should time off by school teachers be treated as a taxable benifit?

Question

as it is almost repulsive the amount of time they are not at the job Not only is a poor example of work ethic, but it compounds the child care issue as they are still paid while parents seek out and pay out of pocket child care, for the pleasure of going to work to pay someone sitting at home.

Answer 1

Teachers do not get paid for the summer months. Many teachers choose to have their salary split up so they get a paycheck in the summer, but they are not getting paid for working in the summer. They are getting money they earned the previous school year.

I know few teachers who do absolutely nothing related to school in the summer. We don't just "sit at home." I am constantly updating curriculum, going to classes, working to renew my teaching license... Teaching is a constant job, even if I have vacation time.

Then there are some teachers that work a second job in the summer to supplement their income-- since many teachers do not get paid enough to live on (especially if they have kids).

The big problem with teacher's vacations is that we don't get any choice in the matter. My sister got married in April and I had to take off time without pay in order to attend. I like having time off in the summer, but it's not something we the teachers control.

Answer 2

Hahaha..sounds like someone has kids home today for a snow day...you cannot handle it for a day and you thinking doing it all day with 142 is no work ethic?

I would be glad to trade my days off for an hourly salary...if I were paid time and a half over 40 hours each week, I would make about $75,000 a year. I currently work on a 200 day school calendar with $32,000 a year salary. $160 per day would be great if I worked 8 hours a day. But I only do that when I am sick and go in because no one wants to sub for teenagers who have attitudes, similar to people like you. So then when I get to feeling better, I get to go to work on the weekends to catch up.
My husband works 14 out of every 28 days at a factory. So he works 182.5 days a year and made $4000 more than me last year. I am an intelligent person with a masters degree. But, it sounds like I need to go work in the factory. I would make more and not have to listen to ignorant people complain about my salary.

Answer 3

Teachers' entire salary is taxable. The amount of time they work for it is not germaine. What, they should pay double taxes because you think they don't work enough for it?

Good teachers work many more hours than those they are at work planning, preparing, and grading. In our state, teachers must have a master's degree. Their salary is not the same as that of a person with a masters working 12 months a year.

I would agree that there are lazy teachers. But there are also lazy business managers.

By the way, I am not a teacher, but my husband was a school board member, and I have seen the inside of a school system.

Answer 4

A person working 37.5 hours per week would work 1875 hours in a year. As a teacher, I work about 1900 hours per year (190 hours per month for ten months). In addition to the time I spend in the classroom, I am required to work during my coffee and lunch breaks by providing supervision. Once a week I have to attend an after-school staff meeting, and about three times per month I have to attend morning and evening professional development events. On top of that I spend a lot of time on the phone with parents, or attending parent-student-teacher conferences. Twice a week I have team activities that keep me after school an additional ninety minutes. Sometimes I have to give up my Saturday AND Sunday to take my club to a tournament or fundraising event.

There are days when I arrive at school at 7:00, teach until 3:00, coach a team until 5:00 and then have a meeting until 9:00 at night. I am obligated to attend each and every one of those activities.

I'm not complaining about my salary, but only someone who has never worked in the public school system would think that teachers spend less time at work than other professionals.

Answer 5

The teachers' contract pays them for a certain number of "teaching days" per year - commonly called the instructional year.

Parents will incur child care expenses on the days when school is not in session. However, if you wanted school to be in session every day of the year you would be paying more in taxes for education because teachers' salaries would need to be proportionately higher.

Is your issue dissatisfaction with the job done by teachers or the high cost of child care? Be careful not to confuse the two or you will end up holding resentment against people who are doing a wonderful job working at school with your children.

Answer 6

Teachers are only paid for the days they work. They receive a daily rate for those days. They also are unpaid for the 4-6 hours of grading that they do each night. Teachers average 50-60 hours of work each week. Then, their meager salary is spread out over the summer.

Since you've got it all figured out--why don't you teach?

Answer 7

ahhhh...another opinion plucked from their butt by an uninformed civilian...have you ever taught? if not you should keep your mouth shut...your kids' teachers spend more time with them then you do, and probably know more about them then you do...teachers work an average of 60 hrs per week because we do not get the benefit of punching a clock...often teachers stay at school late, get there early or even come in on Saturdays to get their work done...not to mention the ammount of time teachers put in at home grading and coming up with curriculum and activities...how about we get a tax break for all the out of pocket money we spend to give our students supplies...my school gives me $200 a year for 35 kids...you are a spineless coward to attack the work ethic of teachers...I get to school by 7 every morning and don't often get home until 6:30-7 at night...there are more dedicated teachers than slackers...not to mention you could use a little more time in school yourself as you type like a Thai hooker...you and people like you who want to treat teaching like a job rather than a profession are exactly why the US lags behind every other developed nation in test scores...

Answer 8

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Answer 9

teachers do not get paid for school holidays...my contract is for 190 days of work and there is no paid summer break, no paid winter break, no paid spring break, no paid holidays like government employees and postal workers and other salary employees in the private sector, no paid vacation, no paid birthday(state employees get their birthday as a paid day off)

Answer 10

I always have this argument with my sister and her husband, who are both teachers.

They point out that they give up a lot of time in the evenings and weekends to write reports, mark books, run clubs, blah, blah, blah.

So what? - I say - you still get 6 weeks off every summer and I give up loads of my time too to write quotes, file reports for my boss, etc.