Teachers in Hawai'i...bless 'em all...now spend an average of 15.5 hours every day doing tasks related to their profession, and a good percentage of that time is unpaid, according to a study released by the BOE.
You know that teachers are doing it for the love of teaching and not for the pay, and the extra administrative burdens being placed on them are probably one of the root causes of teacher burnout.
Hopefully the BOE can come up with some creative solutions to ease some of the administrative burdens, since coming up with extra pay would be difficult.
Miulang
The extra duties — mostly administrative — also are leaving teachers less time to respond to the non-academic needs of their students at a time when students have more needs than ever, members of the committee said.
"We've taken over a lot of responsibilities that were once done by the family and the churches," Shindo said.
In presenting its findings to a Board of Education committee yesterday, the Time Committee said if teachers were paid for all their extra hours, they'd be earning an extra $63,000 a year, based on the average salary paid the state's public school teachers.
For many, that would far exceed what they're actually paid. Starting pay for a teacher right out of college is around $40,000 annually.
"We've taken over a lot of responsibilities that were once done by the family and the churches," Shindo said.
In presenting its findings to a Board of Education committee yesterday, the Time Committee said if teachers were paid for all their extra hours, they'd be earning an extra $63,000 a year, based on the average salary paid the state's public school teachers.
For many, that would far exceed what they're actually paid. Starting pay for a teacher right out of college is around $40,000 annually.
Hopefully the BOE can come up with some creative solutions to ease some of the administrative burdens, since coming up with extra pay would be difficult.
Miulang
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