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Anybody going to college for 4 years and going into debt to do it for a $40k salary is making a financial mistake. That’s why it’s so hard to find good teachers.
Difficult to understand burnout for those employed part-time … 180 days a year by ISTA contract. Just returned from a job in Texas where skilled craft workers … pipe fitters, welders, riggers, electricians, mechanics, etc. are working 12 hours a day 7 days a week and have been since May. For those that failed to grasp the fundamentals of math after leaving school, that is 84 hours a week … with no days off. What teachers really need is a “grit standard”. “Grit is a construct that is said to summon both passion and perseverance in service of a long-term goal. It’s a marathon, not a sprint, as they say. In other words, gritty people put in sustained effort over time to achieve a high level of success in their chosen domain.”
Are those pipe fitters, welders, riggers, electricians, and mechanics paid hourly or on a salary. I thought most of those roles were based on an hourly or per job rate and thus the more they work, the more they get paid. Also – If you truly believe teachers only work 180 days, then I’d like to know what teachers those are. While teachers have a contract for 180 days in most states, I do not know a single teacher that only works 180 days. For fun – I suggest you do a comparison of the hourly rate of those “180 days” for a teacher and compare it to the hourly rate of those skilled craft workers you mention and see how they compare. I wouldn’t be surprised if the skilled worker hourly rate is 2 to 3 times that of the starting teacher salary in Indiana.
Also – The work of a skilled laborer is tough. I won’t question that, but they aren’t dealing with the constant barrage of parents and politicians belittling. Dealing with unreasonable parents and vocal member communities belittling you and your profession on a constant basis is mentally draining. Skilled laborers don’t have people sending them nasty emails or regularly posting on national news what a pathetic job they are doing.
I also imagine that the skilled craft workers working 84 hours a week are getting burned out as well, but at least they are generally getting paid for the extra hours and don’t likely have the media and community telling them how pathetic they are.