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Teachers' poor pay just myth
Scottsdale Republic ^ | Craig J. Cantoni

Posted on 06/11/2003 9:49:05 AM PDT by hsmomx3

Edited on 05/07/2004 5:21:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Contrary to union propaganda, teachers are not underpaid. I say this as someone with 28 years of experience in conducting salary surveys and designing pay plans.

According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, local elementary school teachers earn about the same average pay on an hourly basis as local reporters ($23.74). They also earn more than microbiologists ($20.60), zoologists ($17.36) and accountants ($22.49). Secondary school teachers even earn more per hour than civil engineers.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; US: Arizona
KEYWORDS: az; cantoni; nea; teachers; teacherspay; wages
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To: ianincali
Exactly...but thanks to the NEA, we can't get rid of those teachers!

And those would be the ones that should be the first candidates for dismissal.

43 posted on 06/11/2003 12:13:19 PM PDT by cogitator
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To: hsmomx3
discuss teacher pay and how it costs homeschoolers far less
I am the last one to defend public schools, though I went to a pretty good one, but to compare the costs of home schooling to the cost of public schools is apples and oranges unless you count the cost of having 1 teacher for each student (or 2,3,4 depending on the size of the family).
45 posted on 06/11/2003 12:29:11 PM PDT by sharkhawk
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To: hsmomx3
There seems to be a lot of knee-jerk reaction here.

I personally feel that the NEA does not serve the teachers well. I feel that administration is an issue that must be looked at seperately.

I am a substitute teacher and, therefore, am actually in some of theclassrooms and get to see it from that angle. I am also the mother of two elementary students. I also volunteer in different capacities around the school.

Driving time does not count and in Hawaii the commute is easily an hour. Schools start at different times. Here in Hawaii the first bell rings at 7:45 and the last bell rings at 2:00 (except on Wednesday, then it is at 1:10). The teachers arrive early and stay late. Some teachers arrive earlier and stay later depending on what is happening. As a sub, I need to stay until 2:45. Sometimes there are faculty meetings (quite frequently as a matter of fact), which last longer. Sometimes there are evening programs. There is yard duty that is rotated and sometimes kids lose their recess and the teacher has them in the classroom. Lunch is only 30 minutes. There are papers and tests to grade and lessons to prep. I use the recess and extra lunch time (I eat too fast) to review the teacher's lesson plans so that I am prepared.

School here lets out on 6/6. The teachers need to prep their rooms for either a move to another classroom and deep cleaning. They had the following Monday to do that. You don't know how much that work that entails if you haven't been in a classroom lately.

School will start again on 7/25 here. Wait, Meet the teacher day (at my boys' school) is the 24th and the parents will be bringing in school supplies (including paper towels, napkins, soap, etc.) So, the teacher also need to get the room ready in advance, is prepping lessons and materials.

I just wrote a letter of commendation for one of my boys' teachers. She always had time to talk to me; she tried to challenge my son when school was boring; she pulled in gifted resource people and lobbied to have him incorporated into the school program even if he was 2 grades lower than when it usually started.

I have been lucky. My sons teachers have gone the extra mile and have let me work with them. There are many good teachers out there--generally, I can tell when I sub what the teacher is like. There are some bad teachers out there. Overall, I feel they deserve higher pay.

The classes here are crowed. I had to speak with the school superintendant's regional rep to get extra teachers in my sons' grade two years ago. Teaching 27 kindergarteners is ridiculous.

The infrastructure is too old. Most of the schools in Hawaii are not air conditioned. The classes easily reach above 80 and the noise of planes, lawn mowers and traffic makes it difficult for me to hear students.

The schools have many challenges. Personally, I feel that the money should be spent wisely in that area. Unfortunately, the unions and the government tend to siphon money off and grease palms.

46 posted on 06/11/2003 1:21:43 PM PDT by Ruth A.
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To: ianincali
That is exaclty what you get when the ultra liberals, homosexuals and deviants like the Democratic party get to make up all of the rules.

They even confuse some RINOs into believing their BS. The NEA is child abuse and it is taxpayer supported. They turn out products ( teachers) who like to label themselves educators, however, it is the good ,strong parents who are teaching and helping the kids who will one day work their tails off to support the deviants in NEA .

47 posted on 06/11/2003 1:31:40 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross ((were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free -))
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To: ianincali
That ignorant statement just shows you really don't know anything about education, how a person learns or about homeschooling.
48 posted on 06/11/2003 1:35:55 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross ((were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free -))
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To: hsmomx3
Hmmmm. Given that Mr. Cantoni does not provide us with the means to check his computations, I can't say whether or not he's telling us the whole truth.

We can see from the rest of the piece that he has an anti-NEA agenda. That's not necessarily a bad thing, but given that he leads off with this arm-waving about the salaries, I find myself unable to trust what he says.

49 posted on 06/11/2003 1:43:30 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: hoosierboy
Where else can you go to work for 6 hours a day, for 9 months a year, and make a decent living. Plus gubmint benefits too.

What twaddle.

Counting the time they put in at home and after school, the teachers I know put in at least 10 hours a day. And many of them go to school during the summers.

I'd wager you'll find that to be the case for most teachers.

50 posted on 06/11/2003 1:46:45 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: SMEDLEYBUTLER
Those who can, do, those who can't, teach.

And those who can't teach, administrate!

52 posted on 06/11/2003 2:15:53 PM PDT by wi jd
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To: r9etb
Then you can say millions and millions of people work more than 11 and 12 hours a day. Who has a 40 hour week anymore? Public school teachers are by far the closest I know of.

The only people I know who drive sports cars and have nanny's, and full health insurance , and pensions and summers off and DON'T have work on the weekends and at night , and have to travel all over the world for days on end, are public school teachers.

Give me a break with the checking the homework at night baloney.

53 posted on 06/11/2003 2:24:51 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross ((were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free -))
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To: ianincali
Well lest see, I am a homeschooler, I have a Mom, Aunt and Grandmother who are public school teachers and I kno wat least one hudred homeschoolers. I also know a bunch of people who have their kids in these contests, public school students and homeschoolers.

i would say you are mis guided. Then any student who wins those contests have had someone putting emphasis on geology and spelling , right ?

54 posted on 06/11/2003 2:28:21 PM PDT by Diva Betsy Ross ((were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free -))
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To: No More Gore Anymore
The only people I know who drive sports cars and have nanny's, and full health insurance , and pensions and summers off and DON'T have work on the weekends and at night , and have to travel all over the world for days on end, are public school teachers.

Oh, please. If you're gonna peddle a load of crap, can't you at least admit that's what you're selling?

(And I'll bet most of the public school teachers you know, know how to spell nannies, too.)

55 posted on 06/11/2003 2:42:02 PM PDT by r9etb
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To: Clara Lou
Clara Lou- And here's the biggest kicker of all----we PAY IN ADVANCE for the end result of these uneducated and unemployable children. We pay for k-12, effectively 13 years out of our property taxes, and we get an inferior product. Since so many states, including mine have a LEMON LAW, do you think we stand any chance of enforcing it with these educated (NOT) kids? I have railed about this for years and all I get is stupid looks.
56 posted on 06/11/2003 2:45:28 PM PDT by ridesthemiles (ridesthemiles)
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