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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What if teachers in DC are paid well? 
The whole premise of this post is nasty, many jobs get 8 weeks paid vacation. Teachers on average work 10 months in a year, it is never 9. Teachers should be paid well. I find it interesting that principal salary is never discussed but every once in a while you have an odd parent wanting strange attention online.

Presents are never a requirement. Appreciation can be free. I hope I never come across a loser parent like this. [/quote]

I know plenty of feds who take several weeks off in the summer, spring break with their kids, winter break off, random other days during the school year.  They also work from home a few days a week and admittedly don’t work even close to a full day.  I have friends in non profits with similar schedules and vacation time.  [/quote]

Feds only get 6 weeks off per year.  We have to take leave the day after Thanksgiving if we want it off.  Teachers have 2 months in the summer, plus winter and spring breaks and other days.[/quote]

UNPAID. Teachers are paid for 190ish days a year.  Summers aren’t “off”.

Sigh. [/quote]

Okay, well by that logic, we should be adding 20% on to all teachers' salaries to make a fair comparison to working a "full year."

So when you look at it from that perspective, teachers are even better off than the numbers posted in this thread.

P.S. I'm a fed and would gladly give up 20% of my salary to have 2 months off every summer![/quote]

As I wrote above, I work a full year of hours in a condensed 10 months.

There’s an assumption on DCUM that teachers have an 8-3 job. That’s not true. I have a 6-4 and then 8-11pm job, with 8-12 additional hours each weekend.

Look, I’m not complaining. I’m one of the ones who hasn’t quit (yet). But when it comes to pay, I don’t get paid enough.

The fact hordes of teachers are sprinting away from the profession is proof. And PP, I see you say you’d give up pay for our summers. What’s stopping you? We have tons of vacancies. [/quote]

Teachers are not the only ones who work extended hours.  I would guess many professionals on salary also work the equivalent of a full year in 10 months, and then they still keep working the other 2 months of the year on top of that, for their full year's salary.  I don't remember the last time I only worked a 40-hour week.  Why do teachers think they are unique in that regard?

I like my job and worked hard for it, and enjoy what I do.  I have no desire to teach and never have.  But yeah, if I could scale back to 80% in my current job, I would in a heartbeat![/quote]

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