Happy teacher appreciation day!
It’s Teacher Appreciation Day, which is part of the longer Teacher Appreciation Week in the United States. Today is the day to let your teachers, your children’s teachers, and your college professors know how awesome they are (or were). They don’t hear it often, so make sure you let them know.
Did you know that the average teacher’s salary in the U.S. is about $50,000? While many people consider that to be a decent salary with even better benefits (Pension plans! Summers off!), teachers spend more time working in 9 months than most people do in an entire year.
Aside from planning the curriculum and actually using their skill set to teach us vital information, they have to deal with district standards, misbehaving kids (you), cranky parents (probably you again), grading homework, and all kinds of stuff we can’t even imagine.
In light of all that, it’s easy to understand why the majority of teachers who quit do so within the first five years of being hired. After that, about 30% of all teachers leave their jobs before retirement, citing “low pay” and “large work load” as the main reasons.
And yet, the teachers we all know and love stuck around and dealt with our confused looks, bad attitudes, and terrible essays. So why not give them a big hug, shoot them an email, or… make an infographic about why you love them?
From Easelly, we’d like to thank all the teachers out there for their big brains and even bigger hearts. You’re awesome!