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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can see the max salary of a 10 month teacher is $131k. I’m not sure most teachers are on the PhD scale.

Also, what 3 months don’t teachers work? 😂[/quote]

The max teacher salary is $146k
https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/page_content/attachments/WTU%20FY20-FY23.pdf [/quote]

So most teachers are paid around $80k-ish unless they have at least 15 years experience or a master's degree and then they might earn around $100k?

Factor in the cost of living in the DMV, I would say this amounts to "super well paid"[/quote]

This is not quite accurate. A significant number of teachers in DC work in Title 1 schools, which results in a pay boost. If you work in a Title 1 school and have 10 years experience, you will be making in the 90-100k range. Add in a masters and you can be making 110-120k. This is a very good salary.

Title 1 schools can vary a ton, though. Some are very well run with good culture and others are not. The student body, by definition, has higher needs than at a non-Title 1 school, but this does not automatically mean the experience is worse for teachers. For many teachers, if you can get a job at a Title 1 with good administration, the experience can be better than a non-Title 1 with bad internal culture or an extremely demanding parent community.

One thing I will say is 100% accurate is that ECE teachers in DCPS are "super well paid" compared to almost anywhere else. This is partly because they are required to be very well-educated -- ECE teachers in DC are required to have a masters degree in early childhood education, and overall the quality of ECE teachers in DCPS is exceedingly high. Since they have to have a masters, they often make more than other teachers in an elementary school despite also having smaller class sizes (generally) and often having teacher's aids as well.

This is compared not to other professions (I think teaching is underpaid as a profession generally, even in DC) but compared to teachers in other places. The fact that you can make 120k in DC as a PK or K teacher is actually really impressive. I think it helps the district attract a very high caliber of ECE teacher.[/quote]

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