I have a few friends that are teachers, and they all hate remote teaching and want to be back in the classroom.
I also have no problem paying teachers more if it attracts smarter more competent people. I’m sure some people have a calling to teach in schools but don’t because it just doesn’t pay, so they get a corporate training job or something that pays 75-100k a year.
First, teachers do get paid well and no other profession gets that much vacation time a year. Around here, they have around four months off a year with summer off, two weeks at Christmas, a week at Spring Break, numerous holidays.
Instead of worrying about raising salaries to attract smarter people, teachers need to stop getting away with whining about how awful their pay is, as it is not true. Yet people believe it. Teachers and nurses are the biggest whiners I know. There is a website in MN where salaries of teachers were published. Most of them in our district made around $80,000 a year for eight months work. This year they left school in March and may return late August. Then they will get two weeks off at Christmas. They barely worked six months in 2020 and will get full pay. No wonder the teachers are screaming “But muh virus” because they would love to stay home and finish those home improvement projects, spend Fall at their cabins on the lake, garden, bake, walk around the lakes.
You should go to your state's education union's website. (eg OEA ohio education association) and take a look at your state's pay grade grid. After just a few years and with continuing education, teacher salaries are up there with what you mentioned, AND it's for 9 months work a year.
I have a few friends that are teachers, and they all hate remote teaching and want to be back in the classroom.
I also have no problem paying teachers more if it attracts smarter more competent people. I’m sure some people have a calling to teach in schools but don’t because it just doesn’t pay, so they get a corporate training job or something that pays 75-100k a year.
First, teachers do get paid well and no other profession gets that much vacation time a year. Around here, they have around four months off a year with summer off, two weeks at Christmas, a week at Spring Break, numerous holidays.
Instead of worrying about raising salaries to attract smarter people, teachers need to stop getting away with whining about how awful their pay is, as it is not true. Yet people believe it. Teachers and nurses are the biggest whiners I know. There is a website in MN where salaries of teachers were published. Most of them in our district made around $80,000 a year for eight months work. This year they left school in March and may return late August. Then they will get two weeks off at Christmas. They barely worked six months in 2020 and will get full pay. No wonder the teachers are screaming “But muh virus” because they would love to stay home and finish those home improvement projects, spend Fall at their cabins on the lake, garden, bake, walk around the lakes.
You should go to your state's education union's website. (eg OEA ohio education association) and take a look at your state's pay grade grid. After just a few years and with continuing education, teacher salaries are up there with what you mentioned, AND it's for 9 months work a year.
9 months per year with an extra month of paid time off.
My Wifes a Teacher and her and he co-workers want to get back into the class room.