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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A teacher with a masters degree and 10 years of experience (in the county) is paid roughly $48/hour for their contract hours. Any hours beyond their 40 hour work week is unpaid.

Last week I worked an additional 15 hours. If I were to recalculated my pay based on the hours worked, I received ~$35/hr.

In this high cost of living area, I couldn't afford to have children and live in this county without my husband's salary.
Why can't teacher median salaries reflect the areas they serve? 
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By additional hours, do you mean the time needed to prepare lessons or grade assignments? That's your job, a responsibility you knew you would have by making a career choice to be a teacher.Part of the trade off for having so many holidays and summers off.

If your job is so terrible, change careers.

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My comment isn’t about my responsibilities. It’s in response to those that believe teachers are overpaid. M[b]y additional hours are due to required meetings, and testing & testing security trainings that need completed before we administer the assessments next week. We also have new expectations from the county this year. I’ve had to meet with with my team to discuss and plan how to address these changes in the classroom. [/b]

FWIW, I’m not paid for our summers off, but you knew that already![/quote]

These are all expected job responsibilities.  Many professionals work overtime when needed to fulfill the duties of the job without extra pay.  That's the differentiation between a salary employee and an hourly employee.[/quote]

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