Are you sick of highly paid teachers?
Teachers' hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or10 months a year! It's time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - babysit!
We can get that for less than minimum wage.
That's right. Let's give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM with 45 min. off for lunch and plan-- that equals 6 1/2 hours).
Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children. Now how many students do they teach in a day...maybe 30? So that's $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day.
However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.
LET'S SEE....
That's $585 X 180= $105,300
per year. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).
What about those special
education teachers and the ones with Master's degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an
hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children X 180 days = $280,800 per year.
Wait a minute -- there's
something wrong here! There sure is!
The average teacher's salary
(nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days
= $277.77/per day/30
students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student--a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) WHAT A DEAL!!!!
Monday, February 21, 2011
The Demoralization of Public School Teachers: The Devaluation of Public Education
The furor is building, and it’s not settling any time soon. Over the past decade, the role and efficiency of public school teachers in general, has been called into question more and more often. Public disappointment in student performance on state wide public tests has developed into a collective and uniform dislike of teachers, and the quality of the job they do. In light of government dissatisfaction with salary and benefit concessions, teacher’s unions, designed to protect the rights and valuation of educators across the country, have been demonized as the cause of all economic instability.
Teachers, those dedicated to educating children, to preparing entire generations for successful participation in our society seem to feel ostracized. Often required to be as highly educated as lawyers and nurses, yet not nearly as well compensated, these professionals seem to feel under valued, the critical role they play in society disregarded and under esteemed, their service to the public unappreciated. Across the country, teachers are demanding to be recognized as highly educated professionals, their job not just a job, but a lifelong dedication to our youngest generations.
Unions, the organizations designed to protect the rights of these public servants, are often demonized as greedy, unrealistic, inflexible. Deemed by some legislators as the cause of America’s financial downfall, the tenaciousness with which teacher unions fight to maintain the benefits and compensation guaranteed under contractual obligations has given them a gluttonous public reputation. Vilified by the media and those in government alike, teacher unions continue to stand by their fight for those dedicated to serve the public.
Government and the media seem, in partnership, to have fueled a public unrest towards public educators. Claims by some in government that teacher salary and benefits are bankrupting state budgets, and the simplistic spin some media outlets have put on state test scores have created bitterness between the private sector and those public educators who serve their children. Embroiled in contentious battles with union leaders, government leaders are demanding pay and benefit reductions from educators, who generally feel that their jobs are already undervalued.
The ingredients have been cooking for more than a decade, and the stew is coming to a boil.
Teachers, those dedicated to educating children, to preparing entire generations for successful participation in our society seem to feel ostracized. Often required to be as highly educated as lawyers and nurses, yet not nearly as well compensated, these professionals seem to feel under valued, the critical role they play in society disregarded and under esteemed, their service to the public unappreciated. Across the country, teachers are demanding to be recognized as highly educated professionals, their job not just a job, but a lifelong dedication to our youngest generations.
Unions, the organizations designed to protect the rights of these public servants, are often demonized as greedy, unrealistic, inflexible. Deemed by some legislators as the cause of America’s financial downfall, the tenaciousness with which teacher unions fight to maintain the benefits and compensation guaranteed under contractual obligations has given them a gluttonous public reputation. Vilified by the media and those in government alike, teacher unions continue to stand by their fight for those dedicated to serve the public.
Government and the media seem, in partnership, to have fueled a public unrest towards public educators. Claims by some in government that teacher salary and benefits are bankrupting state budgets, and the simplistic spin some media outlets have put on state test scores have created bitterness between the private sector and those public educators who serve their children. Embroiled in contentious battles with union leaders, government leaders are demanding pay and benefit reductions from educators, who generally feel that their jobs are already undervalued.
The ingredients have been cooking for more than a decade, and the stew is coming to a boil.
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