Teachers assistant rate. How much do TA's make?

Question

whats the expectant salary of a teachers assistant in Chicago? i just received a job as a teacher's assistant at a preschool but the school hasnt given me a salary rate yet? do a teachers assistant need to set up a lesson plan usually?

Answer 1

Its usually around $8!  Its not much and you do a lot more work than you anticipate for the money.  You don't set up the lesson plans, the lead teacher will do that.  Of course, you could be at a preschool that has no lead teacher in the classroom and then you would be in charge of it!  Trust me, I was a lead teacher at KinderCare in Chicagoland!

Answer 2

I don't know what the Chicago wages are for a teaching assistant.   I don't think

you need to have a college degree to become one.   They may want you to have some college, but all the teaching assistants that I have seen over time, didn't have a college degree.

Here is wage information that I found on the provided web site:

Teaching assistants are paid $1,000 to $1,200 and work 15 to 17 hours per week.

This isn't to bad if the wage is right and the hours are right.    All you have to work for a whole month is 60 hours.   It equals to about $16 an hour.   If you worked 40 hours a week; I doubt they would pay you $16 an hour because they couldn't afford it at 160 hours a month.

Answer 3

I think unless you are a TA in college, you are looking at low wages.  It depends of what the qualifications are, if you don't have to have any special skills, the wages will be low.

Answer 4

I believe that the starting rate for a teacher's aide in Chicago is around $8.50 or so, depending on the school and experience.  They should have told you the rate when they hired you.  As for lesson plans, you will have to talk to other support staff employees when you start.  It depends on what all is in their union contract.  Some allow support staff to do lesson plans and some do not.  Hope that helps!