Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 3/17/2006 1:27:00 PM Author: Kerry (ktadique@gmail.com) Subject: living wage This isn't so much a matter of how much they ought to pay but how much you need to live. I work in Seattle so I charge $13/hour. Calculate it out and see how much you need to make to cover your expenses and live comfortable. I'm not talking spa treatment and macadamia nuts every day, but as much as an average person w/ experience in a skilled position would make. Go to your employers, let them know that this is how much you need to make. Expenses change with new living arrangements, inflation, and all that. Plus, most other positions will give you a raise after a year. Also, you probably aren't getting health care so that's another expense to account for. The point is that if you go to your employer with numbers and facts, not just "I should get paid more", and tell them simply what you need to live they'll probably do whatever is in their power/budget to meet that. After all, you're caring for the most important things in their lives - they'll want to keep you :) Name: Email: Subject

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