We should be compensated for all of our work (committee time, emails, planning...)

Maybe have a shortened work day with students to do the work

More pay or reduced time with students to get adequate planning and work time

We used $59,000 annual salary:

$59,000/1980 hours≈$29.80 per hour

(that's before insurance, taxes)

We are not paid enough.

it is important work

we love what we do

+Hours worked outside of school

= 8hours/wk X 40 weeks = 320hours

1440+320= 1760 total hours

BA year 1-

$43,650/1760= $24.80/hr

PHD year 14-

$99050/1760= $56.29/hr

Do teachers really get paid enough?

what we would get paid if we were paid for the extra hours.

BA year 1-

$43,650/1440=$30.31

320 X 30.31=$9699.20

PHD year 14-

$99,050/1440=$68.79

320 X 68.79=$22012.80

How are the unions? What is the staff size?

Detroit had 12 steps, Ann Arbor has 11 plus 2 longevity.

Detroit has smaller increases based on experience and education (but starting step is much higher). Ann Arbor has larger increases based on experience and education. Lane changes are small in Detroit, bigger in Ann Arbor.

Ann Arbor - What are the grades and steps? How do they determine how they get paid? Based on evaluation? How big is the Ann Arbor school district?

x: step level

MA(x) = 60,000 + 3,000 * (x-1)

MA+30(x) = 60,300 + 3,000 * (x-1)

MA= (x)3,000 + 57,000

Starts at 55,000 and increases by $2,400 per step:

BA(x) = 55,000 + 2,400(x - 1)

y = 2400x + 52600 (Detroit)

y = 2800x + 43000 (Ann Arbor)

We have to fight for every bit of money we need

after hours:

weekly meetings for 1 hour before school

planning, grading, trainings: depends on the week: 10+

Detroit

Step 5 BA = 64, 600

Step 5 MA = 72, 000

% increase for additional education is 12.5%

Detroit

Step 5 MA = 72, 000

Step 10 MA = 87, 000

Calculation:

72,000X=87,000

X=87,000/72,000

x= 1.21

21% increase in salary for 5 more years of experience in Detroit.

Ann Arbor

Step 5 BA = 51, 372

Step 5 MA = 59, 618

% increase for additional education is 16%

Ann Arbor

Step 5 MA = 59, 618

Step 10 MA = 78, 754

Calculation:

59, 618X = 78, 754

X = 78, 754/59, 618

X= 1.32

32% increase for 5 more years of experience in Ann Arbor.

1. They spend a lot of time out at home still working on school work.

2. Deal with challenging behaviors.

3. Don't have enough prep time built into the schedule to not have to bring work home.

Therefore, it makes it hard to feel like you're being paid enough. Instead, if you have to hope for other forms of supplemental compensated work.

Sometimes discrepancy between years of experience and years on pay scale

Detroit's looked closer to what we are used to