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> In my view, a good teacher is still underpaid at 100K per year. Teach for America throws inexperienced recent liberal arts grads into teaching and pays them
by kingkongrevenge 18y ago
> In my view, a good teacher is still underpaid at 100K per year.
Teach for America throws inexperienced recent liberal arts grads into teaching and pays them peanuts. They generally outperform experienced teachers.
Teachers are generally over-paid, I think. The problem is really that nobody with ability would choose to work in such a bureaucratic shit-show. It's not the money.
I bet lots of SUPER qualified people would go for a four year stint in teaching. Retired people, young mothers looking for reduced hours for a couple years, or recently cashed out entrepreneurs, or whatever. The bureaucracy currently precludes this.
- Retric 18y agoHow many of those inexperienced teachers stick with it? I know plenty of people who taught for a year or two and then left. The system seems to punish new teachers and the job sucks even at 100k/year let alone what they start at. The types of skills that make a great teacher are in high demand. Many great teachers would also make a great consultants and where I work 200k/year is not that rare for senior people. Hell, at 28 I am 2 promotions from that pay grade. PS: We need to compare teachers to other collage educated professions not just random call center / factory workers with lots of supervision.