Subject: RE: Hey all you BT Teachers... Need some advice Wolff27 - 2008-11-11 2:32 PM
Teachers get paid VERY WELL in many states.
When comparing salaries remember that teachers get paid for working at best 10 months of the year. They also get extremely good pension benefits in many states that equal 75-100% of their last years pay once they reach certain criteria. Additionally healthcare costs are typically low.
You have to figure all that delayed compensation into what they make. There are some areas where they not make alot but those are the same areas no one does.
I know that we have a kindergarten teacher in our district making $85,000+ - not a bad deal for working 10 months a year and going to walk away with an annual pension of $64,000 per year and full healthcare.
Any idea what Teachers do over their summers? Continuing education which they are not paid for and many times not reimbursed for yet are required to do. I'm guessing that Kindergarten teacher has an MA. Start looking up what most professionals with MA's get paid. Teachers are underpaid and the general public doesn't realize what it takes to be a teacher. That's part of the problem with students respecting teachers and the educational system. If their parents are complaining about the over paid baby sitters why the hell should the kids listen to them.
I did my under grad in earth science then went back to grad school to be a teacher. I made it through student teaching and am/was certified in PA to teach Secondary Earth and General Science.
I don't want to be too negative. I think it is a great/noble profession. But it wasn't for me. I wish I had spent 6 months in a school prior to spending two years/lots of $ going to grad school before I could do my student teaching. A big reason I decided not to continue was the push for standardized testing. During my student teaching from the beginning of the school year to Christmas we spent 3 entire weeks on testing. Not including preparation. They would spend another 3 weeks the second half of the year. That's a month and a half that we are not teaching and what is the purpose? The tests were poorly written with bad questions.
Can you take a leave of absence from your current work and work as a TA or substitute? Most schools I know of and many states we looked into moving to allow you to do those two things with a BA or BS without any experience in education. Edited by graceful_dave 2008-11-24 9:58 AM
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