Rewards of teaching

One of a teacher's greatest rewards is to see his or her students succeed at their studies and develop into productive, responsible citizens. Nearly every teacher has this opportunity.

The salaries of U.S. teachers vary from district to district and from state to state. In the late 1980s, the national average was about $26,000a year for elementary-school teachers, about $27,000 a year for secondary-school teachers, and about $36,000 a year for teachers in colleges and universities. During the mid-1980s, the national average in Canada was, in Canadian dollars, about $27,000 a year for elementary-school teachers, about $41,000 a year for secondary-school teachers, and about $51,000 a year for university teachers.

In most U.S. school districts, teachers receive pay raises according to a salary schedule. The schedule grants salary increases for each additional year or other period of service and for additional professional training. Teachers’ organizations generally seek to raise scheduled salaries when they work out a new master contract with a school board. Other U.S. school districts use a merit pay systemor a differentiated stalling systemto grant pay increases. The merit pay system bases raises mainly on how well teachers teach rather than on their experience and additional training. It requires a method of teacher evaluation. The differentiated staffing system divides the teaching positions in a school into various levels according to the amount of responsibility they involve. Teachers receive raises mainly by being promoted to a higher level.

Some school districts and many colleges and universities grant teachers a sabbatical, or professional, leave after a certain number of years of service. Many sabbaticals consist of a semester’s leave of absence with full pay. Teachers are expected to use a sabbatical to further their professional growth.

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