What teachers deserve? (1 Viewer)

[blue_chameleon]

This is for all of the people out there that strongly believe teachers should deserve a pay rise. This is simply a thread where people post the figures of what they would want if you were teachers.

Make no comparison to any other occupation, teaching is teaching. Is it $100 000+ for 1st year graduates, $200 000 for principals, and $100 an hour overtime? When will they feel secure that all the "stress" and "extra hours work" are compensated adequately for? Give a ballpark figure here.

Take this seriously too, I would love to hear all of your figures.

 

[lengstar]

i say 50000 starting figure
i'm serious, stop bitching and shut up

 

[ameh]

a dollar a day
like those ethiopian kids

 

[Sarah168]

Originally posted by lengstar
i say 50000 starting figure
i'm serious, stop bitching and shut up

yeah, I'd say 50 000 is reasonable to make teaching one of my options

 

[neo o]

Originally posted by lengstar
i say 50000 starting figure
i'm serious, stop bitching and shut up

50,000 is pretty damn generous for someone just out of uni as well

 

[Ribbon]

I think what they are on now is pretty fair. I think they deserve a pay rise schedule that is only just above inflation.

 

[hipsta_jess]

start off on say 50k, with a pay rise (say 1k) every year for a certain period of time (say 10 yrs), then they stay on that unless they start heading up the food chain a bit higher.

 

[santaslayer]

The current starting rate is pretty generous anyway. I would say that the small increases every year should be higher instead.

 

[_muse_]

ok, my opinion might be pretty bias considering both my parents are teachers, but for all the shit they have to cop from us losers who decide to play up.. i reckon they deserve a bloody pay rise. perhaps maybe... 99%?? haha nah just kidding.. the 25 their going for would be excellent.

 

[Will_Sparky]

Theres this really cool email going around about teachers pay. Compares them to baby sitters. Something like $8 per hour, per child.

30 Kids A day, for six hours... 30x8x6 = $1440 per day

5 Days a week... 1440x5 = $7200 per week

40 Weeks a year (No Holidays) = 7200x40 =$288,000

Hmmmm... Interesting.

 

[blue_chameleon]

Yeah, interesting.

So you'd have teachers earning more than the Prime Minister. Hmmm......

What about Principals, they are currently on about 2-3 times as much as teachers, so would that mean they get $500,000 - $600,000?

 

[my sharona]

Originally posted by Asquithian
teachers could have a small increase in pay....current levels are very reasonable.

everyone... i'd like to point out... how the government gave about 11%...
the CATHOLIC SCHOOL teachers got a 7% higher payrise than the PUBLIC SCHOOL teachers...

So it really depends on which teachers you're talking about...

 

[Generator]

Executive teachers within the Catholic system were given the additional increase, not Catholic system (systemic or something, right?) teachers in general.

 

[Will_Sparky]

Originally posted by blue_chameleon
Yeah, interesting.

So you'd have teachers earning more than the Prime Minister. Hmmm......

What about Principals, they are currently on about 2-3 times as much as teachers, so would that mean they get $500,000 - $600,000?

I just thought it was interesting, they dont even get charged a babysitters wage!

 

[glycerine]

Yes but babysitting is a casual job. Teaching is full time. Generally casuals get higher hourly rates than full timers because they don't get the same other benefits (sick days health cover etc).


I think a teacher (just an average teacher) who's been teaching 10-15 years should be on at least $70,000. Right now it's about $63,000 I think.

 

[TheBirdMustFly]

I had no Idea 100k was the going rate, and I thought they were winging bout being paid shit all.

 

[glycerine]

Err... teachers don't get $100,000 p.a, genius. My mum has been teaching since about 1988 and she gets $63,000 p.a... despite the fact that she's often at school from 7am-5pm, does millions of other things (such as the school production) and is constantly being emailed with work to look at from students, not to mention research and marking. If you look at the work versus the pay... it's not much.

 

[Generator]

Don't let Asquithian see that post, glycerine... It has all been covered in the 'Teahcer Pay Increases' thread, anyway.

 

[glycerine]

Hahaha. I strongly believe that teachers deserve payrises and will argue it to the death

 

[rumour]

What do teachers get ATM?

Cause I heard a rumour, don't know if it is true though!