How do elementary teacher salaries compare with secondary teacher salaries?
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It may depend on where you land when you come back.  In NC, teachers are paid the same across the board based only on years of experience, not taking anything else into consideration.  Some places pay signing bonuses for areas of high need (HS math, spec ed, etc) but here all teachers with the same amount of experience make the same amount of money.  Other states may be different.
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Depends on the school district, state, etc.  But on average I would have to say about 40k to start out.  Some may pay more or less.  The more education a teacher has and the more experience the more teacher's get paid.  The following is my school districts website that shows teacher salaries. http://www.rusd.k12.ca.us/hr/sal/SalSchedCert.pdf\n You can find them in any school districts website.  I have been teaching for 4 years and I have my masters so that puts me up in the salary scale.  I LOVE MY JOB.  There is a lot that goes into teaching, more than most people think. You get pulled in all different directions and do more than just teach.  It takes a lot of careful planning and dedication.  Be ready for upaid overtime hours (which sounds horrible but I knew coming in to the profession what I was getting myself into) Just be sure that this is truly what you want.  We owe it to our students to like being there everyday to teach them.  :)
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Salaries differ across the country and even vary considerably within communities. \n\nFor reference purposes, the most recent salary survey we are aware of was conducted by NAMTA (AMI) in 2005. The median salary a newly trained Montessori teacher could expect to be offered is: \n\nInfant/Toddler: $24,960.00 USD\n\nPreschool/Kindergarten: $26,556.00 USD\n\nLower Elementary: $33,280.00 USD\n\nUpper Elementary $35,773 USD\n\nThe majority of the schools do also offer benefits.\n\nFor traditional school systems, the average starting salary hovers above $30,000. I believe the biggest difference is that Montessori teachers are far more satisfied with their jobs. This kind of satisfaction is, as they say, priceless.\n\nI believe the trend toward preschool emphasis will continue, and have a positive effect on Montessori salaries as people recognize the many benefits to raising a child who learns to love learning from an early age.
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I think it is.  Substituting a teacher the pay is 105.  In order to qualify you need a bachelor's degree or 90 accumulated units -after high school- limiting to 90 days during the school year.
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For starters teachers only work 9 months out of every year. My base salary is $38,000 which puts me in the bottom 10% of teachers doing the same job at other colleges in my state (high school teachers in the area make about the same). If I work the other 3 months of the year I earn about $58,000. Which, working four days a week, ain't that bad. I can think of many, many more jobs that work much more than me and make a whole lot less. But, you're right, those jobs don't require an MS or Ph.D. degree.\n\nI could take my math degrees and programming experience and work in industry making more than double my salary to start. But, I prefer to keep this job and be there for my son when he needs me. When he gets older, I'll leave education and earn more money. In the mean time I'm not complaining about my salary because I knew what the job paid before I accepted the position.\n\nTeaching is a great job for parents with small children. My job allows me to spend time with my son every single day and, to me, that's priceless.
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There really is no "average".  It depends on the location (suburban areas almost always pay more than urban or rural areas), the size of the school (larger schools generally pay more than smaller ones), the level (secondary schools sometimes pay more than elementary), and the tuition the school charges (higher tuition goes with higher salaries).  Just like public schools,  most private schools have some sort of salary schedule that rewards a combination of education and experience.  (The longer you've been teaching and the more education you have, the higher your salary is likely to be.)  Also, in addition to a base salary, a music teacher is likely to be paid a bonus for working outside of the school day with band or choir activities.\n\nAll that said, most private schools pay half to two-thirds of the salary of comparable public schools (those of similar size in the same area).
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The median high school teacher salary in Danville, IL is $46,526.  Elementary and middle schools teachers typically (but not always) make a little less money.\n\nBeginning teachers should make roughly $33,000ish.
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This question would be much easier answered if you told us where you would like to live!!  Salaries vary greatly among states.  Within states, districts try to be competitive by offering incentives and bonuses. If you're interested in North Carolina, you can go to: http://www.ncpublicschools.org/salary_admin/salinfo.htm\nYou'll be able to find basic salary information at each state's superintendent's office.\n\nThe best site that I know of to launch an national teaching job search is: http://www.teachers-teachers.com/\n\nGood luck!!\n\nHave an AWESOME day!!\n\nCosmicKelly :)
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be an elementary school teacher
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I am currently a Pre-school Teacher. The difference in the pay amounts is going to be if you have a degree(early childhood education) or not. With a degree you will make more than if you did not have one. It also depends on the state where you reside. State to state teachers pay is drastic. Get on line and research the pay rates for teachers in your state. Also private pre-schools tend to pay more than state funded ones. \n       If you have a spouse who is willing to share in the finances to start than I really do not see a problem with you being able to make it. Doing it alone is a struggle but I believe that to be with any job that is not a "high end" job. Trust your gut. You will be fine!!!
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A teacher with 4 yrs education earns between $37,043 and $62,625. A teacher with 6 yrs ed earns between $42,258 and $73,472 Canadian.
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While to the general public that has little knowledge and experience in education, performance based pay would sound logical. However, paying teachers on the performance of his or her students would be unfair.\n\nLets say you base pay on standardized test scores of students. To most, that sounds reasonable. However, there are many variables that make it unfair for teachers. For instance, in my classroom there is a wide variety of students from year to year. One year, I may have a group of very strong academic and high scoring students, resulting in high test scores for my class. The next year, I may have a large group of students with learning disabilities and/or english language learners. Naturally, the test scores of my class will be lower the second year and higher the first. Does that suddenly make me a good teacher one year then a poor one the next? Should I get higher pay the first year and then get penalized the next even though I have no control over the students that enter my classroom? You might say a good teacher will be able to bring the test score up even with a low academic class. However, it takes many years of interventions before english language learners and students with learning disabilities can achieve at a profiecient level. \n\nThere are other factors outside the control of a teacher you must also consider. Truancy can be a problem. What if a student misses a amount of school and/or just does not do the work and the parents will not work with the teacher to help get the work done? What about the parents that refuse to allow interventions for their child when their child needs extra academic support? There are kids that come from broken homes, abusive homes, etc. There are schools where veteran teachers get to hand pick their students while the new teachers get the "challenged" students. \n\nWhile it's true that a good teacher can have a significant impact on the success of his or her students, there are just too many factors that directly affect the academic success of students that a teacher cannot control and should not be held 100% accountable. \n\nAnother negative side effect of performance based pay would be the end to teacher collaboration. As a teacher, I share my best teaching practices with any and all teachers I know. I even donate my time to teach student teachers from a nearby university because I want new teachers to gain as much knowledge as possible. However, if I'm being judged, compared, and put up against other teachers to see who is the best performing teacher, I will certainly stop sharing any best practices with other teachers. I would expect the same from other teachers too. I've learned how to be a good teacher not only from direct teaching the my classroom but from the knowledge and experiences from other teachers that I collaborate with on a regular basis.
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Teachers here are not paid very well. I don't know why. They are paid about 1/3 what a mainland big city teacher would make. I would suggest actually calling some of the schools here and talk to someone in the school. They are all very friendly and probably wouldn't mind talking to you.
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From kindergarten all the way to 12th grade, schooling to become a teacher is somewhat the same.  Some people think that there is a difference in income from elementary to high school but there isn't.  The difference comes in the amount of experience you have and how much education.  This is what I mean:\nYou will need a BA to teach and a teaching credential.  Some schools are desperate for teachers so they hire them with just a BA but their credential is pending.  You will also need to pass some assessments ranging from a subject competency exam (all subjects if elementary, one subject if high school) basic proficiency exam (reading, writing and math) and depending on the state a reading exam to see if you know how to teach reading (particularly if you want to teach elementary.  In order to pass those some universities already include classes that cover those exams in their curriculum if not you may have to take extra courses to be prepared.  \nIf you want to get a masters or take more classes in addition to your credential than that's when you can get paid more money.  You don't need to take more classes but it will help.  \nRemember a first year 1st grade teacher makes the same as a first year English high school teacher if they have the same education.  If one has a masters then that's the person that makes more.
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As a teacher, I think our salary is meager.  Are we underpaid, probably.  This however, is not exactly the financial concern that most teachers have.  \n\nSomeone has already responded, "They still have the guts to ask for more funds" and then in the same response this person has pointed out that the classrooms, textbooks, and the physical environment of the school is deplorable.  I, and most other teachers, would agree wholeheartedly.  The financial increments that most teacher would most like to see is not in their own paychecks, but in the education system as a whole.  If more money were allocated to education, schools would be more aesthetically appealing, textbooks would be current and not falling apart, class sizes would decrease, and classes would be able to take more educational field trips.  More money devoted to education would make a teacher's job easier to do as well as creating an environment more conducive to learning.  As it is, teachers are underpaid because we have very few resources to work with.  Most teachers spend hundreds of their own dollars annually to teach their students.  If however, the education system as a whole were given more financial and physical resources to work with, I believe the salary would be less of an issue.  These are changes that most teachers would prefer rather than an increase in salary.
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Every state sets its own guidlines for teacher salaries in public high schools. Generally, you are not paid by the hour. The state of California says that beginning teachers should be paid no less than $38,000 per year, but that is a guideline, not a law.
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You can recover the cost of getting your master's degree quite quickly.\n\nGetting a master's degree usually means you can move into positions of greater responsibility and authority within the system.  These positions bring with them financial bonuses and higher salaries.  How much higher depends upon the collective agreements for your location.  Where I live someone with a master's degree who is just starting teaching will make about $7,000 more in the first year of teaching than a person just one step down on the salary scale.  Salary after 11 years of experience is over $10,000 more than the next step down.\n\nAdditionally some of the bonuses that are possible with a masters degree range from about $3,000 a year for a specialist classroom teacher to more than $15,000 a year for some principals, program consultants and program specialists.\n\nSo there can be significant financial benefits to completing a master's degree.  I hope this helps.