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isabel | 2010/06/30

I am a teacher-assistant doing the same job for 33 yrs. . Same school district. No benefits no overtime no nothing, haven't had a contract in years. No raises either. All I get are the smiles of the children.

DORIS from Wisconsin | 2009/10/01

I am just impressed that the same problems are happening all over the state. I know Para who also work 3-4 jobs to make ends meet. I am proud to be a Para we had at our own expense get the 48 credits to make us highly qualified after working in the same position for 16 years. We bear the low wages to get health care even though it is very costly. We can finally retire because we now get credit for working a full year before we had to work 40 years to get 20 years for retirement it is not retro but it will make it fair for the new para coming into this profession. Now we are asking to be able to recieve unemployment during the summer months. When we return to our positions the next school year it still takes almost a month to recieve a full check. This is unfair.

D Morton | 2009/09/27

Sounds like the city should consolidate here position to include duties at various campuses, making the position more cost effective.

Mrs.B | 2009/09/26

I have been a school bus driver in Maryland for 13 years and obtained a para job approx. 4 yrs ago working as a cafeteria lady (cook, server, cashier etc...) Like Mrs. D, I am approached by many,many students all over town because I have known these students since pre-k. I enjoy my job and I am certainly gratful to be employed. However, I am frustrated with the school board system were I am employed. Fortunely, one of my benefits include tuition reimbursment. I have obtained an AA in Business Administration with high honors (GPA 3.94). Currently I am 12 credits away from having an AAS in Accounting and Business. Since I have obtained my first degree (2004), I have applied for most every job opening within the board that come available. I go to the interview (that seems to go rather well), but alway receive a letter saying that although they were impressed, they have chosen another canidate. Being nosey, I check out who they have hired and usually find out it is a friend of a friend, family member etc... Frustrated, I will finish my degrees and take the tools they have paid for to another establishment. What a waste of school resources.

Mrs. R. | 2009/09/26

God Bless You, Mrs.D! Just keep doing the great job(s)that you are doing! There will always be critics! Maybe they are jealous. You will receive your reward & they will also :)

Sandi Boley | 2009/09/26

Why can't this be shared through our Facebooks. So that people can be more aware of all the Mrs.D's out there in the world and just maybe it will touch someone's heart that can be inspired to help people like Mrs.D. with new ideas.

LittleTownMassPara | 2009/09/25

WOW yous guyses are wikid bad spellas. hope you don't lern the kids some gramma an spelin like that. I'm a para, terrible at spelling and not afraid to use a dictionary. We ARE teachers, nurses, janitors, nose & butt wipers, punching bags, etc. We've got 20 bosses and we're at the bottom of the pay scale. Appreciate us. Next time you administrators and teachers want to show your appreciation for all our hard work, we'd love a free lunch, gift card or the like. (No books, we know where to find one of those.) Thank you to those who do appreciate us. Let's get some new blood in our State House too, pay attention people, we've been led by a majority of one political party for years and it's only got us in worse financial shape all around. We invest our hearts and souls into our students only to leave them with a world of debt and instability. Wake up---and better say your prayers!!

Mrs. W | 2009/09/25

Bottom line it is a tough job market--I am a certified teacher with a masters and one year of classroom experience and many years experience working with children--I took a para job just to have a job! I pray that I will eventually get a teaching job. But our district opened a new school without hiring new teachers. Bottom line we all are working very hard. Even though I love my job it is going to be hard to pay the bills. We need to support each other.

Ms. M | 2009/09/25

I would really like to know why a substitute teacher in our district gets paid a certain amount pet day, yet when no sub is available, the principal/ district had no problem having a para take over the class, paying us our normal sad hourly wage. Where is this fair. Also there are paras that work in my district with specialized training in different areas of support. I'm talking about skills that the teachers don't have - ex. sign language. The district is making out really well on these paras. They certainly do not pay them what a person with their skills could command in a different job setting. Wouldn't it be nice if we were paid what we are worth. Sure we all love the kids or we wouldn't be workingvwith them, but we deserve to make a living also and not have to work for below poverty level wages. I think a lot of us are being taken advantage of.

Carol N. McKinstry | 2009/09/25

This is my way of life! I am a Certified and Re-Certified Mass. teacher (grades K-6) but can't seem to find a permanent position so I'm the Permanent Sub, I teach piano after school and I work part time at the local library and Old Sturbridge Village. I feel like I'm always at work somewhere.

jw | 2009/09/25

In my school district, employees cannot hold more than one job because the Central Office is afraid of having to pay overtime if they go over 40 hrs.

Mrs.C | 2009/09/25

I'm a para in the suburbs of Pittsburgh and have been in the high school for 16 years. I am mostly in technology classes with my students (a graduation requirement) trying to keep them up with the rest of the class (PowerPoint and Excel). The average class size is 30 students. I also help the other students in the class if I have time. We pay 50% of our benefits here and because healthcare has risen so drastically, my net pay is now less than my deductions. I know I should be happy to have health insurance some of you will say. I should also be bringing home more money than I was when I started my job. I love working with the students and more than one has told me if it wasn't for me they wouldn't have gotten through high school. I just want to be treated fairly.

Para-educator by choice | 2009/09/25

To Ms. S who feels a degree in hand is what distinguishes the teacher from a para-educator, I feel sorry for you. I have a degee yet not recognized in this country therefore I chose to teach children as a para-educator. As someone said, "it takes a village to raise a child", and if left up to teachers alone, our world would be in a dire state of affairs. Accept your role in life, and deal with it. Make everyday the best for your students, as their life outside of your classroom may be drastically different. Oh, and one more thing, let's get a living wage, not a teacher's salary, for those most deserving para-educators.

Ms. W | 2009/09/24

Para-educators are one of the best resources I have as a high-school art teacher. I see students of all abilities every day, and there is simply not time in the day to spend the time with each student that they deserve. However, just as there are good teachers and bad teachers (I'm sure we all can think of someone who does nothing but worksheets and should have left the profession years ago), there are also good paras and bad paras. I feel blessed to be in a district that hires (mostly) well-educated, helpful, pleasant, positive, open-minded paras. They certainly deserve to make a living wage (at least above the poverty line), and teachers should be thankful for the help that these ESPs provide.

riley | 2009/09/24

sad...we have a school yard fight of I work harder then you do going. I have work as both a para and a teacher. I have been bitten and cussed at in both jobs. I can't diagram a sentance.. sometimes i can't spell... from what is being said here i should stop teach the sciences and math..and get a job saleing beer.. is an idea worthless becuse it has a missplaces comma or lacks capilization or is misspelled. name calling and "i do more then you" do gets us as nea members and educators no where..

Mrs. T | 2009/09/24

I to am a Para, in Minnesota, and the president of our Union. I feel that teachers and Paras need to stick together and NOT KNIT PIC on each other on pidilly things like spelling. we ALL work for the KIDS and I too do NOT MAKE A LIVING WAGE!!! I also work a 2nd job.I have been with the Dist. for 10 years,from 7:30am to 3:30. I too do busing (watch kids b-4 and after school) I get Hit, kicked spit on, and bit, and called Mother f_ _ _ _ _ among other things.( I am a EBD Para)I do not get any more money for for combate pay as we call it. My 23 year son also makes more then I do ($15.00an hour)unloading those trucks, and my husband is one of those truck drivers who someone said makes more then some of us paras well that is not always true either. this year we had to borrow $1,100 JUST TO PAY BILLS!!!! now that REALLY stinks:(. I am sure I misspelled several words in this but you know what GET OVER IT and support us not KNOCK US down!!

Ms.Para/ ESP/ Classroom assistant | 2009/09/24

I have had many different names over the past 25 years that I have worked in this posistion, but whatever the title, I strive to be the very best at my job! We shouldn't have to be a teacher, just the best at "our" jobs. All paras everywhere work extremely hard. We are not here for the money!! In most school systems,we are the glue that keeps the schools together. We just want to be compensated for all we do. Yes,most of us do come in early, and leave late and know more about the children than most teachers! I happen to work in a district where the teachers highly respect everything we do. The new administration we have, has just realized our importance. We are after-all "teachers"!

Ms. B | 2009/09/24

I too am a para professional in Washington State. I am astonished by some of these remarks. If you are in a district that is paying your paras close to your teaching salary, then I would like to know where you are. Here in our district the highest paid para makes less than 18,000 annually. this includes the paras that have been here 30+years. :( The saddest part is that s almost 20,000 less than the lowest paid teacher. I am here before my "hourly" obligation and stay way later than most of my teachers. I am committed to our kids just like most of the paras in my district. If you give people a true stake in their jobs, you will never be disappointed with the results.

Ms. W | 2009/09/24

It saddens me that someone would think that we (Paras) are asking to be paid more than the teachers. I would hope that once teacher found out what it really takes for us to make a single living they would be in support of us make a salary that is above the poverty level. I have always been in support of teachers making more money, because without them we would not have doctors, lawyers, ect. This is my second year as a para and I love my job, and children, but it would be nice to know that I could work one job and pay my bills. I have never had to work two jobs until now, and sometimes I wonder if I need to find another, but that would take what little time I do spend with my children. We don't get paid for all holidays, spring break, winter break, and during the summer break. If we don't get hired for summer school we can't collect unemployment. Some of us are going to school to gain more education,and some of us have degrees in other areas, and because of our current economy had to take the first job that we could.

Mrs E | 2009/09/24

Apparently, your major had nothing to do with English grammar Mrs. A. I can spell "good"???? I believe the correct adverb is "well". Does a degree mean anything if you can not retain any of the knowledge? I too, am a para - educator and make poverty level wages. It is my choice to work in this position because I have small children. What other job affords summers off, paid holidays, quite a few sick days, snow days at home with your children, and benefits, and weekends off? All this for less than a 40 hour week. If you don't like work or pay, look for employment elsewhere. No one has you chained to your position. I'm sure all of us would like more money, but I'll bet my next pay check there are a lot more people that wish they HAD a job.

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Mrs. X. | 2009/09/24

I would like to put in a word for the inequity of School Nurses. In my district we all have BS degrees, are Registered Nurses and are paid approx 25% less than teachers. We have the same education and the same working hours. We are professionals and do not leave "on time" either. We are constantly getting more work added onto our busy days (H1N1 vaccines for another extra job). But we are told by administration that we "are not real nurses" because we don't work in a hospital. We don't work in a hospital but we do the same duties as hospital nurses because of the students with severe disabilities and chronic illnesses who are now in school. We have the education and certification but still are not treated as professionals by school districts.

Mrs. H | 2009/09/24

I am a teacher who is here until 6pm many nights and also have to come in on the weekend. But my salery is what it is regardless how much time I put into my job. The ed techs in our school are great and I don't know what we would do with out them but they are paid by the hour and leave long before I do. Yet my salary is not much higher then their salaries. I cannot get another job. When would I have time to do it when I am already putting in 50 to 60 hours per week. That is what is required with all the planning, prep and meetings. The truth is people who work in education work hard but they are not compensated or valued as they should be. Both teachers and ed techs should be paid better. The truck driver delivering beer to stores makes more money then those of us serving our children.

Ms. G | 2009/09/24

After reading the above comments, I'm apalled by the lack of mutual respect. I am fortunate to work in a district where the para-professionals and teachers work well together for the good of the children. While most of the teachers only work 180 days, most paras are thrilled when they get a coveted summer school job. And by the way Mrs. B try using spellcheck or edit your comment before submitting it. Last time I checked there's an "e" not an "i" in benefits!

Mrs. C. | 2009/09/24

I have a BA Degree in Management, a Paraeducator Specialist Certificate, 10 years experience, and will gross around $12,000 this year as a Paraeducator. My teen-age son with only a High School diploma makes more per hour than I do bartending at the ball park. Does that mean serving beer is more important than serving children??

Ms. E. | 2009/09/24

I work extremely hard as an ESP in a collaborative. I deal with high school students. Don't get me wrong--I love my job; I would also like to get compensated for exactly what I do. I put my heart & soul into teaching these kids socially appropriate behaviors, restraining when necessary, and sometimes doing a lot of work that I don't necessarily have to do. I challenge any CEO of any company to try to do what I do in a day. Guarantee they can't do sh**. =)

Ms. A | 2009/09/24

I went to college for four years and graduated, so I can spell pretty good!!! The truth is you have to really love children and have a 2nd job to survive as a para. It would just be nice to be over the poverty level instead of under it!!!

L.S. | 2009/09/24

WOW!!

Mrs F | 2009/09/24

I have been a Para for the past 5 years. I find that I work far harder as a Para than I did when I was employed as an Engineer for less than 1/3 the pay. I have a BA in the sciences yet for family reasons choose to work as a Para. If any of our district administration or town administration walked a day in our shoes dealing with severe special needs children they would seriously reconcider our pay and our contributions. We are not asking for the same pay as teachers - just a living wage. I also abhor the title Para-Professional becasue it implies that we are only partly professional.

R | 2009/09/24

I am a para as well and although I love my job, the pay stinks. We do a alot of work (at least I do)and most of us are educated and have years of experience. A masters degree does NOT guarantee a good teacher..hard work, passion and experience is the key. I also sub so I know what is involved in teaching.I have been doing this for 17 years and my experience tells me that I have what it takes to be GOOD teacher..minus the Masters!

Ms. S | 2009/09/24

Honestly, people who believe they should be paid as much as teachers yet cannot spell basic English words or construct a decent sentence need to reconsider. It is the level of education, and the knowledge that comes with a degree, that separates teachers from paraprofessionals and other support workers. As a teacher for 28 years, I can tell you that I do far more work than any para is even aware of, because I am usually working long after they have gone home- or onto their next job. If you want to earn a better wage, get a better education. But don't expect to work fewer hours

DD. | 2009/09/24

I have an idea for her...why doesn't she go out and find another job

Dave P. | 2009/09/24

Ms.B must be a wingnut. tp say the comments about paras. The paras I know work HARDER than the teachers at one third the salary. No child left behind....what a CROCK...It's lets leave the paras behind.

Ms. B | 2009/09/24

I believe there are jobs that are meant to run a household on and jobs that aren't. I don't mean to offend anyone but I don't believe a Para position is one to run on. I think we have all forgotten no one owes us a living just a fair wage for the work we do. If you want more hours and benifits a factory would be a better option. No one is forcing you to do the job you do, if the pay is not enough get some training and find a better one.

Mrs. S | 2009/09/24

I retired at the end of last year, not so much because I wanted to, but because paras were having their hours cut from 30 to 24. At the pay, it's hardly worth working, and simply unfair to the kids & teachers who need us.

Mrs. K. | 2009/09/24

I am a para educator whose Certified Teachers in the district chose to take more pay than more help with students. The only reason I have my position is I work with a student one-on-one. I am in a school district where the superintendent issued a statement that said except for safety issues, paraeducators are not necessarily needed.

Petra Carmen Gonzalez | 2009/09/24

I also started as an aid 17 yrs. ago in Huntsville City Schools. I have gotten a Human Resources BS, about 26+hrs. as a Spanish Teacher and finished an ESL P-12 masters program at UAH and have lost hope of becoming a teacher in the system. One of my problems is to take a leave of absence without a pay for my internship, pay my school costs and as a single parent support my family and home. Imposible!

Ms.V | 2009/09/24

I am a teacher assistant and have a four year degree in Social Science. I know how she feels, I heardly make a living and can beary afford my car insurance. I make 18,000 a year. I live in the fastest growing county in the nation and find myself being over looked when it comes to teaching positions, something should be done, we do just as much as teachers (I have found myself teaching students and staying after school to tutor them and I don't get paid extra!)

sparkdo | 2009/09/24

I, too, am running from job to job. I am the non-certified para in charge of the 7-12 library in my school system. I am also the high school play director, tend bar at the local American Legion, and work as a clerk at the local motor mart. Although I work 7.5 hrs. a day in the library, I need all four jobs to keep my head above water financially, especially after my divorce three years ago. This is currently my sixteenth year in the library and I wonder how long I will be able physically to work three other jobs just to continue in the library position that I love.

Mrs. M. | 2009/09/24

I'm a bilingual "paraprofessional" and believe we should definetely get paid more. I have a college degree and yet only get paid 13k a year. I also do a lot of translating. I do love my job so much that I'm getting my masters in education I believe the only way to earn more is to actually get certified. How unfortunate.

Rebecca Keller | 2009/09/24

I too have to scramble each school year to find extra hours beyond my 6 hour regular work day. I have a college degree, teach children, 30 in a day and yet I hardly make a living. I believe there should degrees offered at reduced cost and hours for those of us who have served a seven or ten year apprentiship.

Mrs. J. | 2009/09/24

It would be nice if we could collect unemployment but in my school district I am paid my normal paycheck through the summer. I believe construction workers are not paid at all because they do not have a specific job. I think support staff should be paid more..

Len Moon | 2009/09/24

I know how she feels, I drive a bus, cafeteria worker, realtor, and have a work from home job. It's hecktick but we do what we have to do to survive. Thank God he keeps me going.

Mrs. F | 2009/09/24

I am not sure why those of us working below poverty level in schools can not collect unemployment in the summer but construction workers making $50 to $80,000 can collect in the winter??