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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We just got our school budget. Our librarian makes $140k. Most teachers make about $130k and they work for 9 months per year and they get a pension.
I am happy for them but people have to stop with pressuring parents to give them gift cards, valentine presents and all the talk about them not being well paid.
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This is not valid in other states. I am just talking about DCPS and probably DC metro and other big cities.

That’s it 🙂[/quote]

Yup. I have 20 years experience and am in a senior role at my large nonprofit and make $126. We have had some lovely, lovely teachers and assistants when my kids were at a title 1 elementary, and I was generous with the gifts. But I no longer go overboard or give gifts to individual teachers in middle and hs. They are professionals![/quote]

A 20 year teacher with a masters makes 112. https://dcps.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dcps/page_content/attachments/WTU%20FY20-FY23.pdf

I don't think I can put into words how maddening this thread is[/quote]

How much do you think that other nonprofit professionals with 20 years of experience and a master's make, and who have similar benefits (except for the summar breaks, week at Christmas and Easter)? Who also have huge drawbacks in their work (which are hard to describe, relatively, because most of us can imagine what it's like to be in a classroom)?[/quote]

No, most people CAN’T imagine what it’s like in a classroom. Teaching has changed a ton since DCUM users were students themselves. Plus, former students don’t know what their teachers actually dealt with behind the scenes.

I also thought I knew what teaching is like. And then I actually taught.

It is emotionally, mentally, and physically grueling. The level of fatigue you feel by 3pm is hard to describe, and you still have 3-4 hours of work at home to prep you for the next grueling day.

You’re also held directly accountable for things that are actually out of your control, which (over time) starts to weigh on you. [/quote]

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