This Is How I Did the Math — and What I Found

Pedagotech For English Teachers - Season 1 Episode 5

In 2006, my first salary as an English teacher was the equivalent of about six dollars an hour. Last week, I found out that one of the most respected language schools in my city is currently offering new teachers around seven dollars. One dollar difference over twenty years — and that dollar buys less today than the six did back then.

This episode isn’t a complaint. It’s a calculation. And what the numbers reveal goes far beyond wages — it speaks to how the market understands, or fails to understand, the value of teaching expertise.

Chapters:

00:00 — The weight of that first paycheck

01:29 — Welcome and episode framing

02:15 — The question I couldn’t answer

05:09 — Why the market can’t see what experienced teachers do

10:45 — What can shift and what won’t fix itself

13:07 — Closing

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Pedagotech for English Teachers is a podcast for EFL educators who want to teach with more intelligence — and less burnout.