PLUS they only work part of the year. They get amazing benefits. If I found a job that paid me full time to work only part of the year I’d do it. BUT, I have to work way more than full time to keep my shop up and running.
If it’s overpaid, then why are there still vast numbers of openings for Stem teachers ? Being a former teacher, I can say the average person wouldn’t last a week in today’s typical public school classroom. These kids are not angels.
Teachers have always cried poverty. It got old when I was in grade school. And RAT politicians also lie about how poorly paid teachers are.
I teach in the Ozarks, below the state average in pay in a state that is below the national average. Like people in all professions I'd like to be paid more but I'm not a big whiner about it. I knew what I was signing up for and I like the other benefits. Besides, just as my dad knows God called him to preach I know He called me to teach and coach. Why teach in those “Godless” public school? Like Jesus said, you send a doctor to sick not the healthy.
I know our school is different, we say the pledge every morning and our FCA chapter has great support for our administration. Our principal spoke openly of his Faith in front of hundreds of students at our Fields of Faith rally. If I lived in another place I might have homeschooled.
But I can always count on my fellow freepers to tell me how evil, greedy and sinful I am for following God's call to teach. Makes me understand why Jesus hated the Pharisee's so much.
“The average public school teacher’s salary in Michigan in 2014 was $62,169, according to the state Department of Education.
The average salary in Michigan’s private sector was $48,043 in 2014, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.”
It is even more stark than that! Consider the length of the school year is 9 months. So, the average salary of $62K for a 9 month year would actually be ($62K/9*12)=$82.66K a year. That is 170% of the statewide average!
While I applaud good teachers, I think we need to make structural changes in the education industry. We could start with a wholesale slashing of the adminstrative side!