Salary / Earnings
Median annual earnings of kindergarten, elementary, and secondary school
teachers ranged from $33,590 to $37,890 in 1998; the lowest 10 percent,
$19,710
to $24,390; the top 10 percent, $53,720 to $70,030.
In some schools, teachers receive extra pay for coaching sports and working
with students in extracurricular activities. Some teachers earn extra income
during the summer working in the school system or in other jobs.
Job Outlook
The job market for teachers varies widely by geographic
area and by subject specialty. Many inner cities—often characterized by
overcrowded conditions and higher than average....more
Training, Other Qualifications, and Advancement
All 50 States and the District of Columbia require
public school 
teachers
to be licensed. A license is not required for teachers in private
schools. Usually a license is granted by the State board of education....more
My Education Plans for this Career
I plan to attend Millersville University and major in
Secondary Education, with a minor in Computer Applications. I will
enter Millersville in the spring semester, (January - May) since I need to
work fulltime this summer and into the fall in order to afford the tuition
fees. I will be paying for all my college expenses
myself, so I will eventually need to apply for a PHEA loan, Pennsylvania
Higher Education Association loan to pay for the
rest of my college years. I hope to graduate in four years with a
Bachelor of Science in Education.
My Dream Job
My dream is to be a high school teacher working in a new school with
modern classrooms where every student has a computer connected to the
Internet. These students would be extremely motivated to and
interested in learning how to design and publish content to the
Internet. Students would use
these computers for research and education
seeing the wonderful opportunities for learning, growth and personal development. The ultimate outcome from my dream job would be the
dynamic and professionally designed web sites that every student would
create. These web sites would be an online portfolio demonstrating
skills in 14 classifications of computer applications. That is my
dream job.
