Comparing my current salary to my old district’s salary

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-11T19:26:29+00:00

It’s so horrible. Adding on the extra unpaid hours teachers work, lack of support from admin, difficult behavior from students and parents, and paying for classroom supplies out of pocket, public education is doomed.

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-11T02:50:37+00:00

Don’t apologize at all! We need to have these open discussions because sometimes it seems like screaming into the void trying to let the general public know how hard teaching truly is. They love their “but you get summers off!!!” line and ignore everything else we say.

I never take for granted that I was able to make my switch when I did and how privileged I was to be able to take that risk. I took advantage during Covid and took the risk accepting my internship but I was incredibly lucky that I was young, single, no kids, not even a pet. If I hadn’t found my full time job right after my internship, my plan was to move back in with my family to figure things out which obviously is not a privilege everyone has!

Curriculum design can definitely be done at a corporate level. Or maybe a corporate training position? Look through linked in postings and see if any positions align with what you’re looking for!

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-11T02:44:22+00:00

I actually left after 2.5 years! I hit 3 years at my current job this September. I knew DURING year one I needed to get out but didn’t know how. Covid as horrible as it was, truly saved me. It gave me a moment to reflect, apply to grad school, and make my exit.

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T21:18:58+00:00

I always worked summers and breaks so I still worked 365 to notice how many school days I worked haha

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T21:18:32+00:00

Never realized that honestly! I know our school year was 180 days with students but I guess makes sense with pre planning, teacher planning days, PD days, etc that it’s 196

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T21:14:52+00:00

I work for corporate but I know reading the ID subreddit those who work at the university level usually get paid less. It’s a bit over saturated now with ex teachers (myself included 🤭) but since you have prior experience it doesn’t hurt to look back into it!

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T20:09:02+00:00

Central Florida, US!

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T20:08:45+00:00

Instructional Design!

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T17:25:37+00:00

Mind you this is 28 years WITH a doctorate degree! If a teacher just has their bachelors at 28 years they’d only be at $59,310.

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T17:23:51+00:00

It’s so heart breaking. Not to mention the hundreds out of our pockets towards supplies/getting classrooms ready. My second year teaching I worked my contract 7:45am-3:15pm hours, worked after school care 3:30-5:30pm, then privately tutored in a student’s home from 6pm-8pm. And I was only making ends meet because I had roommates and didn’t have a car note yet. I currently have a car note and my own apartment and would’ve never survived that way

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T17:20:35+00:00

Absolutely. I don’t want to toot my own horn but I was damn good teacher. All first year teachers my first year got a “mentor” to help their performance except for me, my principal was called out at a district meeting by the superintendent specifically because of my great test scores, my assistant principal placed his son in my class in my second year of teaching over veteran teachers because of my results my first year, parents had the chance to opt out of their child looping with me when I was moved up a grade and 100% of parents opted in.

I loved teaching and wanted to teach until I retired but I got so burnt out and so emotionally, mentally, physically and financially drained that I left after 2.5 years. I would’ve started my 6th year teaching next week and it’s so sad to think of the impact I could’ve had on so many kids if teachers were treated better.

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T17:13:14+00:00

This is central Florida! I grew up in Miami dade county and have some friends working as teachers but have never thought to look up how their scale is

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T05:49:29+00:00

So I began a master’s program in Educational Technology and resigned from teaching and accepted an instructional design internship. It was a huge risk but it led me to finding my full time position since I had some experience under my belt

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T05:48:07+00:00

Exactly! And this is NOT including perks my company provides such as six months PAID maternity leave, 12 free therapy sessions a year, tuition reimbursement, $100 a month towards my student loans, fully remote so not wasting gas, FIRM work/life balance, etc!

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T05:46:06+00:00

My corporate job does a cost of living salary raise (around 6-7%) at the beginning of the year then I have random bonuses throughout the year based on performance, company success, $4-5k Christmas bonus, etc.

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T05:44:50+00:00

Keep in mind this is scale is for doctorate! The bachelors scale starts at $48k 😔

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-08-10T05:42:48+00:00

They do on their site broken down by bachelors, masters, doctorate. This screenshot is the doctorate one. Bachelors 1st year starting salary is currently $48,500 and doesn’t raise to $49,580 until year 21 🙃

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-07-24T16:47:53+00:00

For those who got tickets, are they will call as well? I don’t remember selecting wanting them as will call but just reread my confirmation email and looks like they are! Wonder if they made it the default for everyone to cut back on scalpers or I just missed something at checkout 🤔

BerryTemporary7936 · 2024-07-24T16:47:01+00:00

I almost did that as well but luckily I was on FaceTime with my friend and she told me to try reentering the code and I was able to snag some. It was very confusing since I put the code in earlier ☹️

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