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Originally posted by pwd72s
I wish that every bureaucrat, and I include teachers here, who told me they could do better working in private enterprise would simply do so.
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Well Paul, I don't know about doing better!!!...I guess that depends upon what you/they mean by doing better, but I have left gov. teaching positions to work in the private sector (teaching still)...so does that make you happy?
I can tell you that in Ca., private schools pay less than gov. schools, we work longer hours and have yearly contracts. That keeps the private sector teachers pretty 'honest' I reckon because they have to march to the drum of parents who have generally high expectations (and rightly so) and are therefore quite accountable. Also, nationally advertised benchmark testing results is really putting the pressure on schools to lift their game.
You know, I hold a Masters in Education, a Masters in Business Admin and start my PhD in education next year, and one of the private schools in LA offered me an annual salary of US$25,000. That's pretty crappy money so I wonder who the teachers are that are saying they can do better in private?
Even the gov. teaching positions in Ca. top out around the $65,000 mark which ain't good money by many standards. It's a pretty big disincentive for men especially (traditionally the main bread winner), to start or stay in education. Remember the cost of living is pretty darn high in Ca. and as has been mentioned in previous threads, if your not earning a couple $100,000 each year it's pretty hard to raise a family and all that goes with that.
Mark