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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My husband teaches in FCPS.  He has a Masters degree and 15 years of teaching experience (10 of them at the same FCPS school) - he makes about $65k.  He's strongly considering switching to Arlington for the pay.  It's tough living in this area on that kind of income.  We realized we weren't going to be well-off with his career choice, but this has gotten to be too much.

We have two kids in FCPS schools, so we care about the quality of schools and teachers here.  I hope FCPS finds a long-term fix soon.[/quote]

65K seems on the low end for a teacher with his qualifications/experience in FCPS. How is it that some of his peers are make 30K+ more than him in the same school system.  I am not a teacher, I have just seen 6 figure salaries reported elsewhere.[/quote]

Not the PP, but a teacher with 15 years and a Masters makes in the upper 60s. The degree step does not necessarily match the number of years experience.

The only teachers making $30k more than that have almost 30 years and a MA.  My DH has 23 years with FCPS and makes around $85k. Not a complaint, just a comment.[/quote]

O.k. but that doesn't include all of the earning opportunities that they have during the summer and even taking on additional responsibilities at the school.  They can earn more if they wish to earn more can't they?[/quote]

Of course that is true about summer.  Right now he watches the kids during the summer so we don't have to pay for child care.  Maybe someday though!  I'm not sure what extra jobs they can do during the school year that would earn them more money though (or maybe you meant that as part of the summer opportunities).[/quote]

Don't they get extra for coaching a sport or being year book advisers or leading an after school activity (I'm not talking about a monthly club, I'm talking about something regular).[/quote]

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