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johnslat
Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 13859 Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:08 pm Post subject: Are you fairly paid? |
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The 2015 Special Salary Issue
This year's Special Salary Issue includes information about faculty salary trends, by state, pay equity between women and men (not yet!!), the effects of so-called "Right to Work" laws, and stipends for graduate assistants.
It also includes average salaries for faculty at every public college and university in the U.S.
http://www.nea.org/assets/docs/HE/1503Advocate.pdf
Regards,
John |
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water rat
Joined: 30 Aug 2014 Posts: 1098 Location: North Antarctica
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Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 2:55 pm Post subject: |
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John, all this has to do with Einstein's equation about the rich getting richer yada yada.
But to answer your question, friend water rat is the exception to every rule.
No, I am not fairly paid. I work 40 minutes a day four days a week, and have one day of four 40-minute periods spread out between 9 a.m. and 5:40 p.m. Thru some quirk of fate I get nearly two grand a month for this and make more than the principal of my school - minus his kickbacks. I can't complain but sometimes I still do. |
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mitsui
Joined: 10 Jun 2007 Posts: 1562 Location: Kawasaki
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 3:00 am Post subject: |
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Nope. In dollars my pay is 50% less than it was in 2008.
Japan is really not a good destination for teaching.
That is why I have decided just to move back to the US in the future.
At least I can get work and get to see my relatives. |
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DebMer
Joined: 02 Jan 2012 Posts: 232 Location: Southern California
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 6:07 am Post subject: |
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Hmmmm. Yes and no. I don't think I make a bad hourly wage, but I would like the opportunity to work full time in ESL - a near impossibility in my area. Also, the nature of my program's funding doesn't allow for any paid office hours, so we end up doing some work on our own time. Not a whole lot - things like lesson planning, attendance records and other paperwork. It probably amounts to an extra couple of hours per week that is unpaid. The other negative is that I travel to 3 different classrooms, so that's another chunk of time (plus gas, wear and tear) that's unpaid. If you tally it all up, I have 24 actual teaching hours per week, but put in another 9 or 10 in traveling and prep/paperwork. Sheesh! Looking at it that way, it looks pretty bad.
However, the word "fair" doesn't work for me. Wages are determined by many different factors. In the end, the employer and the employee have to determine if they can work together under the agreed-upon terms and conditions, or they must part ways. In my case I deliberately avoid getting the job I'm qualified to do for more money/fixed location/benefits (elementary school teacher) in order to continue to do the work I really enjoy. Do I wish it paid more? Absolutely. It would make my life much easier. Do I feel I'm being treated unfairly? Mostly no, except for the couple of unpaid hours of work I do. (This I feel they could make an effort to compensate us for.) |
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esl_prof
Joined: 30 Nov 2013 Posts: 2006 Location: peyi kote solèy frèt
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 1:40 pm Post subject: |
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Long story short, probably not. That being said, between my teaching and other odd jobs, I cobble together enough to survive. Living off a $1500 a month adjunct salary can be done, but what's really killing me is health insurance benefits as, for awhile, the monthly premiums were nearly exceeding the rest of my combined monthly expenses. Now that Obamacare has fully kicked in, I've been buying through our state's health care exchange, which isn't particularly great, but it is an improvement. Fortunately, I do put in enough hours at my school to meet the 30 hour threshold that requires them to let me join their insurance plan which I will do this summer when they begin complying with their obligations under the affordable care act. |
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santi84
Joined: 14 Mar 2008 Posts: 1317 Location: under da sea
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 5:28 pm Post subject: |
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I'm at about $900-1100 a month and always hoping for renewal. It is pretty bunk I supplement by doing K-12 sub work as a TA for ESL students.
Office hours and prep time? One day, one day. I hope. |
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