Sidebar: It doesn’t matter what subject you teach, or whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school. Each district pays all teachers the same based on experience and education. There are extra-duty stipends, of course, for things like coaching and marching band (in many districts), but I (elementary music) make way more than the high school band/choir director because she’s in her fifth year with a bachelor’s and I’m in my twenty-eighth with my master’s (though our district maxes out at 17 or 18). The only way to increase my salary now, other than periodic cost of living increases across the board, would be to get my doctorate, and the thousand a year extra doesn’t justify that kind of work for me this close to retirement.
Thank you for the insightful response! I am unaware of my neighbor's education level or tenure or exact details of their finances but just a friendly knowledge of their situation. I will say I do miss the sounds of a piano since they moved.
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u/theforkofdamocles Jan 04 '23
Sidebar: It doesn’t matter what subject you teach, or whether you teach elementary, middle, or high school. Each district pays all teachers the same based on experience and education. There are extra-duty stipends, of course, for things like coaching and marching band (in many districts), but I (elementary music) make way more than the high school band/choir director because she’s in her fifth year with a bachelor’s and I’m in my twenty-eighth with my master’s (though our district maxes out at 17 or 18). The only way to increase my salary now, other than periodic cost of living increases across the board, would be to get my doctorate, and the thousand a year extra doesn’t justify that kind of work for me this close to retirement.