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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How is $50000 for 9-10 months of work not a great salary?  She is not making much less than engineers if you extrapolate for the months she is off. [/quote]

OP here -- this is what I mean.   If it is such a great salary for only 10 months of work, why aren't candidates for teaching lining up around the block looking for jobs?   How can there possibly be a teacher shortage and why are teachers leaving the profession in such large numbers?[/quote]

I think most people don't think it's a great salary. And it's 12 months of work condensed into 10 months. 7:15-5pm plus weekends and evening grading for $50k is not that great when I got $50 9-5 and no weekend or evening work straight out of school without a masters (engineer). 10 years later I'm well over $100k and same hours and I don't have to stand or deal with kids all day or anyone measuring my performance based on someone else. [/quote]

Exactly, it's an extremely under-paying job in terms of what someone could do elsewhere. That's why they can't get qualified teachers honestly. Raise the pay and reduce the nonsense like tying testing to pay and you might actually get people who want to do the job.[/quote]

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