[tylendel]

Any teacher who only works during school hours is not a good teacher. Any reasonably decent teacher is grading papers/tests and working on lesson plans in the evening and on the weekends. My guess is that the hourly rate quoted in the article is based only on time spent "on the clock" so to speak (while working in the building).

Also remember, the next time your school district talks about running low on funds, their teacher salaries may be well below the national average.

[ItisaReligionofPeace]

Uhm, I don't know many professionals who work 9-5. It goes without saying that the salary isn't really for a 40 hr week.

[highlander_UW]

I agree with you. The calculation utilized is suspect. That being said, the problem at most schools isn't money as the left constantly whine.

[Tanniker Smith]

With 120 students, if I spend one minute per paper per night grading homework, I've just spent 2 hours grading homework. Now, it wouldn't take a full minute to "grade" a math paper, but it would take longer if helpful comments were written on the paper for students to learn from, or just making corrections instead of marking it wrong.

Now, my students sometimes co-operate by just not handing it in, but that's another story.

How the English teachers grade all those essays, I'll never understand.

[grey_whiskers]

Also remember, the next time your school district talks about running low on funds, their teacher salaries may be well below the national average.

You're right! HALF of all teachers nationwide earn less than the national average.

It's simply SCANDALOUS!

Cheers!

[ContraryMary]

Any teacher who only works during school hours is not a good teacher. Any reasonably decent teacher is grading papers/tests and working on lesson plans in the evening and on the weekends. My guess is that the hourly rate quoted in the article is based only on time spent "on the clock" so to speak (while working in the building).

I agree with that. However, any salaried person on the private sector works overtime without getting paid for it and without those extra hours included in their rate of pay. Teachers should be no different.