European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday May 12, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 17 Survey finds teachers pay in t All that bad by Bob Dart Cox news service. T. He typical american Public schoolteacher is a married woman who believe she is underpaid but actually makes More per workday than most Oiher Colleg graduates. This typical teacher belongs to a Union likes her Summers off goes to Church regularly voted for Ronald Reagan in 1984, and is More satisfied Wilh her Job and life than most folks Are. Those Are some of the surprising findings of a National Survey released this month. The Survey by Emily Feistl Altzer director of the private National Center for education information was based on a random nationwide sampling with responses from 1,144 Public school teachers and 448 private school teachers. The Survey was conducted Between feb. 7 and april 15. Additional data came from the . Census so much Hai been said in recent years about teachers being unhappy and underpaid that it came As a Surprise in a Survey of teachers themselves to discover that they Are More satisfied with almost every aspect of their lives including their jobs than Are College graduates in general said Feistl Altzer. What they complain about is not being paid enough but they actually do Well in comparison with adults of comparable age and education in the workforce she contends in a written statement. Perhaps the most startling finding is that Public school teachers Are relatively Well paid. The average salary of a Public school teacher is about $24,559, the report said. Teachers work an average o 180 Days per year. Thai comes out to about $136 per workday the average annual salary for an american College. Graduate is $32,216, the average work year is 250 Days that comes out to about $129 per workday. The average pay for teachers in private schools is $14.700 Lor tha school year. However this includes. Many teachers who Are members of religious orders and receive less than $5.000 a year. The average salary Tor All employed americans is $22.694 about $9 1 per Day in a 250-Day work year. Bui teachers almost universally believe that they Are underpaid. This dissatisfaction May be due loan image. Problem concerning teachers and a misconception about How much or How Little other americans Are paid said Feistl Altzer. ,. Here Ara some of the other findings in the report profile of teachers in he United slates teachers Are relatively satisfied Ullh the Way their lives Are going. Ninety four percent of private school teachers and 90 percent of Public school teachers surveyed said they were satisfied Ullh the course of their personal lives. That compares to 84 percent of Alt College graduates and 79 percent of the general Public. Ninety six percent of the teachers in private schools and 90 percent in Public schools said they Are satisfied Wilh their Obs end the work they do. That compares to 80 percent of College graduates As a whole and 70 percent of the working population. Teaching is still mostly a woman s profession. About 69 percent a Ell Public school teachers and 76 percent of private school teachers Ere women. Teachers tend to be married. About 75 percent of All Public school teachers Are married compared to 60 percent of the adult working population in general. Teachers Are Home folks. About 62 percent of All teachers live within 1 so Miles of their Birthplace. About half of All teachers have taught in no More than two schools. Virtually All teachers Are College graduates with 81 percent of All Public school teachers having completed some Post graduate work unlike most working adults who rank a Good salary and Job Security As the most important aspects of their jobs teachers say the most important things Lor them Are the Opportunity to use their minds and the Chance to work with Young people the Survey showed teachers ranked salary fourth behind appreciation of a Job Well done. Missall Slation with salary was widespread among the teachers surveyed with 88 percent of the women and 85 percent of the men saying they were underpaid but most teachers would rather have the summon off than earn More Money by working year round. In the Survey 84 percent of the Public school teachers and 88 percent in private schools said i hey preferred their nine or 10-month contracts to a t2-Monlh contract with More Money. The teachers preferred the. Shorter work year even when Given an option of leaching As much As they do  doing other professional Aei Miles for 1he remaining months. The leaching Force in Public schools is heavily unionized. Eighty percent of All Public school leaches. Belong to a Union 70 percent to the National education association and 10 percent to the american federation of teachers. Only 11 percent of the teachers in private schools Are unionized. Overall Only 20 percent of All american workers belong to a Union a recent of Vervey found that Moil Leachen an Lall tried with their lives and their Jobi. He York Tymn Piranio a s we approach the prime Lime of Scallons Many of you Are wrestling with he pros and cons of Oinling a tour group ongoing off by  have done both and i m Here to Lell you keeping up with a tour is not Lor sissies. Everyone thinks it s a free ride because your Luggage is taken care of your rooms Are reserved your menus Are preplanned and you Don t even have to carry your own airline tickets. Many things however Are your meter your bus  on a typical three week Lour you will average 35 buses each from a different country Ullh a different Driver f you Are i Germany the bus Driver will be asian. Ii you Are in Tiptn he drier will be russian. If you have matched up a French bus and a French Driver you Are on the remember your guide that too will vary every guide since the beginning of tourism has tried to have some distinguishing form of identification. That is Why in the Tower of London you will have 35 English guides Ullh unopened umbrellas hoisted in the air beckoning you to follow. On a Clear Day at a greek ruin there Are so Many White handkerchiefs being waved you d think the entire country was surrendering. Remember to put your Luggage outside the door by 6  this is harder than it sounds. As a person who is intimidated by rules i cannot Tell you the times i have lugged a suitcase into a hallway Only to discover my husband s Arm still in it grappling for clean underwear. Remember whal country you Are  when you Are whipping in and out of buses on and off planes boats and hydrofoils it s often a Challenge to know wharf you Are. You cannot wish someone Back Home was Here ii you Don t know where you Are. A tour carries with it certain social responsibilities. You Are not an Island. There Are the mental aerobics each morning that you Exchange Wilh other members of the Lour. This includes a keeping track of who has irregularities and what they Are doing about ii to who has lost Luggage and where it is today c who got the Broom closet room in the last City and How did they Tare in the one last night d whose camera slopped functioning and did the one that stopped functioning yesterday get fixed Vej sundry gossip about the Man who refuses to get Inlo a single line when he is told the woman who hangs her laundry trom the Balcony of a luxurious hotel and the Man who carries extra booze in hollow binoculars around his neck. Add to All this i he act that a tour travels on its Continental breakfast and it s Lucky there Aren t More mutinies aboard tour buses then there Are i would not be surprised it one Day there is All out War in some Little european Village where travellers turn on a tour company guide and assault him with hard Rolls and canned Orange juice. Having said All of this. Bon App trip in 19m, a Angeles Tom Syndicate