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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And fyi the "we're so underpaid" is just false, I am sorry but it is. I don't think teachers are overpaid either. I think the compensation is well in line with those for other jobs requiring similar education (but no, it's not in line with inflated tech salaries - guess what you still have a job and thousands of them don't so joke's on them)[/quote]

I’m a 2nd year teacher making 63k, and I work tons of overtime.

You think that’s paid well? [/quote]

Um... yes! $63k is a great salary for a little over a year of experience and summers off. [/quote]

Are you ten years old? Summers aren’t “off.” We aren’t paid. We have ten month contracts. Try and keep up.[/quote]

Most salaried workers do not have the option to not work during the summer. We work or we lose our jobs.[/quote]

If the unpaid summer is such a benefit to you, please consider switching professions. We need more teachers.

(Apparently those unpaid summers aren’t a big enough perk to keep many of us in the profession, but maybe it’s enough for you.) 
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+1. The bizarre thing about these conversations about teacher pay is that they're always theoretical and divorced from the reality of the fact that we don't have enough teachers. A salary and benefits are "great" if they attract enough people who want the job, not if someone who doesn't want the job thinks they sound great.[/quote]

The fact that MCPS has so many experienced teachers suggests that they are staying because of the pay. The teacher shortage in Montgomery County (currently I see 174 vacant positions) is likely due to poor working conditions. Truly low paying jobs like childcare do not have the majority of staff working there over 15 years.[/quote]

Obviously many people are paying because they are locked in to MCPS because of the pension.  If they suddenly switch careers or move, the value of their pension dramatically drops if they don't reach a certain number of years.  The conversation about teacher retention is completely meaningless if you're not aware of the power of the pension. This would be a different conversation at private schools.  [/quote]

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