Just under $5.00.
That's approximately how much I earn per hour this school year.
If you're going by the contract language, teachers at my district work 183 days a year, 6.5 hours each day. According to these numbers, I (and most other 2nd year-teachers) would earn $38.44/hour (I'll let you do the math on my annual salary...and I work in a relatively very high paying district).
If you're going by reality, I (and most of the other teachers I've met) work about 60 hours per week (that includes weekends) during the 183-day school year. This is how I earn less than $5.00 per hour. This does not count the significant amount of time I spend working over winter & spring break, as well as during summer. Take that reality into account, and it's probably closer to $4.00 each hour.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
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6.5 hrs x 183 days = 1,189 hrs/yr
1,189 hrs x $38.44 = $45,724 yr
$45,724 / $5 = 9,144.87 hrs/yr
$45,724 / $4 = 11,431 hrs/yr
365 x 24 = 8,760 hrs in a year
You're saying you work 11,431 hours a year? Teachers are amazing. Especially at math.
you know your a great teacher when you make 5 dollars an hour and still love your job :) we're lucky you chose travis.
Touche, anonymous #1. I am indeed horrid at math and should learn to check my work. I'll have to make some edits...
I didn't mean to be so harsh on the number crunching. My bad. I used to work with number crunchers at the SCO but all I did was recycle paper.
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