tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post6911805840467007433..comments2024-03-27T11:28:13.401-06:00Comments on Education Matters: If Teachers Were Paid Like Babysitters…Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-84056164388416538112017-08-31T05:59:43.853-06:002017-08-31T05:59:43.853-06:00Every teacher knows what "individualized inst...Every teacher knows what "individualized instruction" means and is charged with it. It's not like doubling a recipe.Lynn Sholeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00141342621011649885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-10063148194449406702016-02-16T16:07:33.580-07:002016-02-16T16:07:33.580-07:00Do you pay for all your supplies where you work? D...Do you pay for all your supplies where you work? Do you share the utility bill payments? Just asking. Please don't bother saying you're the owner....DJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04602824446777491018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-6379096008993719682015-09-19T13:43:28.122-06:002015-09-19T13:43:28.122-06:00Where you teach is important. In suburban Hudson V...Where you teach is important. In suburban Hudson Valley NY, (seethroughny.com), the mean salary is 100,000,000. I just lost my 34k job and had to read a Facebook meme that reads "you is broke, you is tired, you is teacher"<br /><br />The person that posted it as "liked" is a teacher in her 40s who makes $130,000 per year. (step raises like crazy). She will retire with great medical and a $100,000 pension with no state or local tax taken out. <br /><br />....and summers offAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-48463905985779988722011-02-28T11:02:40.560-07:002011-02-28T11:02:40.560-07:00I just want to play with the numbers a bit, to pro...I just want to play with the numbers a bit, to provide a more down-to-earth example. <br /><br />I am a teacher in Indiana with five years of experience. Currently, my salary is about $33,000 a year, before taxes. <br /><br />My son attends a local day care; we pay $2.70 an hour for this service, a very competitive rate in our community. <br /><br />I have, on average, 29 students in my classes this year. I am contractually obligated to be at school for 7.5 hours a day, but I have students under my direct authority for a total of 4 hours, 45 minutes a day (this does not include personal prep, team prep, or even passing periods or lunch). <br /><br />We are contracted to work 185 days a year, but students are with us only 180 days a year. <br /><br />Now, no analogy is perfect, but I'm going to use these numbers and see what we find: <br />$2.70 an hour<br />29 students (average class size this year)<br />4.75 hours<br />180 days<br /><br />All told, my salary, using these numbers, should be $66,946.50, a little over 200% of my actual salary.<br /><br />Again, I understand no analogy is perfect; off the top of my head, I understand that the $2.70 an hour I pay to day care also goes to overhead and expenses beyond day care provider salaries. At the same time, however, I work much, MUCH more than 7.5 hours a day for 185 days a year. I easily put in 60 hours a week when I'm teaching, and I continue to put in hours on weekends and in the summer as well. Good teachers do that; they understand that it is a part of the job. We're not complaining; we're trying to provide perspective from people that are actually in the field.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-10279795625498732962011-02-22T13:00:25.560-07:002011-02-22T13:00:25.560-07:00It might not be a bad idea to use this as a starti...It might not be a bad idea to use this as a starting point for school funding, however. But, let each teacher run his or her class like a medical office. From this amount in the 300s let him or her pay for all materials, support, and utilities. More of a return to teacher as independent contractor and less of teacher as collaborator/mandate-receiver.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1107550755163115303.post-29475612923289848292011-02-22T11:39:20.267-07:002011-02-22T11:39:20.267-07:00Good point, but it fails to consider the economic ...Good point, but it fails to consider the economic law of conservation.<br />A better analogue would be daycare rates. <br /><br />If I make dinner for myself, I put in a 100% of the labor required to make dinner. But if I double the recipe, twice as much work is not required. <br /><br />I'm making no stance on any political issue, just suggesting that there is a way to make your argument closer to reality and more helpful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com