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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher pay goes up a step every year and then there is usually an overall COLA as well (just like the feds) unless there is a major budget problem (thats been the case a loto recently unforutnatly)

The problem is as someone posted there aren't enough grades in teaching.  Imagine if you had to stay on the GS-9 schedule for your entire career.

The only seperation is by education level completed and thats only usually +15, masters, and PHD

Teachers don't really attract people for money though and I'm not sure we should try to attract people interested in money either.  The people that do care about money often go for administration positions[/quote]

Yeah, teachers should be willing to earn peanuts because they love their jobs!

Seriously, what other jobs do we say that about?  If you want to attract smart, talented people in any other field, you have to pay them decently.  The idea that teachers should be an exception is so bizarre.  The teachers I know who went into a administration wanted to keep teaching, but they had families to support, and admins earn more.  If they had been paid more as teachers, they would have kept doing that.  [/quote]

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