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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think whenever there are talks about teacher pay, it's helpful to have the actual information
https://www.mceanea.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/07/0355.21_MCEA_2021-2022_Contract-3.pdf (located on page 90 here)

Otherwise the narrative becomes "teachers are so underpaid".

OK, maybe they are.  But let's have that discussion when framed with the actual numbers.

A teacher with 10 years experience and a masters (which you have to get) would earn 80,287.

That is not a bad salary for 10 months.

Maybe it should be more, but it is also higher than many people think, and is more than many Montgomery county residents make. [/quote]

Are you an educator? I have friends who are with 10+ years in the county that aren’t making that yet.  You have to pay for your own masters. And if you are lucky, mcps might pay you back some of it. I am paying for my own masters right now. $44K. Mcps said they won’t look at my program to determine if there are classes they would reimburse.  I’m not going to base my future education around the idiots at mcps. There is no set protocol for advancement. We all just scramble around until we finally make something work or someone to finally help us.

I make around 62K. 5 years in. They counted my teachers prep program as a MA equivalent.  FCPS did not. Otherwise I’d be making about 5k less. This is a 2nd career for me. If you come in from another county or another career you start low.  In my 5 years, I have gotten my step maybe once or twice. It’s so confusing. I lost count.  I thought coming in, every year you get the next step. It absolutely does not work that way. I have no idea what I will be making next year.  I barely can afford to live here. So I’m leaving teaching. My masters I decided would be one outside the field of education in a field where I hope to be treated like the professional I am.  (I’m also a parent - partially why I entered the field is because I thought it would be good to be off with my kid - I had more flexibility when I was in an office -kid you not - no pun intended). It’s almost impossible to take a day off. Plus you have to do write lesson plans - it’s a disaster. My first year my son ended up with a pretty serious injury. I remember how panicked I was that I had to write lesson plans for my sub in between tests.  Yes. My admin made me do this.

Those outside the field looking in think it’s silly they acted that way. 
But once you are in, unless you are admin or have been at mcps for years and years, you have to fight for everything. It’s exhausting. For my own mental health and future, I will be so relieved when I can finally walk away from this hellfire of an employer. [/quote]

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