Posted on 11/01/2011 10:03:35 AM PDT by MichCapCon
There are 19 gym teachers in the Farmington School District who make more than $85,000 a year each. The average gym teacher's salary in Farmington is $75,035. By comparison, the science teachers in that district make $68,483 per year on average.
That’s not unusual in Michigan schools, according to Freedom of Information Act requests received from around the state.
In the Woodhaven-Brownstown district, 18.5 (FTE) science teachers average some $58,400 per year in salary, while 12 gym teachers averaged nearly $76,700. In Harrison, science teachers earned $49,000 on average while gym teachers averaged $62,000.
This is not unusual, because school districts don’t differentiate what a teacher does when considering compensation, regardless of the district's educational needs. Teachers are paid on a single salary schedule based on seniority and education level...
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Are these the types of teaching jobs that President Obama is trying to save?
Are these the types of teaching jobs that President Obama is trying to save?
Many of those gym teachers have the sacred title of “coach”.
My dad was a PhD kinesiologist who stayed his whole career at Wayne State University. I think every gym teacher I ever had growing up had studied under him or knew him. My dad always said that he could have made more money as a gym teacher at any of my schools than if he’d stayed as a professor at the university.
Do coaches get differential pay for practices and games outside of normal school hours?
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