Reply #7: I seriously doubt that most experienced [View All]

[ikojo]

teachers make $20k a year. Seriously doubt that. We've heard the hue and cry of the poor underpaid teachers. Yes, they are underpaid when compared to a corporate manager or corporate trainer, but teachers are hardly subsisting on food stamps. I know many people who work as teachers and they lead comfortable middle class lifestyles. They are able to send their kids to college and have a home. Maybe that home is not in the wealthy suburbs but for the most part the teachers I know do live in the burbs.

They are able to take nice vacations. The neighbor of one of my friends teaches in the City of St Louis schools, he and his wife go visit her family in Turkey once a year.

Truth be told, most kids leaving college will be lucky to make a job paying $40k a year immediately upon graduation.

A job ad for the BEGINNING salary for those interested in teaching in the St Louis Public Schools, a city public school system that recently lost its accreditation.

http://www.slps.org/humanresources/teacher.htm

Classroom Teachers: St. Louis Public Schools is looking for energetic, motivated people who LOVE working with CHILDREN. This includes college EDUCATION graduates and experienced teachers and counselors. We need certificated teachers and counselors in all subject areas pre-school through grade 12. Vacancies exist in MAGNET and REGULAR schools. Requirements: Bachelor’s Degree or higher, MISSOURI CERTIFICATION OR PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTIFICATION (COLLEGE LETTER). Terms of Employment: Ten-month basis. Beginning Salary $33,412. Applicants will receive salaries in conjunction with their degree and experience.

District benefits include: paid health, dental, and vision insurance, $30,000 term life insurance, tuition reimbursement (Parsons-Blewett Memorial Fund), annual sick leave/personal days, and a St. Louis Public Schools retirement plan.

http://www.ucityschools.org/vnews/display.v/ART/2007/06/04/46646951bcf39

This site lists the salary for beginning teachers as well as those with a bachelor's degree plus 30 hours. The University City School District serves a primarily black student body. U City is not as wealthy a suburb as is Clayton or Ladue MO. I suspect teachers in Clayton and Ladue make a wee bit more than do those in U City and the City of St Louis.