With many schools requiring an advanced degree for permanent certification, teachers are NOT being paid "too much". An education comparable to an MSEd in many other fields would pay much more.
Former teacher... I hated the politics game and I definitely disliked the administration.
I was a new teacher with most of my MSEd and was getting about 38k a year BEFORE taxes in California, 10 years ago. That worked out to a little over 1,800 after taxes. I stayed after school and put in about 20 hours a week at home to get things where I wanted them.
That's a 50+ hour work week.
I know that schools have it hard and that this school was in trouble, but honestly... they wanted to have the option to accept terms and negotiate. (I still hate unions... for some things. Mine didn't do me ANY good and I'd like 24 months x 70.00 bucks back!)
THIS is one of the reasons that the best and brightest are NOT teaching.
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Date: 2010-02-17 06:53 pm (UTC)Former teacher... I hated the politics game and I definitely disliked the administration.
I was a new teacher with most of my MSEd and was getting about 38k a year BEFORE taxes in California, 10 years ago. That worked out to a little over 1,800 after taxes. I stayed after school and put in about 20 hours a week at home to get things where I wanted them.
That's a 50+ hour work week.
I know that schools have it hard and that this school was in trouble, but honestly... they wanted to have the option to accept terms and negotiate. (I still hate unions... for some things. Mine didn't do me ANY good and I'd like 24 months x 70.00 bucks back!)
THIS is one of the reasons that the best and brightest are NOT teaching.