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Originally posted by onetime2
Smooth, I guess I'm not clear on how they don't only work 9 months out of the year. That's the gig around here and NJ is among the highest paying states for teachers. I believe it's in the realm of $36 k to start with July, August, part of June and September off (as well as winter spring and sometimes fall "breaks").
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There are a variety of reasons why educators would not be "off" for a summer session:
1) summer classes
2) year-round education
3) syllabus and course creation
4) preparation and training modules
5) grading
6) research and publications
Any or all of these factors would preclude an educator from having 3 months of "vacation" per year. Although I'm not exactly sure the relevance of the issue, other than to begrudge an instructor's spare time. Given what they need to do after hours and on weekends throughout the traditional school year, whatever time they do manage to capture is well deserved.
If you want to stick with the 9 month per year issue, I divided the figures by both 9 and 12 months--neither was particularly well paid by our modern wage standards.
One should also remember that a 9 month job precludes the person from working somewhere else. Even if some instructors only do things you consider to be work for 9 months out of the year, their commitment is for the entire year.
For those instructors who are off for three months, I have no idea what they do to pay bills during the "off" season.