“Teachers earn far too little – they should earn more. A lot of people don’t notice it, but this profession is really thankless and still low paid,” wrote one user on X (former Twitter). It turns out, however, that low salaries are not the only problem faced by teachers in Poland.
On “good morning” salary below the national minimum
Can you earn less than the national minimum wage in Poland? According to information provided by bezprawnik.pl: absolutely. This is the fate of teachers who are just beginning their adventure in their profession. They will earn money next year PLN 98 below the national minimum – as the economist Alicja Defratyka from the interestingliczby.pl project enumerates.
And although it seems bizarre to some, such a scenario is possible due to the fact that the employment of teachers is based on a different act than the Labor Code. It’s about the Teacher’s Charter; is one of many special acts that defines the rules of employment of employees of various administration departments. The provisions contained therein describe in detail how teachers are remunerated.
Instead of the minimum amount, the so-called the base amount included in the budget act for teachers. Individual levels of professional promotion can count on better and better multipliers (…)
– says bezprawnik.pl.
“From the first day I was inundated with messages”
More and more people consider choosing to be a teacher as an act of sacrifice – all because the pay seems to be grossly disproportionate to the commitment, time and energy that must be devoted to this work. The problem is not only the complicated and – often too extensive – curriculum, but also the attitude of some parents. I had first grade last year. From the first days I was inundated with messageshow the children are doing, whether they have already made friends with their peers, whether they pay attention in class. I understand it all. Parents are often more stressed at school than children, but interviews are more important than all these questions – explains Olga, who will start teaching in the second grade this year with the WP portal.
Lack of energy and willingness to work becomes the norm
It turns out that since the coronavirus pandemic, most parents have started to use the opportunity to call or write to the teacher more and more boldly – often forgetting that they do not have to answer any questions outside working hours; That’s what interviews and consultations are for. As a result, more and more people practicing this profession feel burnt out and lack energy. – Continually conforming to their ideas of how we should be teaching children, really It takes away your energy and often your willingness to work – says Ilona, a teacher of early school classes in an interview with WP.
Source: Gazeta
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