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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are teachers really underpaid?

I know a teacher who teaches special Ed 4th graders.  [b]She is pulling in $133k per year with 18 years in.  Insane benefits and a pension[/b]. The ones who bellyache the most about being underpaid in teaching are the ones who don't have a lot of years in and who work at crappy school districts.

Go read up on the epic debacle of the entire state of Illinois. There are teachers there collecting like $100-200k per year in pension who make more in pension than they made in contributions to the system. They didn't even serve as senior level teaching admin positions. It's completely absurd. [/quote]

Where does this teacher work? Is it somewhere with a high COL? NYC?

My DW and I both teach in Fairfax County elementary schools. This is my 30th year. I have my MA +30 and make $110k. DW makes exactly the same. We think it is fair compensation. Our benefits are not “insane” (I’d like to know the example of “insane”) but our pension is good (mine is a bit better than hers since she was hired by the county after changes were made). Retiree healthcare premiums are at least double what an active teacher pays.

I’d estimate I regularly put in about 50-55 hours per week (working, on task, not down time) but I’ve never put in hours over the summer that weren’t paid. Earlier in my year (up through my 10th year or so), I worked summer school. Since then I really don’t do anything for work between our last contract day in June and our first day in August. Other than paid summer school teaching earlier in our career we’ve never found it necessary to put in hours over the summer.
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