When do teachers get paid??
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State Employees get paid the day before a holiday.  If they normally get paid on a Friday and it is a holiday, they get paid that Thursday.  They always get paid BEFORE the due payday, never after.\n\n(Teachers are State Employees, I am also a State Employee)
999364
Teachers not being paid enough.  We have a shortage of teachers here in Las Vegas, NV. One teacher was interviewed on the news and asked why she was leaving teaching. She said that she was going to be paid more to teach aerobics than to teach children in a classroom. SAD!
689531
Teachers don't get paid much, unless they are good enough and lucky enough to teach at a ritzy private academy. So not too many people want to put up with kids all day for chicken feed, so you have to put more and more kids into one classroom because there aren't enough teachers to go around, which makes the teaching job that much more difficult and that much more unpleasant until finally no one wants to be a teacher anymore and all our kids end up ignorant and poor and so they rob you for a living.
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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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I assume it varies by district, but here's a page with links to the minimum required by union.\n\nhttp://www.tcta.org/edmatters/salaries/salary.htm
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I don't have time to watch the video...at least not now, but I think it would depend how the money is spent, it's not just how much money a district has that can make the difference. BUT, of course having money and using it wisely could make a significant difference - for example...up to date text books, computers in the classroom, current maps in the classroom. It's difficult to teach when the material is 10 years old. It would also help to pay teachers more :-) because some really awesome teachers leave the profession because it costs more to live than we make. We do spend A LOT of out of pocket money for pencils, folders, paper and tissue and more because not all kids come from families who value education and send their kids to school with pencils or other supplies. I know I could make 3 times the money doing 1/3 the work, but there are things money can't buy, like the spontaneous hugs from kids and notes that tell me I'm the best teacher in the world.
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you get paid for what hours you work. usually it's time and a half. you don't have to work a certain amount to get paid at all
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Teachers are not only teachers but psychologists, counselors, mothers, nurses,help in behavior management, etc....How many jobs don't pay overtime, do tons of paperwork at home, buy supplies, attend prof. development confernces annually, invest in the community, and help shape our future citizens? -TEACHERS-Think about this, recently on a news report in CA, we(taxpayers) pay about $30,000 a yr./per inmate in jail. \nYears ago a teacher on their own could purchase a home,nowadays in CA, the avg. home is between $500,000-$700,000. The avg. public sch. teacher makes $50-70,000, depending on yrs of exp. and education.\nRule of thumb to buying a house is purchase a home 3-4 times yr pay= 60,000x4= $240,000---haha, good luck finding a home at this price in LA county.
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Dear Paying off student loans as a teacher! \n\nWell I hope this information can help. First of all I am 27 years old and have been teaching for 5 years now. I was in the EXACT same situation. I have an 11 year old son so I understand how family is a priority. I don't know how far you are in your college education but please listen carefully. I relied on financial aide to get through the first 2 years of college then I had to rely on loans once I transferred to a 4 year university. If I wanted to pursue my dream of teaching I knew I had to sacrifice so basically I lived off of financial aide and student loans to survive. \n\nLike I said before, I have been teaching for 5 years and have not started paying off my loans yet.  I borrowed a grand total of 40,000 to pursue a degree in Liberal Studies. The reason I have not paid it back is because IF your still enrolled in school you do not have to make payments toward your loan. Once you complete your credential and your master's degree then you have one year to start making payments. Which most likely you will be in school because after your bachelor's degree you have to get a teaching credential. I am currently working on my master's degree so I don't have to start paying on my loans until I finish graduate school. During this time, my salary is increasing every year. I live in California so the staring salary is 36, 000 as a first year teacher. Now I am currently making 42,000 a year. I haven't paid one cent toward my student loans. I wouldn't be able to afford it as a first year teacher.\n\nNow once I start making payments, my monthly payments will be under $200 a month because I consolidated my loans when interest rates were very low. Yes, get all of your loans and consolidate them into one. As long as the interest rate is low. I know you hear stories about students paying a lot of money each month but you have to do it the smart way. I will be able to afford this amount because my salary consisitantly increases every year. It will do the same for you! Once I complete my master's degree, it will increase even more because of the amount of units I have taken. \n\nSo basically as long as your enrolled in college, you do not have to begin making payments. This is called a deferment of payment. This is why I have pursued my master's degree. It takes two years to complete a master's degree so this gives me more time  to prepare for the monthly payments of 200 a month. Plus, once I receive a master's my pay increases almost 8000 more a year. More education, More money!\n\nTIP! Even after i finish my master's degree, i can apply for a forbearance. Which gives me an additional year to pay off my loans due to financial hardship. I probabaly won't do it, but it's an option.\n\nThe other good news is that 18000 of my student loans were paid off by the state because of a program called APLE. If you teach in a school that is considered economically disadvantaged which most schools are, then they help pay off part of your loan. You have to apply in the beginning of the year and maintain a GPA of 3.0 or better. \n\nOnce you complete your bachelor's degree, try to get an internship at any school that will accept you. I didn't even do student teaching because a school in my community gave me an internship. I started teaching a month after I graduated from college. This internship even paid me a regular teaching salary. Some schools may require you to have your credential but some schools will not. So while I was teaching I was in college finishing my teaching credential. \n\nPlease believe me when I say that things will be OK. You will endure financial hardships and have some gloomy days when it gets tough. I have been there. Eating Top Ramen way too often, living in low income apts, not having a reliable car to travel to school. Some days even crying myself to sleep wondering if it will pay off. It does, think about it this way. T
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Well, that sounds good to me.  I don't think I have ever before heard a teacher happy about the amount left after taxes .... at least that is how I am interpreting your details ... or do you mean you don't have much left after taxes?  My thoughts would be to go where you are happy and where you feel you are making a difference.  Those of us who make a career of teaching don't usually do it for the money.
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My experience is different from the previous description.  My first year of teaching was in 1969, when my total annual income was less than $10,000.  Depends on location, of course, but 1960 salary would be less than that.
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For some yes.  For others, it's a job.   But considering how little we pay them, you'd think there's something else there besides just a job.\n\nNow consider this.  Teachers are human too.  They have good days and bad.  They have favorites (even if they don't say it).  So what you are feeling might be some of that.
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Elementary school teachers get the same pay scale as every other teacher in the district.\n\nHowever, the elementary classroom requires a greater variety of materials, decorations, activities, etc., and there is minimal help from districts in buying those things.
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What area?\nWhat kind of teacher?\n\nGo to this website to get a basic idea:\nhttp://www.salary.com/
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If I remember correctly, they get paid every two weeks. I heard about this years ago, and it still might be true today.
859825
I believe the law says that until you can prove wrong doing, you have to pay the person. They usually put them on paid administration because for some reason or another they don't want the person around just in case the accusation is true. Such as child abuse in the school, if there is any doubt that the adult,(teacher) did it they don't want him/her near the children. Hope this tells you something you wanted to know.
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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!!!