Do you think teachers should be paid equatable salaries, comparing it to the business world?
534826
There is no amouint of money that can sufficiently pay those who mold the thinking and lives of the future ... think about it ... teachers show the way to those who become the future parents, doctors, police, judges, scientists, world leaders, etc.\n\nAnyone out there who doesn't understand the value of the work of a teacher after reading the previous posts, please go to the site I've attached and read "Three Letters from Teddy".  They say it all!
924088
Raise the pay for the teachers so the good ones will stay in education.   Have better methods for evaluating the teachers so the really bad teachers are removed.   Teaching is more than a job and those that aren't in it for the kids needs to leave.   Teachers need to eat and enjoy life so their salary's should be comparable to any other professional persons salary that requires the training and the sacrifices a teacher must make to teach.   They need the respect of parents and the support of the community.   Less Administration and their high salaries and concentrate on the child, with the best teachers, more materials and less frills.   Back to the basics in elementary school, exploration in the middle school, and specialized training in high school with three types of diplomas, Academic- for college bound, commercial - for business  and general for those who are just there in body and go Thur the motions of getting an education.   An exit exam would be a good idea if someone could come up with a good exit exam.
816495
depends what they do. if they teach or freelance. you get more money freelance and ur own boss.
316353
Can they?  Yes.  Can they rationalize it?  Sure, by saying employee A produces higher quality work or something like that.\n\nFor many jobs, your pay is set based on experience, education, and other things that aren't directly related to the actual job.
383619
not enough, teachers in the US are incredible under valued if you want to be any English teacher some where learn Japanese and teach there, they value their education and pay well
457884
I would say because people do not realize the full extent of how important teachers are, because without them who are you to say you would be who you are today.  I would say that the world is too caught up on celebrities and sports and things like that, that make so much more money it is ridiculous.  So I would have to say that people do not realize the importance of teachers and the amount of money they get paid, when the reward (their students) is priceless.
499332
for me not. ( i am talking about salaries in IRAN )\nI think the salary is not enough for the person with these quaifications.
563182
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.
747055
Where I live, pay is calculated based on years of post-secondary education and years of experience.  Elementary and secondary teachers are on the same pay scale.  \n\nI've worked in both elementary and secondary schools (as a student-teacher, as I'm still completing my B.Ed).  Elementary is great because you're with the same students all day, so you're able to make many more cross-curricular connections.  You can build a unit around "Outer Space" and incorporate that into Language Arts, Math, Science and Physical Education.  I also prefer the actual environment in elementary schools to the secondary school environment because it's more spacious, better decorated and encourages more interaction between the students and their environment.  With teaching at any grade, it's a great feeling when a struggling student finally grasps that concept thanks to your support, and when you clue in to the fact that the learning is reciprocal (you're learning from the students) you'll start to get so much more from your job.  Teaching is also great because you're always working with different people and the three-way relationship (teacher-student-curriculum) means that you can teach the same thing to two different groups and have two totally different experiences.  Nobody can call teaching monotonous.\n\nOn the downside, teaching involves a lot of bureaucracy.  A lot of your job will be administrative, from planning field trips to applying for funding for your special-needs students.  This takes time away from teaching.  You've also got your Code of Conduct, your union, the school administration, the school board and the provincial / state / federal body responsible for education.  Then you've got the parents (who usually either think they know everything or think they know nothing) and the community.  Education is probably the field with the largest number of stakeholders, and everybody has an opinion about how you should do your job.  If you can deal with those two things, you can probably survive teaching!
773668
Not really.  The teachers aren't even required to have a degree in private schools.  They are also way underpaid because they don't have the Masters Degree and therefore can't get a better paying job at a public school.  \n\nPrivate schools make their owners rich.  That is their purpose.
1140130
There certainly are some teachers who love the job so much they would do it for free - if they were already financially independent.  \n\nUnfortunately, less than 1% of all people who would ever TRY to be a teacher have the means to support themselves without being paid to work.  The sad reality of our society is that money has become the base of exchange, and even teachers need money to pay even their minimum bills.  Did you know that in the 5 bouroughs of New York City, the salary a teacher is paid is so low that a full-time teacher still qualifies for welfare?  Same might possibly be true in Los Angeles, and many other big cities.\n\nIsn't it sad that we - as a society - value teachers so poorly that this question would even be asked, but people who never tried to do anything well other than play sports become millionaires in their first year out of college?
350846
Ask your teacher, that's what you pay him for
1186602
Yes, as well as other people who's salaries are based on taxpayers money (except for politicians).
487199
Well, that sounds good to me.  I don't think I have ever before heard a teacher happy about the amount left after taxes .... at least that is how I am interpreting your details ... or do you mean you don't have much left after taxes?  My thoughts would be to go where you are happy and where you feel you are making a difference.  Those of us who make a career of teaching don't usually do it for the money.
705170
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.
144469
I would hope that most rich people are also educated.\n\nIf you are comparing rich people vs. educators (teachers), I would say that, in general, educators are better people, as they give more to the world than they expect in return.
463390
Teacher's should get paid like the educated professionals they are.  There is a lot more in teaching than most people think.  Some people might argue that 35k (average salary for a first year teacher) might be enough but there's  alot of other factors to consider than just living expenses.  Every time a teacher takes work to be graded home, its unpaid overtime.  Every time a teacher tutors before school or after school for the most part is unpaid overtime (some schools do pay teachers but not many).  Every time child receives a certificate, a pencil, a cupcake, a candy, a sticker, a book or any other type of rewards, they are paid out of pocket.  Anytime you walk into a teacher's room and see posters, bulletin boards, borders for decoration, the majority of the books (for students to read for pleasure), even whiteboard markers were paid out of pocket.  Some teachers have been known to buy their own desk chairs because the schools don't provide any.  Some schools limit the teacher's use of copy machines.  Guess what happens when a teacher runs out...Kinko's run to send homework packets home, parents letters, progress reports out of pocket and only to find out that the homework doesn't get done and letters are not being read.  I definately think teacher's should get paid more.