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: 6/23/2000 8:05:00 AM Author: Judy (servoss@vsta.com) Subject: Males in ECE and pay I know Peggy Sue is a smart lady, it all boils down to pay!! I am taking a job that pays nearly two thousand dollars a year less due to the fact I am relocating and in South Texas the pay was higher for me. In North Texas there is not so much FREE and given. I won't even have an aide. I now see a real need to recruit males in ECE so we can all get the pay teachers have always deserved and never gotten. To tell the truth I went into education to fulfill a life long dream and it is nice to get that paycheck but I honestly do it for the pleasure it brings. I will slowly repay my college loans (they were not available when I quit school thinking I'd never get an education), I will live a little lesss extravagant (we just bought a smaller home), and I will have what makes me happy (small children around to love and care for). Teachers are a hard working lot, male and female. I was very fond of all the male teachers in Jr. High and High School. They were the only male role models in our lives since we were from a single parent home. Their wifes were our EC teachers and we all went to the same churches (we went to several to get well rounded). We knew our teachers because they were part of our community. No one goes into education for the money--never have and never will. I see my old teachers at reunions (all have retired since I am near retirement age myself) and many have died and I felt the loss as well as a family member. My 6th grade teacher is 96 and was an old lady, we thought, when she taught us. I see her about 4-6 times a year and I love her. Money is nice, but will never be the main concern. Name: Email: Subject

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