Nope. I’m a master’s + 30, and I’ve been teaching 15 years. I have yet to make $100K. He’s probably doing extra stuff- coaching, summer school. In DC, she deserves what they pay her. Why else would she work there? |
I also don’t think our compensation is that bad. I started following an Instagram account called Salary Transparent Street where people share their jobs and salaries and many of them make the same or less than teachers. I think many teachers get locked into the idea that everyone makes more money than them and it’s just not true. I think my job is hard but decently compensated. |
I am a speech pathologist but we are paid on the T-Scale just like teachers. I have always seen private clients to supplement my school salary. It's not that I couldn't make ends meet without doing that but I would basically have no savings if I didn't do it. This area is so expensive. I am able to save about $35k per year by working an extra 9 hours a week. Its really worth it to me! |
Thank you for saying this. I have worked in NGOs and in policy fields and new college grads typically make around 50k - not that much more than new teachers, and with no pension, no 8 week breaks in the summer, and with much less stability. All jobs have pros and cons. |
I worked as adjunct faculty at community colleges for the first 20 years. It was frustrating because I knew I wasn’t always able to give the time into creating my lessons due to the second job, but I’m single and had to make ends meet.
I’m a much better teacher now that I can spend more time after hours on preparing. |
I've been teaching nearly 30 years. I finally stopped working a second job around year 20. Some of those years with two jobs though I worked extra so I could save for a house down payment, or other things. I ALWAYS work summers. My first few years teaching I worked for a catholic school making 18K a year (this was in the mid 90's). I tutored 6 hours a week on the side, worked the lunchroom for extra money, and also babysat regularly. And I was in grad school too. |
Same. I'm also M+30, teaching almost 20 years and just broke $90 this year on the scale. |
So you expect teachers to be working on the weekends, just not in a way that would actually increase their income? |
I’m also totally sick of the fact that even though I’m more educated than everyone I know, and even though they all make more than I do, they all tell me all summer long how good I’ve got it. |
Where do you work? I guess my LCPS gig isn’t that bad after all… I only have a bachelors and I’m under a decade of experience so I think next year I will bring like 69 or 70. If I am lucky and get a Jeff contract then add 20% salary increase. With soccer coaching that’s another 30k on top. I was planning on quitting but after reading this I’ll just check boxes and secure my family’s financial well-being. If that means passing a student who cheats or is absent well so it is. Don’t really care anymore about the “future of this nation”. |
This isn’t true unless your brother is making money doing a side job, unless he got his masters when he was 13 years old. |
A Jefferson contract and soccer coaching sound like a great idea. You might as well just move into the building, because you will be living there. Can they get you a cot? It sounds like a lot of overtime just to be able to be financially right |
Different strokes. You can go out into private industry and work 50-60 hours a week for 49-50 weeks per year with no job security, no pension, and expensive benefits like the rest of us! |
Instead of being jealous, why not improve your own situation, or better yet, become a teacher if teaching so cushy in your mind. |
That attitude will not help the teacher shortage. |