Compensation Part II
I just got done reading a Facebook posting about the time off teachers get and how they paid a 12 month salary and don't work twelve months. They get a lot of time off during the summer and get breaks at Christmas and in the spring as well.
The amount people get paid, how often they get, their hourly rate of pay, and how they are paid and much they pay in taxes is always in play and everyone has their opinion.
I'm sure we all know someone who is overpaid, underpaid, doesn't pay enough in taxes, or charges a really obscene amount of money per hour.
The school year now is a historical anomly based on our agrarian past. A great teacher could probably make more money in another field. Crappy teachers should be encouraged to look for another career. Some really are job basis folks that work lots of hours beyond the time they spend in the classroom and others are just hourly folks and sadly not the professionals they think they are.
The biggest question and it probably is almost impossible to answer fairly and completely is whether you got fair value for what you think you were paying for.
It's sort of like the post office or your representative in Congress, they are both popular at home but in general and as you get further from home, I'm not so sure.
The amount people get paid, how often they get, their hourly rate of pay, and how they are paid and much they pay in taxes is always in play and everyone has their opinion.
I'm sure we all know someone who is overpaid, underpaid, doesn't pay enough in taxes, or charges a really obscene amount of money per hour.
The school year now is a historical anomly based on our agrarian past. A great teacher could probably make more money in another field. Crappy teachers should be encouraged to look for another career. Some really are job basis folks that work lots of hours beyond the time they spend in the classroom and others are just hourly folks and sadly not the professionals they think they are.
The biggest question and it probably is almost impossible to answer fairly and completely is whether you got fair value for what you think you were paying for.
It's sort of like the post office or your representative in Congress, they are both popular at home but in general and as you get further from home, I'm not so sure.
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