The Education Of The Virgin Islands

Teachers should be paid more because “They work outside of the classroom” (Snyder). They have to work on lesson plans, grade their assignment, tests, and quizzes (Snyder). In 5 Reasons Why Teachers Need To Get Paid More, it says, “If you take into account the average teacher’s salary and the hours they spend at work, they could probably make more money being an hourly wage employee.” (Snyder). They should be getting paid more because they do not get paid enough with how much they do outside of work to be able to do what they do in the classroom. Teachers work very hard for what they do and to get everything done.

Education in America is one of the most important issues that face our nation. If the education in America is not thought of one of most serious issues we face, our nation as a whole will fall. There are many debates and they seemly extend to all walks of life. The debates range from the decline in education, school vouchers, and the no child left behind law. As a nation, the United States is ranked above others. We must search for that solution to all of the pro’s and con’s in education. The solution should allow all walks of life to excel in the education realm. After all, the children of today will be the leaders of tomorrow.

     High school teachers’ average salary varies across the world. The United States is said to be one of the richest countries in the world, yet our teachers are being paid one of the lowest amounts. The Education Intelligence Agency, author of the article “Ohio Teacher Overcomes Union’s Tolerance” published an International Teacher Salary Report ranking the fifty states by “how much the average salary exceeded per capita personal income.” According to the Education Intelligence Agency Ohio’s percentage rate is only fifty- five point one percent. According to the Education Intelligence Agency the lowest state percentage is in South Dakota at twenty- three point six percent and the highest state percentage is

The low pay for our educators is causing many negative effects. New York Times shows that the low income is causing sixty-two percent of teachers to have a second job outside of their teaching jobs. Just to have enough money to support their families and make ends meet. Most everyone decides to college to prevent having these struggles with money, and to avoid having to work multiple jobs, when they get older; however, not when it comes to living off of only a teacher’s income, the struggles to have enough money are interminable. This low pay is also causing most teachers to retire, and find new jobs. New York Times states, “every year 20 percent of teachers in urban districts quit. Nationwide, 46 percent of teachers quit before their fifth year. The turnover costs the

The starting salary of teachers in Oklahoma is about $31,600 (Doney). That is pretty crazy right? Teachers change the world daily by preparing people for life but imagine a world without teachers. How would individuals learn? Would people retain information told to them from a computer? Would computers give you the same life lessons teachers give you? The biggest “emergency” in Oklahoma has come down to teachers (Doney). The demand for teachers has just gone up and up over the past few years and schools seem to be stuck between a rock and a hard place. This essay will analyze the causes, effects, and preventions of low paid teachers in Oklahoma.

Tropic Isles Elementary is a Title I school located in North Fort Myers, Florida. There are currently 898 students enrolled in the school. The demographics consist of 58% Caucasian, 29% Hispanic, 7% African American, and 2% Asian. The median income of North Fort Myers is $40,356.00 (LCS, 2015). The school has received an A plus rating from the state for the last four years for performance on the Florida Standards Assessment (FSA).

Are teachers satisfied with their salary? Do we lose opportunities in hiring new people to educate our students because of district cuts? District Budget cuts are ruining our future and causing many problems for the younger generations. Thanks to budget cuts many of the students today rely on auto correct for their spelling, many depend on calculators and other tools to keep up with curve because there wasn't competent teachers there to help them and due to budget cuts we have serious problems to look forward to in our future. People do not want to work at places that pay so low amount of money. Finding the right people to apply to schools in Philadelphia is really hard. “At the same time, the percentage of teachers who said they were likely

In today’s society one of the most important factors in selecting a career field is rate of pay. No matter whether the profession maybe, the dollar figure must be within a range that allows the employee to maintain a substantial lifestyle. The debate of teacher pay scales has raged on for years. Many argue that the current pay scale for teachers is a scale which rewards teachers merely for seniority. They argue that the current pay scale overlooks those educators which demonstrate exceptional performance. Teacher merit pay systems have been the most popular suggestions made to remedy the problems seen with the current pay scale. Although the current pay scale may not be completely effective, the idea of

The issue of teacher shortage today is continuing to grow. The effects of the achievement gap are reaching the teachers, not just the students: “...good administrators and teachers, who are doing their best under difficult circumstances, will be driven out of the profession…,” (Boyd-Zaharias 41). The achievement gap is part of the reason teachers feel they are underpaid, which happens to be one of the leading cause in teacher shortage considering, “Teachers were paid two percent less [than comparable workers] in 1994, but by 2015 the wage penalty rose to 17 percent,” (Long). Being a teacher requires passion in order to stay in the field, especially if the money in teaching is decreasing. Money is an important aspect for people when it comes to their careers, therefore, fewer people want to become teachers. This lack of teachers and the lack of college students studying to become a teacher leads to unqualified teachers and larger classroom sizes (Ostroff). Both of these causes are eventually affecting students’ learning environments. I chose this issue in education for my project because I have personally felt these effects, and I know others who have as well. As a future educator, I want to see better wages and better benefits, but this can only happen with qualified, passionate teachers. I plan on being one of them, and I plan on sparking a change. I am a future educator fighting to end teacher shortage.

Teachers have and will always have a big impact in everyone’s life and if not everyone, well, at least they did for me. They teach you everything you need to know about a subject and valuable life lessons, so why are they not paid sufficiently enough to make a decent living? Teachers salaries have always been low and I believe it is the time that changes. Being a lawyer, doctor, or engineer is great, but none of that would be possible without the insight of a teacher, I will inform you in this paper on why I believe there is a need for action. I will go over the background of teacher’s salaries, my ideas on what would be best for teachers not just in Texas, but nationwide, and pros and cons on the issues and ideas at hand.

In search of popularity, economic stability and world-wide recognition; what was a sanctuary for refined scholarly independent study, have now become more like education factories. Most higher educations feel compel by internal and external stakeholders to change their initial aims. Roche (1969) in his article “Education in America: 8. The Multiversity” stated the following: “The proper goal of education is the development of the individual; and the great task is to bring the educational structure back to that purpose”. Clark Kerr, one of the chief proponents of higher education, prolific writer, educator and administer argued that higher education and multiversity would appear to be a modern hybrid with a scale of values oriented toward any

The study shows that the salaries paid are lower to the workload given. As it is important the school administration and principals must know the quality of teachers to review the salary scales according to the grade and the ability of the teachers.

Similar to China, which is considered to have a collectivist culture (Mead and Andrews, 2009), the Virgin Islands was influenced by its family orientation. However, as more people leaves the Virgin Islands for various reasons such as studying abroad, career opportunities, inter alia. and more foreigners enter the Virgin Islands, the culture has shifted.

The United States focuses on meeting benchmarks and preparing their students for standardized tests, whereas Japan focuses on its students succeeding in their career interests and having a broad range of skills to implement in their future jobs. Teachers are appreciated on two incredibly different levels, Japanese teachers are admired just as much as doctors and their starting pay is very decent (Avg. ¥4,648,644/$42,000.) However, U.S teachers are sometimes insulted by their own students, it is maddening how unappreciated our teachers are, how mediocre students can be. The average pay for a teacher starts at $29,000 (salary), this makes no sense; the people who are molding our future minds are compensated very poorly, it is

Lurking over our great country is a troubling issue that is plaguing the professional educational workforce. When compared worldwide, American teachers work the most hours, yet are paid in the lowest brackets when related to the top 32 nations (Teachers Pay). In addition, when you compare a teacher’s salary to other four year degree salaries, teachers are among the 5 lowest paid degrees (O’Shaughnessy). Not only are the salaries among the lowest in the American workforce, a typical teachers at home workload exceeds all other professional jobs by 20% (Current). Furthermore, teachers were only given a 2.3% salary raise in 2009. Yet the rate of inflation rose to 3.1% causing a loss in purchasing power and creating a hardship on the