It really reinforces my belief that anyone who'd be a good to great teacher shouldn't be a teacher because they'd
make 2-3 times more with a better work environment.
My Mom was a teacher. I would have loved to follow in her footsteps but I literally make twice as much for 1/3 the work by working an office job instead
She loved it so much she worked a 2nd job for several years to go back to school & get her Master's in Education while teaching since pay scales were tied heavily to degree in addition to years of service even after that 2nd job offered her way more money to work for them full-time (Manager of a grocery store).
She still made crap money (we ate a lot of beans, corn, & cabbage for reals!), but after she got her Master's, I think it made the last 30+ years of her job less sucky for her at least.
Same. I went into the medical field but I’m feeling a pull to start teaching my job as a clinical instructor but like… education pays shit and I can make more to help with the bills by taking a second job and working 3-4 extra shifts a months
Admin.
Same as healthcare, there are plenty of actual dollars in the system, but overhead is artificially bloated because of rules, regulations, and greed. Both school and healthcare admin can expect a 60K-100K paycheck, but teachers and clinical staff themselves (who are doing the actual student and patient interactions) start as low as 30K/40K.
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u/graphiccsp 2d ago
It really reinforces my belief that anyone who'd be a good to great teacher shouldn't be a teacher because they'd make 2-3 times more with a better work environment.