95K + bonus: 10yrs in DCPS w/Ph.D. While I wasn't a huge fan of Rhee, at least she really boosted our salaries. I started out making around 35K. We definitely work hard for it, but as a PP said, i couldn't imagine doing anything else. And 9 weeks vacation to spend with my own kids is the best! |
Teachers, lots of other jobs out there in OfficeWorld a waitin' for you if you're not happy with what you've got. Just sayin'. |
Did any teacher say they weren't happy? |
$53k, 13 yrs plus college level teaching during grad school, PhD. Work other job to make ends meet so end up working about double the hours during the school year. |
teachers always act poor to hide their benefits, 9 month work year and pensions. |
Are you in a classroom with children all day? I think not. |
Yes, its a good "perk" but remember that it is unpaid and not optional 'leave'. When I was single and teaching, I thoroughly enjoyed my summers off. But now that I have more financial responsibilities, I can't afford to take 3 weeks 'off' anymore (I have a lower paying, but still paying, summer job, at least when I'm not attending a summer training). And other jobs have pretty good 'perks', too, the kind that teachers will never see. My dh has access to a gym (!) and BONUS: he can usually go to the bathroom when he feels the need. Choose your juice, choose your poison. |
PP you quoted. Actually, I've worked in IT for 24 years. Especially in federal contracting, but even before then in private. Each of my 5 employers has started employees at 2 weeks vacation for 1 or 2 years. Then you go up to 3 weeks of vacation until about 5 years, then you got 4 weeks between 5-10 years. My current employer is it 2 weeks for the first year, 3 weeks for 1+ to 10 years and 4 weeks for 10+ years. And this includes all staff for a roughly 500 employee company, so that's IT, admin, corporate management, etc. One of my employers was a big defense industry company (one was over 65K employees) and it was pretty comparable there, too. My father worked for a major engineering corporation (over 15K employees) for 34 years and it was pretty similar there. |
Yeah, and anyone who thinks $50k is fabulous in this area - even working 10 months is nuts. It's a better salary than many earn, but it will be very challenging to acquire the trappings of the middle class (house, car, vacations out of town, savings). And that's with a M Ed!
And lest we forget, these folks work a LOT of hours during those ten months to teach your children something other than how to play the Wii or Xbox. |
teachers, et al: please explain to us who held guns to your heads and forced you to choose your profession and/or is inhibiting you from choosing one which would be a better fit. |
I'm 42 years old and have never had more than 2 weeks off in a row in my life. I've had law jobs that probably had 3-4 weeks of vacation a year, but nobody took that much. 3 weeks off in a row yearly, plus all the other holidays, is worth at least 20K to me annually. |
As the parent of a Montessori child, I'm so sorry to hear this; I would hope that given your experience, you would make $100,000-120,00 |
I haven't read many posts here with teachers complaining about their line of work. Most seem positive about it. What it's mostly been about is non-teachers talking about their lack of vacation time. |
To 23.49. Montessori teacher in first post of thread here! Just wanted to say thank you! |
teachers, i've never met another profession that complained as much as you all do. . .seriously. . . . .
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