{"id":869,"date":"2011-10-31T16:25:09","date_gmt":"2011-10-31T20:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=869"},"modified":"2011-10-31T16:25:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T20:25:09","slug":"physics-vs-phys-ed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/?p=869","title":{"rendered":"Physics vs. Phys Ed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just WOW<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There are 19 gym teachers in the Farmington School District who make more than $85,000 a year each.\u00c2\u00a0The average gym teacher’s salary in Farmington is $75,035. By comparison, the science teachers in that district make $68,483 per year on average.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Farmington has 11,647 students in nine K-4 elementary schools, two 5-6 “upper elementaries,” and two 7-8 middle schools.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Evidently, the high school is in another district, as it’s not mentioned in their annual report.\u00c2\u00a0 So, it would seem like the heftiest coaching supplements — varsity football and basketball — are not included in these gym teachers’ salaries.<\/p>\n

Michigan schools, like most, use pay scales based on education and experience.\u00c2\u00a0 The glaring pay differential between gym teachers and science teachers tells me that the gym teachers have probably been there for a few decades, while the science teachers are relatively young.\u00c2\u00a0 And they don’t stick around all that long.<\/p>\n

It’s likely that, for middle school at least, the science teachers have a bachelor’s degree in a particular science field: physics, chemistry, biology, etc.\u00c2\u00a0 These days, that’s required for the “highly qualified” designation and if most of the teachers are relatively new, they would probably have been hired under those guidelines.<\/p>\n

I’m not implying that phys ed teachers aren’t needed; they are.\u00c2\u00a0 Some kids live for gym.\u00c2\u00a0 Others would never get a lick of exercise without it.\u00c2\u00a0 The brain works better when one can get the wiggles out.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet, there’s no denying that the job options for science teachers are somewhat more expansive, both within the teaching field and in the private sector.<\/p>\n

Maybe Farmington is just undergoing turnover, and this particular disparity is an aberration.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 For their sake, I hope so.<\/p>\n

Unless we’re content to lead the world in kickball.<\/p>\n

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Just WOW. There are 19 gym teachers in the Farmington School District who make more than $85,000 a year each.\u00c2\u00a0The average gym teacher’s salary in Farmington is $75,035. By comparison, the science teachers in that district make $68,483 per year … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=869"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":871,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/869\/revisions\/871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.citizennetmom.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}