Education Majors - want to earn $125K?
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By Dr. Kimberly James in General Published: Saturday, 08 March 08 - 03:35 PM (GMT) Last Updated: Saturday, 08 March 08 - 03:49 PM (GMT) |
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According to this New York Times article, a charter school in New York plans to offer $125,000 salaries to its teachers. (Keep in mind that my sister-in-law is making 6 figures as an administrative assistant and that NYC has a crazy high cost of living.)
Some of the issues an article like this raises in my mind include:
- the concept of charter schools - what do you know about them? do you know about them? do you know which political party usually supports charter school legislation? does the concept resonate with your teaching philosophy?
- No Child Left Behind
- "To make ends meet, the school, which will use only public money and charter school grants for all but its building, will scrimp elsewhere." Hmm . . . scrimp where?
- The teachers will work longer hours and more of the year as well as assume administrative roles
- They plan to only maintain two social workers on staff, yet their target demographic includes "underperformers"
Check out their website.
There are other locations where you can make decent money in secondary education. My sister-in-law (with only a bachelor's degree and 2-3 more years teaching experience than me) made MORE money than I do as a University professor teaching elementary school in The Woodlands, TX.
But of course, the hope is that our Montana BMEs will want to stay in Montana! 
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