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Originally Posted by Taminy
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Hm what state? A starting CC teacher here (Wisconsin) also earns $55k but that's with a master's only. We also get retirement and a form of tenure as well. An average high school teacher with a master's here earns around $52k. That's not a teacher with a master's starting out, that's the overall average. A bachelor's is less than that of course and I believe starting out (when I looked into it) was around $35k a year.
No and not to troll but I did take a slight tangent to it. Some high school teachers are qualified to teach college level classes - at the same time, many aren't. I know this because a friend of mine who went into high school teaching... again with a BS in chem... was the school's math expert [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] |
I said a starting teacher with my education/experience. I have two masters degrees + 30 credits towards phd. I also have 10 years experience. Starting salary for that in my northern nj district is about 90k/year.
I agree some high school teachers can't teach at a college level due to knowledge and qualification limits. that wasn't my point. my point was that there was an assumption by the OP that everyone who could qualify to teach at a college level would do so rather than teach high school. that isn't true. there are lots of valid reasons why someone would prefer to teach high school rather than college despite being qualified to do so.
salaries vary widely from district to district and college to college. i have taught at my local community college and also taught at my university while finishing my second masters...my salary was substantially lower (starting salary about 55k if I wanted to do it full time). I'm not saying my experience is the rule for everyone, but it certainly isn't unusual.