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Old 02-03-2005, 11:45 AM
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If you're clerking for a judge and make less than $39k a year, something is wrong. Five years ago when I was fresh out of law school, I made about $46,500 as a brand new judicial clerk.
Depends what level of court you're clerking for. I think the Court of Common Pleas here is probably, maybe, around $40. I'm applying for the Commonwealth court, which is an appellate court, which I believe starts at around $45 your first year, and you can stay up to three years, with the amount going up.

Also, a lot has changed in the past 5 years... that was pre-9/11
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Old 02-03-2005, 11:48 AM
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Why do teachers (and most of the rest of us) have a job and doctors and lawyers have a practice?

Just wondering.
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Old 02-03-2005, 11:49 AM
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These kind of statements have a lot to do with why it's so hard to find good teachers, particularly in the South. Smart people think that "many" people can be teachers, but that they should better use their intelligence by becoming doctors, lawyers, etc. If we start paying teachers what they are worth (and it looks like PA is doing a great job), more intelligent and qualified teachers will enter the job market. I know many girls who enjoy working with children and would otherwise want to be teachers, but a lifetime of low pay and hard work isn't as appealing as other careers. I understand your logic, but don't we want some of our best and brightest teaching our children?

Edited to add: I read in this month's NEA magazine that many Education students are not passing their teacher entrance exams. This is evidence that maybe those entering the teaching field are not at the level, intelligence-wise, that they should be. Higher pay for qualified teachers will lure smart kids to education.
What bar are you going to raise?? Will teachers be paid more and learn nuclear physics and 14th century french literature before being allowed to teach?

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Old 02-03-2005, 11:50 AM
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For those of you that come from areas where teachers don't get paid much... are the teachers unionized?

I don't think all states in PA pay nearly as much as my school does, but in my county the pay is good- the teachers have a VERY strong union and a lot of political power.
http://money.cnn.com/2003/07/18/pf/easy_teachers/

Read that.

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Old 02-03-2005, 11:56 AM
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http://money.cnn.com/2003/07/18/pf/easy_teachers/

Read that.

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Interesting article. Did a decent job of covering both sides of the opinions in a small amount of column space
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Old 02-03-2005, 11:56 AM
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HAHAHAHAHA you'll never understand? I get up at 5 and sometimes go to bed by midnight......after all the coaching and grading and preparing for the next day is done, and trying to help the junior class get their prom together that is in a month and a half, and getting a bite to eat in there somewhere. I barely make 30,000. OH, and then I have to drive almost 2 hours so that I can finish up school for myself. We have more contact with kids than most parents do during the school year. THEN we get to put up with parents if they think we looked at their baby the wrong way. If we didn't get three months off, there would probably not be ANY teachers left on the planet. OH and it is a paid 3 months. I think those three months make up for all the extra crap we have to do during the school year.

/soapbox
Perhaps I should have clarified. $75k/year??? My comment was directed at the orginal post. I KNOW most teachers don't make that kind of money in every state. My mom is a prime example... and the crap she put up with in her classroom is definitely worth more than what she is making. If she was making $75k/yr, I think she would be happy with that.

I've had my fair share of crappy teachers that, like KSig mentioned earlier, don't do the prep over the summer and think they can teach their children with movies while they chill in the corner reading a magazine. (My 7th grade science teacher in other words.) Yet she was the first on the picket line to protest for higher salaries.

And I'll agree with an earlier post that said that you would think a education student would go into the career TO TEACH and have a rewarding experience, even though the pay isn't that spectacular. BUT there are teachers out there who just do it for the check and complain when they aren't making enough for doing nothing. THAT bugs me.
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Old 02-03-2005, 12:00 PM
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Depends what level of court you're clerking for. I think the Court of Common Pleas here is probably, maybe, around $40. I'm applying for the Commonwealth court, which is an appellate court, which I believe starts at around $45 your first year, and you can stay up to three years, with the amount going up.

Also, a lot has changed in the past 5 years... that was pre-9/11
It was Federal. I stayed with the court for almost three years and got about a $10,000 raise each year, so 9/11 did not affect the salary negatively at all. Why don't you look at Federal clerkships? They're more prestigious anyway.
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Old 02-03-2005, 12:04 PM
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It was Federal. I stayed with the court for almost three years and got about a $10,000 raise each year, so 9/11 did not affect the salary negatively at all. Why don't you look at Federal clerkships? They're more prestigious anyway.
It's a little late in the game for Federal clerkships (from what anyone I've talked to has said)... I didn't realize that clerking was something I might like to do until about a month ago. Also, this court I have great connections to through my boss and the rest of my firm. I'm also very familiar with the a lot of the subject matter this particular court deals with and that makes me very marketable.

If I would've seriously considered clerking earlier, I might have tried for the 3rd Circuit because I have a few connections there as well.

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Old 02-03-2005, 12:07 PM
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What bar are you going to raise?? Will teachers be paid more and learn nuclear physics and 14th century french literature before being allowed to teach?

-Rudey
In North Carolina right now, there is such a lack of adequately trained teachers that anyone with any degree that is relevant can teach. You get the teaching job, and you are a "teacher-in-training", teaching classes every day and then going to certification classes on the weekends. Although I value those people because we need teachers so desperately, they do not receive the same amount of education and training that students who major in education receive. If teachers have higher salaries, more intelligent college students will major in Education and receive complete and adequate training in teaching methods. In college today, a student who has interest in Biology is much more likely to major in Biology than Science Education, because they know the salaries have the potential to be higher in biological fields. Many of these students possess aptitudes for educating and motivating others, but they will never consider teaching as a viable career path unless the average teaching salary increases.

So I guess, the bar that needs raising is demanding that new teachers, with a higher amount of pay, be fully trained in education methods and able to pass the teacher entrance exams. Right now, we are at a point where college graduates with sub-par intelligence and educating skills are the vast majority of the future teachers. Obviously, this does not bode well for education in general.
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Old 02-03-2005, 12:12 PM
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That's awesome! My kids' gym teacher doesn't do any of that. No Red Cross, no paper assignments. They do 20 minutes of calisthenics, 10 minutes of running (either laps in the gym or around the school, depending on weather) and then 15 minutes of the sport of the month (football, soccer, volleyball, etc.) Hopefully they get more of the kinds of things you're talking about in middle school.
Thanks..Physical Education get a bad rap sometimes...and with what some do, it is understandable. I hope your kids have the opportunity to be in a better class in the future. I have found that the more stuctured the class is, the more respect you get and the stronger impact you have. Believe it or not, i have found that kids actually like it more my way...and it helps out in reinforcing what they learn. Stronger test score
I know that there are good teachers and there are bad teachers, but that is the case with every profession and job. I had really good college professors and really good teachers. Each state has different requirements for teachers. Each states entrance exam is different. Each states pay scale is different. I really don't understand the arguement....a job is a job and everyone has the option of deciding what they want to do. You could have been one of those PE teachers who played basketball everyday...I could have been a lawyer. You chose your job because that is what you loved, regardless of the salary. I started out at $24000, including 2 coaches stipends. I drive a bus for extra money..I have another job for extra money. But I will continue to teach because I love the influence I have on others. I love the crazy kids and the ones that I have to break up fights for. I love the parents who attack me, because hopefully their child will still learn something in my class. I honestly feel like I make a difference. Trust me...I could have gone to law schoool...I could have been a lawyer...but I feel I make a stronger impact on society being a teacher. I could continue on, but my 25 min. lunch is over.
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Old 02-03-2005, 12:23 PM
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Again, to teach you don't need an advanced degree in nuclear physics. A teacher's work is not so difficult that many people couldn't do it. I'm sure those that teach and have PhD's end up in higher roles than teachers even.

I'm not sure where you came up with the fact that your state has a lack of adequately trained teachers, but I wonder if whomever told you that looked into other fields.

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In North Carolina right now, there is such a lack of adequately trained teachers that anyone with any degree that is relevant can teach. You get the teaching job, and you are a "teacher-in-training", teaching classes every day and then going to certification classes on the weekends. Although I value those people because we need teachers so desperately, they do not receive the same amount of education and training that students who major in education receive. If teachers have higher salaries, more intelligent college students will major in Education and receive complete and adequate training in teaching methods. In college today, a student who has interest in Biology is much more likely to major in Biology than Science Education, because they know the salaries have the potential to be higher in biological fields. Many of these students possess aptitudes for educating and motivating others, but they will never consider teaching as a viable career path unless the average teaching salary increases.

So I guess, the bar that needs raising is demanding that new teachers, with a higher amount of pay, be fully trained in education methods and able to pass the teacher entrance exams. Right now, we are at a point where college graduates with sub-par intelligence and educating skills are the vast majority of the future teachers. Obviously, this does not bode well for education in general.
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Old 02-03-2005, 12:53 PM
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For those of you that come from areas where teachers don't get paid much... are the teachers unionized?

I don't think all counties in PA pay as much as my school does, but in my county the pay is good- the teachers have a VERY strong union and a lot of political power.
The school where I graduated from is in the midst of a dispute between the board and the teachers' union that has been going on since 2001. The teachers have gone on strike I think 3 times, and at some point said they will keep going on strike every year until their demands are met - showing their lack of concern for the students. As comparison for salary scales, the union has used school districts mostly here in Pittsburgh where the cost of living is much higher. The thing is that the average teacher salary is STILL higher than all but one of the schools they used.

The teachers are some of the highest paid people in my hometown and there are many families where both parents teach. They live in some of the ritziest houses to be had. Meanwhile, the area in general is getting poorer and poorer. However, the teachers want the board to go to binding arbitration, which would probably rule in favor of the teachers, which would raise taxes, which would completely cripple the town.

I could rant about this at length but I won't because it's really upsetting. It's torn apart families and friends, ruined businesses (my grandparents' lawyer, who is a really really nice man, is on the board and has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of business due to this) and I don't even want to think about how cynical it's made the kids.

Teachers in many areas are not paid enough. But there are some places where they're getting away with murder.
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Old 02-03-2005, 12:57 PM
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it's not so much of something I couldn't physically do.. just something I couldn't do. Anyone can go to school, and be a lawyer or teacher or bricklayer or gardener, but dealing with crazy parents, crazy kids (sometimes ) and having to do a ton of work for not very much pay... I couldn't do it. As much as I love kids and as much as I would love to help them, I couldn't deal with all that and still be underappreciated by many folks.
Over 50% of the people who want to go to law school perform too poorly on the LSAT to be accepted to law school. Not anyone can do it, just like not anyone can spend 15 hours a day trying to figure out how some obscure statute can get thier client acquitted.
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Old 02-03-2005, 12:57 PM
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33girl, that's a good assessment of what it's like in our neck of the woods...

Unions may get the teachers more pay, but the strikes (there are always a LOT of strikes...some lasting a very long time... Sheila, remember the Riverview strike? Didn't that go on forever) are ridiculous.
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Old 02-03-2005, 01:03 PM
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My personal vent is the fact that I know somone who pays $200/month less a month in rent because she's a teacher, but her salary is comparable to mine. Different apartments, but the regular rent is only $25 less, anyway. Just a vent.

The other thing that the WONDERFUL South Carolina system does (nationally known for being ranked 50th... or have we moved up to 49th, yet?) is that they allow teachers with no certification because there's such a high need for them.

I agree with the earlier comment... maybe if we started paying them more, we'd get better quality... the expression, you get what you pay for. Though I guess it's a catch-22, because then you'd get teachers that don't care about teaching, but more about the money.
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