HS Coaching Money (and teacher salaries)

oldenuf,

Salary is salary. BPS highest the highest salaried teachers, including over the ritzy metro west and north shore suburbs. Your argument is about a tradeoff of conditions.

Again, a coaching co-worker and I are same exact experience and education (and same subject, not that is matters), and his salary is 30k over me. I could not comment as to whether that extra thousands is worth it; I have not taught in BPS. I'm sure it is difficult. They are compensated in terms of salary better than other teachers in other systems.

Here in Michigan with some of the new laws most school districts have stopped giving any raises or steps, quite a few of my friends that are teachers have not gotten raises in 5 years and this includes brand new teachers and some that have taught for 20 years. The 20 year ones probably make around 40-45 but I'm sure each district is different.

bostonian wrote:

Yeah, probably Metro-West. One of the W's perhaps?

Close, but more blue-collar than the Ws.

HS girls xc coach in Iowa, starting my 8th year teaching. I'll make 52k teaching and 4,500 coaching, public school.

Flagpole wrote:

Racehorse wrote:

Not even close. All combined, it is right at $50k. I wish it were $92k!

You've probably said so before, but I forget...are you a PUBLIC school teacher? How many years in? What state?

oldboy wrote:

Are teachers in Ohio unionized? Try going down to Georgia where there is no union and no tenure and say that teachers don't make much. I'm talking teachers who've been working for 20 years and still making in the low 40s, with very little job security.

total bulsh&t. I live in GA & that's not only not the case, the opposite is true! Just because there isn't technically a union doesn't mean teachers don't enjoy more job security than most occupations.......

List those occupations with less job security

Here in Arkansas in Little Rock I make 42k base teaching salary with a masters degree and 8 years experience. I make $2400 to be head track coach and $0 to be head cross country coach.

4 years experience, public school in Utah. 32k base salary and less than 2k combined for head boys and girls cross and assistant boys and girls track in an affluent suburb.

Pole,

Most published teacher "salaries" around here include all benefits too.

Ghost of Pancho Villa wrote:

Every state/district is different

I am NOT a teacher but have a good job/pay in a completely different field. Because of my schedule I am able to coach HS boys and girls CC in OH for $1400/yr.

I also coach distance runners during track for free. Except for the free food they have at track meets for the coaches.

That's my life for the moment and I love it!

Licketty wrote:

Pole,

Most published teacher "salaries" around here include all benefits too.

That would make sense. I'm in a large city, and a teacher with 10 years experience and a graduate degree gets $41,000, not including benefits.

In Illinois, Chicago Suburbs. 11 years teaching $89,000 (with Masters degree), plus around $6,000 for head XC and around $8000 for head track