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BukkakeKing69 t1_j9q454m wrote

Reply to comment by Canopenerdude in Central Bucks SD playing the victim card after losing their communications firm by Pennzingers

That's the starting salary for the lowest level teaching job there is.

You can find the total collective bargaining agreement easily online and see the pay bands. Most teachers at the high school level have a decent tenure built up and pull in close to $90k. The pay scale tops out at $111k for advanced degree holders with tenure.

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Canopenerdude t1_j9q4cct wrote

That makes a little more sense. I still think the starting wages are criminally low, but that does help some.

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BukkakeKing69 t1_j9q7qcu wrote

The starting salaries are low, the reality is many suburban teachers have golden handcuffs and a lot of tenure, so they are more focused on negotiating the upper end of pay bands than focusing on starting salaries.

The unfortunate reality is many teachers get their start in less competitive crapola school districts like the Philly SD and then run for the hills of suburbia as soon as they have some experience.

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Madame_Hokey t1_j9qg9m3 wrote

Teacher pay scales also heavily depend on getting those extra degrees. In order to maximize potential pay and get a bigger pay band you have to keep going back to school. Most students don’t realize their teachers in suburban schools have at minimum one masters degree but some of my coworkers have 2 or 3 or even doctorates.

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IamSauerKraut t1_j9qofn6 wrote

>I still think the starting wages are criminally low,

CV is a bit lower than the Philly burb districts (lower even that Hershey or MT) but the cost of living in the midstate is much lower than in the burbs.

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raven4747 t1_j9qydr9 wrote

yea i think my SD started teachers around 50k but gave them a 3-4k raise every year. so if you stay 10 years you are making 80-90k.

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