If I could live on it I would love to go into teaching but I would be taking a 50% pay cut. Not to say that teachers are not aquatically paid but until the concept of paying by merit really catches up I don’t the starting salary for a teacher will be high enough for me any time soon.
I think they should also pay by pupil (see then if they complain about class size). If you can teach a class of 30 kids (and do it well) you should get more than someone who can only teach a class of 20 at the same grade level.
That’s exactly what my wife’s district does. She receives a stipend for every trimester per student over 27. Last year she had 32 kids all year, and got a $3000+ bonus. This year, she has 26 kids, and is in a much better mood. Haha.
That sounds appropriate for a curriculum that has been watered down.
Been there, done that, but fortunately my husband has a "real job"....
Not to say that teachers are not aquatically paid but until the concept of paying by merit really catches up I don’t the starting salary for a teacher will be high enough for me any time soon.
I think you mean "adequately", but then again, I'm not an English teacher...
By the way, what do you call an engineer wearing a hard hat?