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<blockquote data-quote="Devilkiller" data-source="post: 2040376" data-attributes="member: 12360">d20fool,What grade/subject(s) do you teach? What is your yearly salary for the regular September-June or so school year? Also, do or could you make extra money from the school or school district for coaching sports, teaching summer school, etc? If so how much does or could that pay add up to? Finally, is your income close to the national average for teachers with your job description?I have always heard complaints about the low pay of teachers, but I have never had a clear picture of just how much money it is that teachers make. Without that it is tough to tell whether or not their pay is &quot;fair&quot;. Some folks would consider $40,000 chump change and insufficient to pay the bills. Others would consider it a &quot;pretty good job&quot;. The same could be said of $30,000 or $70,000. Give us some numbers here? I can't see paying somebody $150,000/yr to teach 4 year olds to spell C-A-T, but if there are guys teaching Calculus to 17 year olds for $6/hour that's probably silly too.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Devilkiller, post: 2040376, member: 12360"] d20fool, What grade/subject(s) do you teach? What is your yearly salary for the regular September-June or so school year? Also, do or could you make extra money from the school or school district for coaching sports, teaching summer school, etc? If so how much does or could that pay add up to? Finally, is your income close to the national average for teachers with your job description? I have always heard complaints about the low pay of teachers, but I have never had a clear picture of just how much money it is that teachers make. Without that it is tough to tell whether or not their pay is "fair". Some folks would consider $40,000 chump change and insufficient to pay the bills. Others would consider it a "pretty good job". The same could be said of $30,000 or $70,000. Give us some numbers here? I can't see paying somebody $150,000/yr to teach 4 year olds to spell C-A-T, but if there are guys teaching Calculus to 17 year olds for $6/hour that's probably silly too. [/QUOTE]

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