I know a lady who spent most of her career teaching Catholic elementary school. When she was let go (she wasn't "fired", but they simply don't renew contracts when their teachers get close to vested pensions), she decided to try the local public school, which was (and is) offering everything short of the students to attract new teachers. When the interview got to the salary portion, they told her they "only" start at $40K (in an area where median income for people who work all year is just over $30K), more than double her previous, thirty years' experience, salary, she thought they were joking. When she said she'd take it, the interviewer told her that this was the part of the interview where 90% of just-out-of-college kids walk out on them.
The point is, there ARE plenty of education jobs, and some of the plummest gigs you can find. You just have to not be a greedy little bastard (or more likely, bastardess).
This is one career path that could use a purging of 5% poorest teachers annually for about 5 years to get the unmotivated and poor quality teachers out of the business.
And while we're at it, maybe their pensions should be converted to cash-balance plans with 7 years of wearaway, then frozen in lieu of 401Ks, like a lot of large businesses did to their employees.
I know a lady who spent most of her career teaching Catholic elementary school. When she was let go (she wasn't "fired", but they simply don't renew contracts when their teachers get close to vested pensions), she decided to try the local public school, which was (and is) offering everything short of the students to attract new teachers. When the interview got to the salary portion, they told her they "only" start at $40K (in an area where median income for people who work all year is just over $30K), more than double her previous, thirty years' experience, salary, she thought they were joking. When she said she'd take it, the interviewer told her that this was the part of the interview where 90% of just-out-of-college kids walk out on them.
ReplyDeleteThe point is, there ARE plenty of education jobs, and some of the plummest gigs you can find. You just have to not be a greedy little bastard (or more likely, bastardess).
All I can say is it's about time!
ReplyDeleteThis is one career path that could use a purging of 5% poorest teachers annually for about 5 years to get the unmotivated and poor quality teachers out of the business.
And while we're at it, maybe their pensions should be converted to cash-balance plans with 7 years of wearaway, then frozen in lieu of 401Ks, like a lot of large businesses did to their employees.