TimmyH$100,000 Teachers?
June 2nd 2008 08:05
Should teachers be paid more money? YES. There is no argument here!
Teachers, along with nurses and carers are the people in scoiety that most deserve a pay increase. Even the business community thinks so. A push came last week, from the Australian Business Council no less, for Australia to spend an extra $4b a year on improving the wages within the teaching profession. About time. Hopefully now, instead of giving every child their own computer (a useless endeavour since most of the wealthy or middle-class ones have access to at least 2 now) the Rudd government will give teachers the money they deserve.
Don't get me wrong, teachers are not living in abject poverty. They get fantastic (although fixed) holidays, and for the ones that choose not to take their work home, very reasonable hours. But when you add to this the duty of care that they carry every second of every day, the decline in quality of our public schools and the smart-mouth little hounds they put up with the pros seem to be outweighed.
Most of all, teachers should be given more money, not because they deserve it, we know that. But because it will attract a better quality of teacher to the profession. The primary motivation for tertiary students to avoid theaching is the pay. It start out ok, new teachers can expect more than $50, 000, a figure that holds up well when compared with industry positions for graduates. But the chances for career advancement are slim and the is little monetary congratulations for having worked 10, 20 or even 30 years.
Under a new plan proposed by the Australian Council for Education Research, two new grades of teachers would be introduced - accomplished teachers on salaries of $100,000 in NSW, and leading teachers, who would be on $125,000.
Wouldn't that make you think twice about writing on a blackboard for a living??
Teachers, along with nurses and carers are the people in scoiety that most deserve a pay increase. Even the business community thinks so. A push came last week, from the Australian Business Council no less, for Australia to spend an extra $4b a year on improving the wages within the teaching profession. About time. Hopefully now, instead of giving every child their own computer (a useless endeavour since most of the wealthy or middle-class ones have access to at least 2 now) the Rudd government will give teachers the money they deserve.
Don't get me wrong, teachers are not living in abject poverty. They get fantastic (although fixed) holidays, and for the ones that choose not to take their work home, very reasonable hours. But when you add to this the duty of care that they carry every second of every day, the decline in quality of our public schools and the smart-mouth little hounds they put up with the pros seem to be outweighed.
Most of all, teachers should be given more money, not because they deserve it, we know that. But because it will attract a better quality of teacher to the profession. The primary motivation for tertiary students to avoid theaching is the pay. It start out ok, new teachers can expect more than $50, 000, a figure that holds up well when compared with industry positions for graduates. But the chances for career advancement are slim and the is little monetary congratulations for having worked 10, 20 or even 30 years.
Under a new plan proposed by the Australian Council for Education Research, two new grades of teachers would be introduced - accomplished teachers on salaries of $100,000 in NSW, and leading teachers, who would be on $125,000.
Wouldn't that make you think twice about writing on a blackboard for a living??
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