R teachers under paid?
105622
When someone gets a bachelor's degree and adds a few years to it of university-based training, then goes out into corporate America to get a job, this person can easily bring in anywhere from 35,000 to 45,000 starting salary. Teachers, however, start anywhere from 22,000 to 30,000, depending on the district they are in. Some lucky ones in a critical area (such as math, ESL, and Special Education) can get more, but generally speaking, teachers are paid far less than other people with comparable degrees and credentials.
350846
Ask your teacher, that's what you pay him for
921788
I think they MAKE that much.  They just don't EARN it.  Teachers should be paid more, and celebs who just look good with few talents (ahem, Ms. Ritchie and friends) should make a lot less.
1087514
Not enough!  These guys/gals are hero's! And only get paid squat!  For the life of me, I cant figure out why the fire dept./ police/EMT/ and school teachers are paid so little.  These are the people that should be making the big bucks!
1029869
Texas, Washington State, and rural areas.  Check out teach for America, they may be able to give you statistics on much needed teachers in certain areas around the U.S. and the higher pay grades.  Typically, the "richer" the county, they more money that's allocated for teachers. . .check it out
1023017
The lecturers say:\n\n1.  Lecturers have been poorly paid for years\n2.  If you don't pay lecturers well you won't get good lecturers\n3.  Therefore give lecturers more pay.\n\nThis is illogical.  If 1 and 2 are true, then there are no good lecturers.  Therefore, if you give lecturers more pay, you simply get higher paid bad lecturers!\n\nBut being bad lecturers, they haven't realised this yet.
129112
Too many dollars are spent on administration.  If you check with the instructors, you will find that they are not the ones that are getting rich.\n\nMost professors teach because they love to teach, not because of the money.  They can make more in the corporate environment.
866328
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.
991341
As a public education teacher the average salary will be about $3,500 minus taxes.
282057
As far as I know, there are none. Teachers are usually under a set district pay scale if they teach public school, meaning that everyone earns the same amount roughly, give or take a slight pay raise. Most awards for teachers are non-monetary. Private schools also usually frown upon monetary awards.
268563
ABSOLUTELY!!!  It is difficult to describe, but there is a high level of stress.  I tell people that teaching is live raising 30-150 kids.  Kids try your patience all of the time, but that is in their nature.\n\nAnother thing about teaching is that you cannot do anything about your pay scale.  In other jobs, you get paid for the amount of work you do and you get to almost work your way to the top.  That is not available to us.  Unless you leave the classroom, you will not receive adequate raises.\n\nAlso, teacher spend a considerable amount of money on their students.  You have to buy your own crayons, markers, construction paper, bulletin board decorations, and in some cases, you have to pay for your own copies. On average, I spend at least $200 a month on my students.\n\nFace it, people do not teach to make money!!!
414147
Amen to englishteacher!  The day does not end for us when the children go home - that's when you start the mountain of paperwork and planning that needs to be done to ensure the next day is smooth and productive. \nGood teachers will also very rarely have the full holidays, all teachers I know spend half their holiday in the classroom, organising the next terms work.  In addition, we also have a 24 hour a day, seven day a week "duty of care" to children (not just the children we teach, but all children everywhere, and that includes "vulnerable adults"), meaning we are never "off duty".  Teachers end up being friends with teachers cos it gets to the point when you can't talk about anything else!!  My cousin is constantly being berated by her husband for telling everyone (including taxi drivers and shop assistants) about the kids she teaches.  You just cannot leave the job behind when you (finally!) go home.\nAs for the money, the majority of teachers I know do it cos they love the job and want to help kids maximise their potential in life.  However, if salary is looked at as a reflection of the role you play in the functioning of society, how can we be receiving less than an advertising exec???  I think the issue teachers have with the money is that it is not reflective of the job that we do, compared to the salary received by others.  I'm not money grabbing, I don't aspire to be rich, but I do want society to recognise the importance of the job we do.  I don't "play with kids" all day, I work long and hard to ensure every child I am resposnsible for becomes the greatest person they can be.  If you don't want us to have more money to reflect that, then think of another way you can show us respect.
911095
I am 36 and this is my eighth year teaching.  The first 1-3 years are tricky because you have to figure out how to NOT spend 2-3 hours after the fact grading papers.  It took me about 2 years to figure out what works for me and what doesn't.  I spend a lot of time around positive people who love their jobs and who are willing to share and receive new ideas.  I keep a binder of ideas, good and terrible, to help me keep from making mistakes over and over.  As far as the pay goes...yeah, I'm underpaid.  But you know what?  I work 180 days a year from 7:30-3:30.  I am out of school when my child is out of school.  I do something everyone of those 180 days a year that really matters.  Talk to people who love their jobs and see if they say things that sound appealing to you.  Truth is...nobody ever decided to be a teacher because the pay is awesome or because it is easy as pie.  Folks who love teaching either feel called to do it, love kids, enjoy the opportunity to do something different in the summer (I got my real estate license and sell at my will), etc.  If you have a deep feeling that it isn't the right thing for you, move on.  There are children who deserve a teacher who wants to be there and who feel good about their work.
338086
not enough pay and parents are raising  out of controll kids.  and its never the kids falt they do everything perfectly and are never wrong, it must be the teachers fault
843939
Each of those fields require a lot of education and training to get to the point where you can make ridiculous money. So maybe they are worth the pay in that sense. But teachers require just as much education to become qualified, plus their job is ostensibly more "important" than any you mentioned. Yet teachers get paid terribly in comparison. Doctors get paid a lot because we demand perfection from them (rightly so) and sue them if they slip up. We don't sue our waiter if he messes up our order. Lawyers are overpaid because we demand perfection (perhaps wrongly) from too many other parts of society. If people stop suing companies for getting burned by hot coffee, kids choking on small parts, etc, then the financial incentives for trial lawyers will diminish. As for engineers, programmers, scientists... supply and demand I suppose dictates their salaries, so it's hard to say what constitutes "too much" for them. Just my opinions!
705917
No, all teachers are paid on a step scale. But perhaps you heard that physics teachers earn more because they are in demand. For example, let's say we just hired an English teacher and we also just hired a science teacher. It is possible to hire the science teacher at a higher step on the scale (more money) while the English teacher might start on step 1. That would be an enticement to get the science teacher since other schools might also need him/her.
903028
Depending on what you teach there's some jobs here in central Illinois looking fo teachers. I don't know salary or anything but there is a need for teachers last I knew.