Friday, April 4, 2014

Difference between public and private teacher salaries

How much a teacher makes is something most people who haven't pursued the career don't know, nor are interested in knowing. Since I'm going to live off of these numbers, I'll make an explanation and summary of what being a teacher looks like. For teachers who've just started, they obtain around $30,000 to $40,000. Throughout years to come their starting salary shifts and stays around $45,000 to $68,000 a year, in a public school. That’s a reality for only public school teachers. For those teachers who choose to work in private schools, make way less; around $10,000 to $20,000 less! Why is this? Well it’s because in public schools, teachers are demanded more; more jobs and tasks to do are required and there are less people willing to work harder; so there needs to be a nice recompense for their jobs. Private schools have fewer amounts of students in each room being taught by one teacher. This could be considered a benefit for the teacher because they deal with a fewer amount of students, meaning a fewer amount of everything; work, essays and papers to grade, and even dealing with less drama and conflicts. Private school teacher’s answer to their principles, and parents, meanwhile public school teachers have a huge load on their back of being responsible to answer to their principles, parents, and government. When it comes to the well-being of the teacher like their health insurance, public beats private schools. Typically, state systems offer a better coverage of needs for their teacher’s and their families. So what now? Why would one want to be a private school teacher if there seems to be more benefits from being a public school teacher? Well, public school teachers have accumulations of things to do, to hand out, and to explain; leaving less time to actually teach a class the way it should. A benefit of being a public school teacher is that you get to keep the “free” education system going on for those who need of an education and can’t afford to pay for a private school. Private schools are mostly religious and that’s a main reason why several teachers who share the same faith prefer to attend at those schools. Private school teachers actually teach and have a one-on-one interaction with their classes. This is why private school teachers tend to have way more experience on how to deal with kids/teens. In conclusions both private and public school teachers care about their profession and will thrive to do their best for the children/teens, but these are some reason why there is a big difference between the pay being received annually. 

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