Hmmm...a little math!

People often scoff or laugh when I say that I am a head teacher in a preschool classroom.  They basically believe that I am a glorified babysitter.  Even parents say things such as, "Well, when my child goes to real school with real teachers..."  Um, what?!  The minimum requirement for my job is a four year degree in early childhood education.  Yet, the starting salary for my position (at the agency where I am employed) is $26,426.  Compared to the salary for an assistant manager at McDonald's - $31,464 (http://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/McDonald-s-Salaries-E432.htm).

I'd like to share a little math I came across:

 

Teachers’ hefty salaries are driving up taxes, and they only work 9 or 10 months a year! It’s time we put things in perspective and pay them for what they do - baby sit! We can get that for less than minimum wage.

Teachers should only be paid less than minimum wage. They are nothing more than glorified babysitters. And we should pay them the same way. 

That’s right. Let’s give them $3.00 an hour and only the hours they worked; not any of that silly planning time, or any time they spend before or after school. That would be $19.50 a day (7:45 to 3:00 PM

with 45 min. off for lunch and plan — that equals 6 1/2 hours).

Each parent should pay $19.50 a day for these teachers to baby-sit their children.

Now how many do they teach in day…maybe 30? So that’s $19.50 x 30 = $585.00 a day. However, remember they only work 180 days a year!!! I am not going to pay them for any vacations.

LET’S SEE…. That’s $585 X 180= $105,300 peryear. (Hold on! My calculator needs new batteries).

What about those special education teachers and the ones with Master’s degrees? Well, we could pay them minimum wage ($7.75), and just to be fair, round it off to $8.00 an hour. That would be $8 X 6 1/2 hours X 30 children

X 180 days = $280,800 per year.

Wait a minute — there’s something wrong here! There sure is!

And it ain't teacher pay. 

The average teacher’s salary (nation wide) is $50,000. $50,000/180 days = $277.77/per day/30 students=$9.25/6.5 hours = $1.42 per hour per student–a very inexpensive baby-sitter and they even EDUCATE your kids!) (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=219x32012)