Do teachers still get paid during summer break?

Question

Man, teacher's pay sucks.

Answer 1

we do not get paid FOR the summer break

but the income earned Aug-May is divided by 24 to ensure that teachers get checks during the summer for the time already spent teaching

teachers get no paid vacations or holidays

Answer 2

I make $1500 per paycheck, but I only see $1100 of that because they keep about $400 and put it into my summer pay fund.

When summer begins, I will receive that money every two weeks.

Answer 3

Not exactly. They get paid a yearly salary. They are not paid for individual days they work. When being hired, they come up with a salary which they will be paid once a year. After they get tenure.Their pay increases.

Answer 4

Well, yes and no.  No, they aren't paid for the summer vacation days.  Teacher contracts (unlike administrators) are just for the school year, but they do contain pay for certain vacation days during that time.  They also have pay for sick days, personal days, etc.  

But many districts allow teachers (some even require it!)  to receive their salaries over a 12 month period, instead of just the 9 1/2 month school year.  That means a teacher has already  done all the work for, say, the 2007-2008 school year, but gets 2 more paychecks in July and August.  Some teachers like this, since the mortgage still needs to be paid, and that keeps things regular.  Others would rather have all the money by the June paycheck, and manage it themselves.

Answer 5

They are not employeed during the summer months.  They are not paid for not working...true also with university professors.  Most people get another job during those months.

Answer 6

It depends on how your school district handles payroll.  

Some districts simply divide your contract amount by 24 and you receive 24 checks, some give you the option of requesting your summer money at the beginning of summer.

Answer 7

Most teachers have a ten month contract (not nine).  It runs from mid August to mid June.  I worked in one school system where they gave you the option of spreading the ten month salary over twelve months.  Where I teach now, we don't have that option:  it's automatically spread over twelve months.  As far as the answer that said teacher's pay goes up when they get tenure, I've never known a school system that did that.  Tenure has nothing to do with pay.

Answer 8

A teacher's salary is a yearly salary.  Depending on the school district, a teacher's salary may be paid out only during the teaching months, he/she may receive several checks in May to pay out the summer, or the checks may keep coming year-round.

Answer 9

No, they aren't doing their job.

Answer 10

They get paid for when they are there.

When they go in during the sumer they do, when they're not there, they don't.

Answer 11

That depends upon the school district they are employed by and whether or not they are on a 9 or a 12 month contract.

Most school systems employ teachers on a 9 month contract but in some cases they can also split up the pay to cover 12 months even though the work is accomplished in 9.

Most teachers get summer jobs either in the teaching field for remedial work or at local stores or plants where they can supplement their income.

Teachers aren't paid all that well.