"50k is outstanding pay for a part-time job. .....
On top of all that, very few established teachers work 40
hour weeks. If they do work summers, they get extra
pay."
When you look at the total number of hours worked per year
for all teaching related activities, most people would be
shocked at how overpaid they really are for the real time
put in. Most states have a 180 day school year (and even
that can be skirted). Teachers have a couple of in-service
(partial) days in addition to the 180 school days.
Compare that to a cushy Federal employee's full time job
after 15 years service. They get 10 holidays & 26 vacation
days. In a typical year there are 260 work days +/- 2 days.
After taking out vacations & holidays, there's still 224
work days left. And they are 8 hour work days (8:00am -
4:30pm give or take). Even they work a minimum of 42 days
more than a teacher every year.
If you had said 32 - 34 hours per week when school is in
session a full five days, you'd be stretching it for most
teachers. You didn't mention that most schools have 1/2
days & shortened days for different events/reasons......
late arrival & early dismissal days for weather..... they
all counted as full days worked for the teachers.
I've been in schools from Texas to Maine as an auditor for
the Dept of Education. Their scheduled day is almost always
less than 7 hours face time, not hours worked (arrive
8:00am - day ends 2:45pm give or take). I'm not buying the
argument that teachers spend long hours grading papers &
preparing plans, attending PTA meetings, etc. Most get a
daily lunch break, a free period & many have one study hall
as well (where they can freely work on plans, papers,
etc.), not considering the time between each class,
assemblies, home room & other miscellaneous non-teaching
activities.
At the end of the school day you better not be near the
teachers parking lot as it's dog eat dog to get the heck
outta there. Almost every school I've been to has very few
teachers who stay late & even fewer who report early. |
