Teachers Salary

I'm sure this will be posted a million times but....what the hey...

Smart, motivated people are going to have the pick of jobs most of the time. Jobs look attractive by several reasons, one of them being salary. Smart, motivated people probably won't shoot for a low paying job.

I'm a teacher. In two years I will get my LPC and will hopefully become a private counselor. This will TRIPLE my pay. If the pay were identical, I would probably stay teaching, but its a close call. I don't even think doubling my salary would be worth the time and effort I put into that band program.

I graduated with 7 music teachers. Five of them crossed the border to teach in Texas, the other is getting a masters in something else....and then I'm gone. Why? Because the pay is so ridiculously low that I can triple my salary going to another job.

Raise the salaries and you raise the demand for the job. Keep it low and you end up with a few who really love what they do, and a lot that just couldn't do anyting else.

In two years I will no longer be a teacher but I will always have respect for those who are and are doing what they love to do, and I will ALWAYS support a raise for them.