What Countries Pay the highest salary for Teachers?
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Straight cash?  Saudi or UAE.  Pretty much anywhere in the middle east.\n\nJapan and Korea (then Tiawan and Hong Kong) pay English teachers very well.
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Bolivia.\n\nThe richest is Brazil.
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Sadly, we don't value our teachers enough in the US, as reflected in the salaries offered. Most US college graduates have student loans to repay. And if you add to it another year or two years to get the graduate work needed for state certification, that adds more to the debt. As a result, many American teachers start off already at a huge disadvantage, and its not like they're looking at the possibility of huge raises over time, either.\n\nOnce they do get started teaching, shrinking school budgets force them to work more with less resources (more students per class, sometimes not enough books or even seats or classrooms!) The burnout factor is really high.\n \nHowever, qualified bilingual teachers can be recruited from other countries because the starting salary here for teachers (grade school and high school) is already much more than what they would be making in their own countries. Conditions for teaching are probably considered an improvement over what they're used to, especially if they come from overcrowded or impoverished areas themselves. Plus, they would be getting the chance to build lives in the US and perhaps even get a green card and sponsor other relatives to come over.\n\nIts actually a very creative solution to make sure that our kids are getting an education while longer-term strategies to recruit and retain locally are developed.
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I teach in a small rural school in IN.  Our system starts a new teacher @ $30,000 per year with more for taking on extra duties.\n\nA teacher in the well-to-do burbs of Indy starts out around $40,000.
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YES!  DOES NOT MAKE ANY SENSE HOW A TEACHER ONLY GETS PAID $30,000 A YEAR. AN ATHELETE WHO CAN'T HARDLY SPELL BUT CAN MAKE OVER A MILLION DOLLARS!
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I wouldn't say the pay scale for Tennessee educators is horrendous, compared to other places. Salaries for teachers in general is horrendous. Tennessee is ranked 33rd out of 50 on average teacher salary with an average of 40,657, but the cost of living in Tennessee is generally low. There are minimum salaries that teachers must be paid, based on education level and experience. You can find this info here:\nhttp://www.teateachers.org/informationcenter/Salary%20Info/TN%20minsalsched.htm\n\nFor my first year of teaching, next year, I am not expecting to make over 30k and I live in Tennessee.
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What are your qualifications?\n\nMost areas require an undergraduate degree in a general subject followed by a Bachelor of Education degree.  In less desireable markets they will take just the undergrad plus teaching certification, but your pay will be lower.\n\nI don't know that the demand is high enough to be hiring from abroad, but most teachers apply directly to the school board in the area they're interested in working.  The site below is VERY popular for jobs, but it's not always the most up-to-date.  You'd always be better off looking at school board websites.
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If you mean richest country with the highest wage per capita of the population, that country is LUXEMBOURG with $55,100.
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What area?\nWhat kind of teacher?\n\nGo to this website to get a basic idea:\nhttp://www.salary.com/
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In most states teachers are not paid well.  In many states welders are well paid, it all depends on how hard you are willing to work.
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Hi. I'm a Bulgarian student and to be honest don't know what you exactly mean. In BG the Ministry of Education has the idea to calculate the month salary of the teachers by giving test to the students. The inspectors come to the school and give the students the tests. Then the test are checked and depending ot the marks (better marks=better teacher) they decide if the teacher is doing his job right and give him more or less money. I hope that this is what you're asking about. However this system is not applied yet, but it'll probably soon be applied.
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YES!!!\nThat's a good salary in EVERY country (assuming US$)
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There really is no "average".  It depends on the location (suburban areas almost always pay more than urban or rural areas), the size of the school (larger schools generally pay more than smaller ones), the level (secondary schools sometimes pay more than elementary), and the tuition the school charges (higher tuition goes with higher salaries).  Just like public schools,  most private schools have some sort of salary schedule that rewards a combination of education and experience.  (The longer you've been teaching and the more education you have, the higher your salary is likely to be.)  Also, in addition to a base salary, a music teacher is likely to be paid a bonus for working outside of the school day with band or choir activities.\n\nAll that said, most private schools pay half to two-thirds of the salary of comparable public schools (those of similar size in the same area).
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Teaching... You get summers off.  You get excellent benefits.  And, teachers are always in demand.
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Teachers here are not paid very well. I don't know why. They are paid about 1/3 what a mainland big city teacher would make. I would suggest actually calling some of the schools here and talk to someone in the school. They are all very friendly and probably wouldn't mind talking to you.
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Yes and my father warned me of it, You will never get rich and will work hard. Younger children will keep you sick with all their bugs. The best place to work as a teacher is not the public school system, the private sector doesn't pay well either. That leaves you with the best choice and it is working for the federal government in DoDDs (Department of Defense Dependent schools) Teachers are well paid and respected by the administration, peers and students alike.
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Teachers have been getting paid too much on the "high end" of seniority for quite a while now. Starting Teachers are making anywhere from 27-34K plus full benefits, not cheap ones either, for working just over 1/2 of a year. Many Teachers also work second jobs, not so much for the need to earn more money than the want, and are mostly in Professional type jobs making top wages there also. There are actual College Professors, I am sure not too many though, that make less than School District Teachers. The Teachers, through their Union Representatives, have informed the School Districts that within a certain amount of years they want to be making almost double the salary that they are now and do not want to pay towards their health coverage. Teachers are already , in many areas, getting "extra pay" for Parent / Teacher meetings which had always been a part of their regular job description. Where else can a person work 1/2 of a year, get vacation and sick time, an excellent pension, repayment and then raises for taking required College courses to keep up to date or to advance in thier careers, full and complete healthcare benefits with zero copays and zero contributions, practically guaranteed raises every year...one way or another, and don't have to work that hard usually? I won't even mention what some of the Teachers do instead of Teaching their students many times. So, are Teachers underpaid? Not at all. You cannot compare State to State or even different areas of the same State because of so many differences in demographics and wage disparagy, and to anyone who turns in another Professional career to make less and work harder as a Teacher, I have no sorrow for them as it was their choice, they can choose to return to their old job if they want! Must be some reason why they don't! Taxpayers do not have a quarter of the benefits nor half of the pay as Teachers in most cases, and surely do not get 1/2 a year off either. Many places do not have sick days anymore and certainly do not offer many vacation days. Health insurance in the real world usually costs the employee $60.00 or more per week just for themselves and doesn't cover much, and to insure a family would cost one worker in the family their entire pay each week at least if not more, to have insurance that doesn't cover everything! Teachers make plenty, don't fall for their crying.