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Originally Posted by Sliver
Okay, but a teacher doesn't work a full-year; they work 3/4 of a year. I know in this thread we like to pretend that isn't a perk or a component of their compensation, but I don't know how many of you guys are going to be showing up everyday for work over the next two months, but I know zero teachers will be.
I'm aware that above fact will make some people angry. I don't understand why, but I don't think that's a me problem.
Do some professions pay more? Yes.
Do some professions get equal or more time off? No.
That time off is an incentive for people to get into (and stay in) teaching. Again, I know in this thread we are pretending that isn't the case, but I've yet to hear a teacher IRL not mention summers, Christmas and spring off as a major life perk they could never do without.
We could always pro-rate that salary to just three weeks off a year instead of 12 to get a better idea of what an annual salary would look like versus working 0.75 of a year.
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I agree that the holidays are a perk and is an incentive for some. What would you like to do? You can change the school calendar so that instead of 194(ish) instructional days and 200(operational days). Add 25 more days to each of those numbers and increase teacher pay accordingly. Now kids are in school and lose out on a break they really need and I think is necessary so kids can be kids. Are those grade 2s you referenced earlier better served with that schedule? I don’t think so.
You need to rethink your math on that 0.75 FTE but we’ve had that discussion previously so I’ll end that debate now.