What do teachers really make?

[Beantown]

Re: What do teachers really make?

Yup.

I think the district I want to teach in, at first at least, pays around 34-43 thousand.

Granted, it's my hometown, and the HS I went too and I've already been told that as a male, fresh-out-of-college, high school English teacher who went to the school ...I'd be pretty much promised a job as long as I got my degree.

Plus, that would allow me to live at home fresh out of college and allow me to save up for a year or two...which I know is something a lot of people look down upon - the whole living at home thing when you're 21 - but in my opinion it'd be the smartest thing I could do. Save money from rent and stuff, would just have to pay for groceries and the like.

Not a bad deal to me.

And I was waiting for your input, Favre.

[Skerik]

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Plus, that would allow me to live at home fresh out of college and allow me to save up for a year or two...which I know is something a lot of people look down upon - the whole living at home thing when you're 21 - but in my opinion it'd be the smartest thing I could do. Save money from rent and stuff, would just have to pay for groceries and the like.

I lived at home, through college, until I got married a few years ago. One of the smartest things I ever did. If you and your parents get along and they're not super control freaks or anything, I highly advise it. Financially speaking, it's a no-brainer and will give you a great start in life.

[Scottdau]

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Guys, newsflash---There's no industry standard for teacher's salaries. It all depends upon the area the school district is located.

THe thing that is more important than anything. Is a teachers goes to to 4 year college and get's a degree, but you aren't done yet then you have to go to school for another year to get a credential. Then you think you are finally done, but wait now the state want you get a clad, now you have more schooling. You add up all the schooling a teachers does and that would be a master's degree in most other fields. That is why teachers are underpaid, look at the education they got!

[Beantown]

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I lived at home, through college, until I got married a few years ago. One of the smartest things I ever did. If you and your parents get along and they're not super control freaks or anything, I highly advise it. Financially speaking, it's a no-brainer and will give you a great start in life.

Yup. I got those kind of parents that are the "best friend" types. I can talk to my mom about anything. (Dad doesn't live "at home" so that doesn't matter) Plus, even now as an 18 year old kid when I go home for vacation I basically have an apartment anyway. I have the entire downstairs to myself - minus the laundry room - separated into two areas. One is where I have my laptop, TV, 360, and the other has a bed and stuff. Plus, my mom just wants to know where I'm going and if I will/won't be home. If I go out and am not coming home, I just have to text her where I'm staying.

[Skerik]

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THe thing that is more important than anything. Is a teachers goes to to 4 year college and get's a degree, but you aren't done yet then you have to go to school for another year to get a credential. Then you think you are finally done, but wait now the state want you get a clad, now you have more schooling. You add up all the schooling a teachers does and that would be a master's degree in most other fields. That is why teachers are underpaid, look at the education they got!

That's a two-way street though. Everyone knows what teachers make, the kinds of lives they lead in terms of work/life balance, etc. It's not like anyone rolls out of bed and decides to teach - these are trained professionals with years worth of schooling under their belts to become teachers. Can anyone travel that far down a road, knowing where it will end, and then complain about their profession being underpaid?

[Beantown]

Re: What do teachers really make?

THe thing that is more important than anything. Is a teachers goes to to 4 year college and get's a degree, but you aren't done yet then you have to go to school for another year to get a credential. Then you think you are finally done, but wait now the state want you get a clad, now you have more schooling. You add up all the schooling a teachers does and that would be a master's degree in most other fields. That is why teachers are underpaid, look at the education they got!

Or you can go to a school that offers a 5-year integrated masters plan. Stay one extra year and get your masters in teaching.

A teacher, in MA at least, has 5 years after they graduate college to get their master's degree. That can either take 1 year, full-time, or 2-3 years part-time. A lot of people suggest not taking the 5-year integrated thing, get the 4 year degree/certification, see if you can get a job then. If not, go get your masters full time.

[Beantown]

Re: What do teachers really make?

That's a two-way street though. Everyone knows what teachers make, the kinds of lives they lead in terms of work/life balance, etc. It's not like anyone rolls out of bed and decides to teach - these are trained professionals with years worth of schooling under their belts to become teachers. Can anyone travel that far down a road, knowing where it will end, and then complain about their profession being underpaid?

I rolled out of bed one morning sophmore year and decided I wanted to teach.

Different, but hey...some of us do roll out of bed and think about being a teacher.

[USF11]

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Yup.

Plus, that would allow me to live at home fresh out of college and allow me to save up for a year or two...which I know is something a lot of people look down upon - the whole living at home thing when you're 21 - but in my opinion it'd be the smartest thing I could do. Save money from rent and stuff, would just have to pay for groceries and the like.

Not a bad deal to me.

And I was waiting for your input, Favre.

I'm 25 and there is no way I am moving out until I can afford to own my own home. If you can put 75-100k in the bank b4 your 30, your almost financially set for life. The whole paying rent, eating ramen noodles, living in a crappy neighborhood is overrated.

[ExtremeGamer]

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That's a two-way street though. Everyone knows what teachers make, the kinds of lives they lead in terms of work/life balance, etc. It's not like anyone rolls out of bed and decides to teach - these are trained professionals with years worth of schooling under their belts to become teachers. Can anyone travel that far down a road, knowing where it will end, and then complain about their profession being underpaid?

How about people who just want to be a teacher.

You've never once complained about being underpaid?

[Beantown]

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I'm 25 and there is no way I am moving out until I can afford to own my own home. If you can put 75-100k in the bank b4 your 30, your almost financially set for life. The whole paying rent, eating ramen noodles, living in a crappy neighborhood is overrated.

Yeah. I know a lot of people say you need to experience life on your own...but seriously what good is that experience going to do if your blowing money you're going to need in the future? What good is the experience going to do if you're living in a ****ty neighborhood, in a crappy apartment? Nothing at all. I'll take living in a nice neighborhood, a nice home, with my parents and be looked at as "uncool" than waste money.

[USF11]

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How about people who just want to be a teacher.

You've never once complained about being underpaid?

The one great thing about teaching is summers off, done by 4 and No weekends. It would be my dream to work in financial world till I'm set, then relax and become a teacher.

[Scottdau]

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That's a two-way street though. Everyone knows what teachers make, the kinds of lives they lead in terms of work/life balance, etc. It's not like anyone rolls out of bed and decides to teach - these are trained professionals with years worth of schooling under their belts to become teachers. Can anyone travel that far down a road, knowing where it will end, and then complain about their profession being underpaid?

I agree with you are saying they make that decision, the State is changing their mind so much that is making less people wanting to be teachers. They say one thing and then the next they decide to change it again.

[Beantown]

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Well, USF about the done by 4 thing.

They're usually HOME by 4, but that in no-ways means their work is over. Teaching is probably one of the professions that the job comes home with you most in.

[Skerik]

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How about people who just want to be a teacher.

You've never once complained about being underpaid?

I'm not sure what you're talking about. Nobody can say "I want to be a teacher" and walk into a high school and teach. You need to take courses to become a teacher, during which, from the very beginning, you can clearly see what teachers make and what kind of lives they lead.

It would be like me taking four years of computer science courses, getting a degree, getting out into the field and saying, "This sucks, computer scientists are underpaid." I know what I was getting into, just like teachers do. So it's hard to justify someone's right to complain about the pay in a field they willingly enter through years of schooling, you know?

[Scottdau]

Re: What do teachers really make?

Or you can go to a school that offers a 5-year integrated masters plan. Stay one extra year and get your masters in teaching.
But then you have all the other classes to become certified lol..

A teacher, in MA at least, has 5 years after they graduate college to get their master's degree. That can either take 1 year, full-time, or 2-3 years part-time. A lot of people suggest not taking the 5-year integrated thing, get the 4 year degree/certification, see if you can get a job then. If not, go get your masters full time.

But then you have all the other classes to become certified lol..