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A high school teacher in the U.S., with 10+ years of experience, makes about $65,000 per year -- on average. There are generally 180 days of school per year.
by johnohara 15y ago
A high school teacher in the U.S., with 10+ years of experience, makes about $65,000 per year -- on average.
There are generally 180 days of school per year.
Let's say she teaches 5 classes per day, 20 students per class.
That works out to ~$3.60 per student per class. Classes run
about 40 minutes each or ~$0.09 per minute.
I know there are many variables affecting this calculation
but if screencasting is about delivering consise, high quality instruction, consistently, then $0.10 - $0.15 per minute does not seem unreasonable.
Nor should $0.20 per minute ($12.00 per hour). But it's
interesting that it does.
Compare that to what an undergraduate student pays per minute for a lecture given by a TA to he and 200 of his closest friends.
- johnohara 15y agoDownvote and no reply?
- derickbailey 15y agoWasn't me - I thought your breakdown was quite informative. My pricing fits squarely within your range, at just under $0.12 per minute.
- petercooper 15y agoSorry for the tangent but is 20 students per class typical for the US? Here in the UK my classes in high school were typically 30. 35 in science! :-) With 5 classes of an hour each. That, to my surprise, drops the 9c/m to 4c/m(!)
- johnohara 15y agoMost K-12 schools in the U.S. try to keep class sizes below 30. 20-25 is a good representative sample. Class size and the length of the school day are always negotiation points. As you probably experienced, class sizes above 30 are challenging even for the best of teachers.
- sukuriant 15y agoNot to detract from your position too much, but teachers aren't paid just for their lecturing time. They should also be paid for their planning time and their grading papers time. And where is your stat for 65k a year. I understood it to be, in states like Florida, substantially lower. More like 40. I don't have numbers either, though.