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For #1, some do, but many don't. What's offered differs a lot depend on the school district you work for. For #2, the amount of uncompensated work and just ge
by kelnos 5mo ago
For #1, some do, but many don't. What's offered differs a lot depend on the school district you work for.
For #2, the amount of uncompensated work and just general bullshit they have to put up with is in no way made up for by "having summers off". (Which they don't, really, as they'll often be doing professional development during the summer, and will be preparing for the start of the next school year well before it actually starts.)
(Source: my brother-in-law is an elementary school teacher in the US.)
For #4, is that universal? I feel like that's something that would depend on state or even on school district.
- WalterBright 5mo ago1. The ones I've seen were gold-plated. Nevertheless, omitting it when talking compensation is significantly misleading. Public school teacher unions are famous for getting very generous retirement and health care plans. 2. Professional development - teachers do opt to get "certs", which result in automatic pay raises. Unfortunately, those certs have no correspondence with better outcomes for the kids. Preparing - yes, this is the lesson plan thing. A teacher told me she worked her fingers to the bone all summer preparing lesson plans. I asked her why she didn't just use the ones from last year. She replied that they had to be individualized for each student. I asked how did she know which students she'd have, as they wouldn't be assigned until the fall? Oops! 4: I googled average number of years until full retirement benefits kick in.