Are teachers getting paid a little or are they faking it and getting paid a lot?
479033
Just to clear up the misconception the first answerer is laboring under --\n\nCollege professors with Ph.D.s aren't getting paid jack either.\n\nAnd one more correction.  The median family income in the US in 2004 was $43,200.  That means 50% of all American families make above this figure, and 50% make below this figure.
542130
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.
894577
I am a teacher - so I would say it isnt just to make money. I love my job! Being with kids is awesome! Some people are with child-like minds all day but there is no excuse for their behavior. My social world for 7 hours out of my day is 9 year olds and they are blessings - each one of them.
991341
As a public education teacher the average salary will be about $3,500 minus taxes.
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.
24505
I think that's correct. To attract good people in any profession; the pay has to be good. Lots of schools will want the best teachers, and will be prepared to pay a decent salary. In order to keep the good teachers, the current school will have to provide a good salary which matches the decent salary provided by the other school - hence the statement is proved true.
487199
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.
67875
$46,597\n\n"For the first time since the 1999-2000 school year, the average teacher salary failed to keep up with inflation, according to the AFT's latest salary survey.  The AFT teacher salary survey found that the average teacher salary in the 2003-04 school year was $46,597, a 2.2 percent increase from the year before.  This falls short of the rate of inflation for 2004, which was 2.7 percent.  In addition, many states are attempting to drastically reduce or eliminate pension and healthcare benefits, which were negotiated as part of their compensation."
679842
I wouldn't say the pay scale for Tennessee educators is horrendous, compared to other places. Salaries for teachers in general is horrendous. Tennessee is ranked 33rd out of 50 on average teacher salary with an average of 40,657, but the cost of living in Tennessee is generally low. There are minimum salaries that teachers must be paid, based on education level and experience. You can find this info here:\nhttp://www.teateachers.org/informationcenter/Salary%20Info/TN%20minsalsched.htm\n\nFor my first year of teaching, next year, I am not expecting to make over 30k and I live in Tennessee.
1060160
I am a teacher and I will be the first to admit that we are babysitters----not in a bad way though like you are thinking of.  We watch and care for our students as if they are our own.  Somedays we are thier teacher, counciler, nurse, friend, driver, caretaker, etc all at once.  Some of these students the only adults they can trust or look up to is thier teachers.  Beleive it or not there are alot more parents out there who would rather stick up for there kids and be there friends then be thier parents--and we are to try and teach and disipline them---if you think we are just overrated baby sitters-----i challenge you to become a teacher and see what all the hardwork is about in this feild----( and I will add without the pay and regonition we desearve---but thats not why i teach)  Also there are some poor teachers out there yes---but there are also poor doctors, mechanics, lawyers, tellers, casiers, etc---  Hope this anwers your question.
158069
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.
457884
I would say because people do not realize the full extent of how important teachers are, because without them who are you to say you would be who you are today.  I would say that the world is too caught up on celebrities and sports and things like that, that make so much more money it is ridiculous.  So I would have to say that people do not realize the importance of teachers and the amount of money they get paid, when the reward (their students) is priceless.
598215
I am still in school! What is that shit! Anyway, there are nice teachers who do their job well and try not to show favoritism, just as there are teachers who do not. High school teachers are generally not as open as Middle school teachers.
844635
Yes and my father warned me of it, You will never get rich and will work hard. Younger children will keep you sick with all their bugs. The best place to work as a teacher is not the public school system, the private sector doesn't pay well either. That leaves you with the best choice and it is working for the federal government in DoDDs (Department of Defense Dependent schools) Teachers are well paid and respected by the administration, peers and students alike.
350846
Ask your teacher, that's what you pay him for
850790
What? That makes no sense.\n\nStudents pay tuitions to go to school. If you teach a student at a school, you get paid by that school.\n\nFor wanting to know how to teach, you make absolutely no sense.
534826
There is no amouint of money that can sufficiently pay those who mold the thinking and lives of the future ... think about it ... teachers show the way to those who become the future parents, doctors, police, judges, scientists, world leaders, etc.\n\nAnyone out there who doesn't understand the value of the work of a teacher after reading the previous posts, please go to the site I've attached and read "Three Letters from Teddy".  They say it all!