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50-60K a year with summers off and a generous pension is an acceptable salary in many areas of the country. Many people who teach would have trouble at other j
by mythrwy 5y ago
50-60K a year with summers off and a generous pension is an acceptable salary in many areas of the country.
Many people who teach would have trouble at other jobs from what I've observed.
I don't think it's about the money.
- wildrhythms 5y agoI implore you to look up starting teacher salaries in your area. Where I live, a single family homes average $550k, and teachers start at $35,200. For a career that requires a degree that is horrific, and far from 'generous'.
- nemo44x 5y agoThey should take it up with their unions. We could probably pay good teachers what they are worth if we had a market for them. But we don’t. Unions negotiate their pay and unions exist to protect the group, not individuals. So, good teachers who want to be rewarded on merit should seek to abolish their unions and abolish public schools generally speaking. Let parents compete for the best teachers in part by using taxes to fund children and not administrations and unions.
- mythrwy 5y agoOk, I did. They are in the process of raising salaries (most teachers make in the range I was talking about anyway now). Now they will be starting at 50K with many making 70K. https://www.governor.state.nm.us/2021/12/01/governor-plans-to-deliver-7-raises-to-new-mexico-educators-increase-base-salary-levels/ https://www.governor.state.nm.us/2021/12/01/governor-plans-t... Oh, and we are ranked 50'th in the nation in education. Down again, I think we managed to bump up to 49'th place last year. This is more then a fair salary for the area, with the pension, and time off, and the (nearly complete lack of) results being obtained.
- toiletfuneral 5y ago