays they get midyear, while the average worker makes do with 4 weeks all year)
The only triggered person here seems to be you judging by how much whinging you're doing about teachers. I'm sure if you ask Costco nicely enough they'll give you a couple of pens and crackers if you stop crying.
The previous testimonials about the quality of the freebies is giving me Seymour Skinner vibes:
One eraser? I'm used to my government betraying me. I was in 'Nam! I served for—
After all, tomorrow is another school day…
Babysitting kids was a dignified job back in the 90's. They deserve a medal these days.
Yep, what a nightmare
There is a shortage, if you can do better please sign up. No medals still though.
For relevance sake, my comment was concerning the job description not about "doing better".
Still not enough motivation to sign up
Those that can, do; those that can’t, get a free goodie bag at Costco
What’s the job that everyone would rather have? Doesn’t sound like anyone’s happy in any industry
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M&M 🎤
You really want to dress up as a giant dragée?
BUM (Business Unit Manager)
I think we should send all our bums into space. Who knows, it may turn out to be cheaper in the long run
Does this include university staff?
What is considered an "educator"? I have a working with children's card, does that count?
No. You’ll need a state recognised accreditation card from a teaching association or a payslip to prove that you are a school staff member.
Cant see those T&Cs anywhere. Able to provide source?
Spoke to staff in store today, I was allowed a gift by showing a recent payslip from a school and a family member showed their NESA card.
Challenge accepted
I believe last year it was a post-it pad, brown texta and 28g packet of popcorners chips in a brown paper bag
So does this mean we will see a bunch of single women shopping at Costco this week??
Teachers are too busy banging one another to be single.
Does this include Vocational Educators?
For all the people whinging about how easy teachers have it, feel free to go sign up and become a teacher. There's plenty of jobs nationwide, because people are leaving the industry in droves, despite the cushy hours, the high pay and the bulk holidays!
If not, I reckon EAD and shut up would be a good plan.
The really easy money is wfh… so that’s where most of the talent is moving
Is 120K high pay? I thought the new 100k is like 150k or 200k
This is what i received from Epping, VIC.
Nothing amazing but better than nothing at all.
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/171671/110018/20240123…
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Costco Teachers Appreciation Bag! @ Costco Auburn
Pretty decent.
What sort of freebie ?