Teachers

Teachers of the 21st Century:

*spend an average of 50+ hours per week on teaching duties, including noncompensated school-related activities such as grading papers, bus duty, club advising, fund raisers, phone calls at home, and evening activity supervision.
*teach an average of 21 pupils at the elementary and 28 at the high school level.
*spend an average of $443 per year of their own money to meet the needs of their students. Elementary teachers spend about $498 per year. Secondary teachers spend about $386.
*make an average starting salary of $31,704 per year.
*73% enter the teaching profession because of their desire to work with young people.

I have a meeting within the next week to discuss staffing for next year. I have no idea what this means for me, but it will sure keep me on edge until that meeting is over.