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Ok, so i want to become an elementary school teacher. I live in california and am a junior in high school. I keep hearing that teachers pay is very low and i dont understand why. Is it like this in other states? please help. thanks

2006-08-28 16:57:52 · 8 answers · asked by missmyers723 1 in Education & Reference Teaching

thank you so much for all of your answers. they have helped me alot. i realize now that this definetly is a profession im going to look into. thanks everyone!

2006-08-28 17:33:11 · update #1

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Teachers get low salaries everywhere. Once, most teachers were female. Like nurses, they were poorly paid. Lawyers and doctors were male. they were well-paid. Things change slowly, but teachers and nurses are making progress. Just keep working to improve their status and their salaries.

2006-08-28 17:01:24 · answer #1 · answered by lottyjoy 6 · 0 0

Median annual earnings of kindergarten, elementary, middle, and secondary school teachers ranged from $41,400 to $45,920 in May 2004; the lowest 10 percent earned $26,730 to $31,180; the top 10 percent earned $66,240 to $71,370.

Some people think this sounds high. Bear in mind your starting salary will be in the lower 10% range.

Also, teachers don't just work an 8-hour day. They put in another 2-3 hours a day (at least) doing lesson planning, correcting papers, and a host of other things that are involved in educating a room full of children.

Education is power; education is the silver bullet. Teachers deserve their pay.

2006-08-28 17:08:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

If you want to make decent money as an elementary school teacher, then move to CT. The teachers' salaries there are among the highest in the country, if not the highest. (But it's also expensive to live there, too. The taxes are pretty high.)

2006-08-28 17:01:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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2016-12-11 17:02:38 · answer #4 · answered by dricketts 4 · 0 0

Go to your school district office, its all public information and has to be disclosed each year.

A teachers salary varies from district to district but little else affects it except :

You get your base salary.....each year you move over one step there by getting a slight raise. Each time you get more credits for teaching, these are sometimes just college classes sometimes specific Continuing Ed credits you also move up on the scale....See how you can move over for experience and up for furthering your education?

Aside from your base salary you also get stipends depending on what other things you do. Such as, music teachers will get a stipend for the concerts the school requires that they do each year, they may also get another stipend for marching band. A PE teacher would get a stipend for coaching a team etc... The amount of the stipend varies according to what its for and the district.

In CA teachers start out over 30K per year for 10 months work with lots of vacations.

2006-08-28 17:06:58 · answer #5 · answered by WitchTwo 6 · 0 0

i work in compton and i make over just over 55K. I have my masters and 7 years experience. Some teachers that have been there over 25 years make upto 88K and I have also worked in Santa ana where some teachers made as much as 100K. Starting slalry is low but the profession does reward those who can stick with it (unfortunatley, often times these are also the teachers that sit around doing nothing). nonetheless many of us love what we do. i do.

2006-08-28 17:28:37 · answer #6 · answered by c-rob 2 · 0 0

Dated: October 6, 2005

For the first time since the 1999-2000 school year, the average teacher salary failed to keep up with inflation, according to the American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) latest salary survey, released today. The survey also reports that, over the last 10 years, compensation for teachers increased at a far slower rate than salaries for other professionals. Teachers gained just 18 cents for every new dollar earned by workers in the private sector.

The decline in teacher compensation comes at a time when growing numbers of teachers are enhancing their credentials by participating in professional development, earning advanced degrees, and achieving national board certification. They also are facing increased professional demands, in terms of licensure and content-knowledge requirements, under federal law.

“Current salaries fail to reflect the professional qualifications, preparation and challenges that teachers must meet every day in the classroom,” said AFT President Edward J. McElroy. “At the very least, teachers’ pay should be a measure of their educational backgrounds and the demands of their jobs. Teachers, like all workers, deserve a salary that enables them to comfortably support themselves and their families.”

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. When adjusted for inflation, the 2003-04 salary actually drops 0.4 percent from 2002-03.

“It’s unbelievable that while everyone recognizes the importance of bringing high-quality teachers to our schools, we continue to pay them low salaries and thank them with insignificant raises,” said McElroy. “Inadequate compensation is one of the key obstacles to recruiting teachers to the hardest-to-staff schools.”

The survey also highlights a 10-year trend in which teacher salaries have grown at a significantly slower rate than private sector pay. Between 1994 and 2004, inflation-adjusted teacher salaries only gained about $100 per year. By contrast, the growth in earnings in the private sector was five times as high.

There continues to be a wide gap between teacher salary growth and salaries in other professions that require similar educational backgrounds. Average teacher salaries gained just over 2 percent after inflation, while the salaries of other professionals grew between 5 percent and 14.4 percent over the same 10-year period. For example, average salaries for accountants increased by 10.4 percent. This gap can not be explained by the length of the academic year, as the difference is in salary growth.

Some of the other facts identified in the AFT survey:

From 1994 to 2004, average teacher salaries, when adjusted for inflation, dropped
in 22 states.
The average beginning teacher salary in the 2003-04 school year was $31,704, up
just 1.1 percent from the previous year.
Since 1988, there has been only one year, 2001-02, in which teacher salaries have outpaced inflation by more than 1.1 percent.
Connecticut had the highest average teacher salary at $56,516, while South Dakota reported the lowest, at $33,236.
AFT officials noted that the impact on teachers would be even more dire if the survey took into account the current severe threats to pension plans and healthcare benefits. Many states are attempting to drastically reduce or eliminate these benefits, which were negotiated as part of their compensation.

The Survey and Analysis of Teacher Salary Trends is produced annually by the AFT research and information services department, using data compiled from state education agencies, the U.S. Department of Defense, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Economic Analysis. The full report, including state-by-state teacher salary information, can be found on the AFT Web site, http://www.aft.org/salary/index.htm.

2006-08-28 17:05:39 · answer #7 · answered by ted_armentrout 5 · 0 0

no they get paid more than you think. my teacher's get paid ridiculously high!!! their salaries were in the paper. really though, they get paid alot more than they should (considering summer break, christmas break, and their hours in general)

2006-08-28 17:01:19 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 3

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