And we wonder why American kids don't keep up with others.
$6.67/hr indeed. Pathetic.
Georg
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> [mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Tom Scales
> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 5:18 PM
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> The standard substitute rate in my school district is $50.05 for a 7 1/2
> day, or $6.67 an hour. Working full-time as a substitute (196 day year)
> would result in a salary of $9808, without any benefits available.
>
> Starting salary for an instruction assistant -- in the classroom, is
> $11,373.
> Poverty level for a family of four is $18,400.
>
> Tom
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> From: "Gregg Iverson" <golftooter@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 6:45 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] [OT]Teacher salaries
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> > At 01:56 PM 3/16/03, you wrote:
> > >I once knew a man who quit his job as a teacher to take a
> > >higher-paid position within the same school district -- a union
> > >janitor. He said the kids didn't treat him any worse, and there
> > >was no homework to grade.
> > >
> > >Then there are all the people who do what everyone else would
> > >consider teaching, that is, they stand in front of the class like
> > >a teacher, give the kids instruction like a teacher, and grade
> > >their work like a teacher, but they're not officially teachers,
> > >they're instructional aids, classified employees, or some similar
> > >term. $15 an hour around here. Most of the ones I know have at
> > >least one other job to pay the bills.
> >
> > I could have worked as a substitute teacher in Detroit, MI in 1970 for
> > those wages!
> >
> > gregg
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