Submitted by Julia (not verified) on July 26, 2007 - 18:15.
Like most of the other posts here, I do not made nearly as much as Leonard. During the 2006-2007 school year, my salary was about $42,000. This includes a Masters stipend, teaching adult education courses four nights a week in my district, teaching Saturday remediation classes, and 6 years experience. I work in Virginia and began my career in Philadelphia.
In the past six years, I taught at an inner-city school with 100% free lunch, then moved onto a school with over 80% free or reduced lunch. I've been punched, kicked, and cursed at by students. One of my students charged me, knocked me flat on my back, and continued swinging. I once had i student threaten to have his dad take me out. I taught 3rd grade.
One of the major issues I encountered in working with this population was a lack of supplies. I've given students the basics like crayons, pencils, notebooks, and rulers, but I've had to do more than that. I've paid for field trips and given away bookbags, socks, shoes, hats and gloves. I always had food in my classroom, in case one of the students missed breakfast or just needed something to eat to get through the day. I bought numerous books for my students to take home, so they would have something at home to read (thanks to scholastic book clubs, I got great deals). I've listened to my students telling me about seeing their moms on the corner prostituting themselves for crack money, or worse, hitting up their children for spare change.
Working in an inner-city school or a school in an economically depressed area is a challenge as well as a blessing. It really takes a dedicated person to handle the challenges associated with these schools. While I love where I work and what I do, I have been considering moving back north to simply increase my salary.
Teacher Salaries
Submitted by Julia (not verified) on July 26, 2007 - 18:15.
Like most of the other posts here, I do not made nearly as much as Leonard. During the 2006-2007 school year, my salary was about $42,000. This includes a Masters stipend, teaching adult education courses four nights a week in my district, teaching Saturday remediation classes, and 6 years experience. I work in Virginia and began my career in Philadelphia.
In the past six years, I taught at an inner-city school with 100% free lunch, then moved onto a school with over 80% free or reduced lunch. I've been punched, kicked, and cursed at by students. One of my students charged me, knocked me flat on my back, and continued swinging. I once had i student threaten to have his dad take me out. I taught 3rd grade.
One of the major issues I encountered in working with this population was a lack of supplies. I've given students the basics like crayons, pencils, notebooks, and rulers, but I've had to do more than that. I've paid for field trips and given away bookbags, socks, shoes, hats and gloves. I always had food in my classroom, in case one of the students missed breakfast or just needed something to eat to get through the day. I bought numerous books for my students to take home, so they would have something at home to read (thanks to scholastic book clubs, I got great deals). I've listened to my students telling me about seeing their moms on the corner prostituting themselves for crack money, or worse, hitting up their children for spare change.
Working in an inner-city school or a school in an economically depressed area is a challenge as well as a blessing. It really takes a dedicated person to handle the challenges associated with these schools. While I love where I work and what I do, I have been considering moving back north to simply increase my salary.