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GPSMA - you act like school psychologists are (1) doctors and (2) well-paid. Most have their masters, some have additional training. Also, most are paid on the teacher salary scale, thus making no more than special education teachers. I think the average pay is roughly 40-50 thousand per year, minus benefits, minus union dues.
GPSMA - you act like school psychologists are (1) doctors and (2) well-paid. Most have their masters, some have additional training. Also, most are paid on the teacher salary scale, thus making no more than special education teachers. I think the average pay is roughly 40-50 thousand per year, minus benefits, minus union dues.
Wrong, the average pay is much higher, somewhat closer to 100K, not including summer vacations, pension, lifetime medical. Let's not forget they qualify for the "tenure" system as well, guaranteeing them a lifetime no risk job.
10-19-2010, 10:10 AM
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Wrong, the average pay is much higher, somewhat closer to 100K, not including summer vacations, pension, lifetime medical. Let's not forget they qualify for the "tenure" system as well, guaranteeing them a lifetime no risk job.
Soon on this forum the exaggerations will be so great that we will be hearing teachers make 200K, work 12 days a year, have pensions and liftetime medical they don't have to payfor for themselves and their closes 99 relatives- immune to staff cuts, and access to private helicopters to take them to work.
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Soon on this forum the exaggerations will be so great that we will be hearing teachers make 200K, work 12 days a year, have pensions and liftetime medical they don't have to payfor for themselves and their closes 99 relatives- immune to staff cuts, and access to private helicopters to take them to work.
School psychologist in my building is in his mid-50's and earns $129,000 annually.He is at the top of the salary scale and step.Though a very nice person I disagree with his belief and recommendation that parents dope their kids.
GPSMA - you act like school psychologists are (1) doctors and (2) well-paid. Most have their masters, some have additional training. Also, most are paid on the teacher salary scale, thus making no more than special education teachers. I think the average pay is roughly 40-50 thousand per year, minus benefits, minus union dues.
Do you come from somewhere other than Long Island, NY?
The reason I ask is that the payscales here for school superintendents, administrators, teachers and other education professionals are much, much higher than in most of the rest of the country.
What you say would probably be true in a place where there are no teachers' unions (who get the ball rolling on overvalued compensation for not just teachers but all parallel to and above them in rank) like North Carolina or Virginia.
School psychologist in my building is in his mid-50's and earns $129,000 annually.He is at the top of the salary scale and step.Though a very nice person I disagree with his belief and recommendation that parents dope their kids.
Now that compensation sounds more like it.
I hate that too. My classmates and I certainly survived childhood without being doped up. While there may be a few kids who genuinely need medication, I think it is overprescribed and too widely used for kids that don't need it.
School psychologist can not "dope" kids. Only doctors can. Only doctors can with the consent of the parent. I am a school psychologist, I make, before taxes, 38,000 a year. The same as a first year teacher with an advanced degree. I live in Colorado.
I am at work from 7:00am till 4:00-7:00pm.
I love, LOVE that people who know so little about our countries educational system, and the laws that govern it, have such monumentally strong (and yet still not helpful) opinions on what is wrong with kids, parents, teachers and The System.
How much time do you spend with kids? How much time do you spend with kids who are homeless (yes, they still have to attend school.) How many kids have you developed a relationship with who have one or both of their parents in prison? With parents who are drug and/or alcohol users? Involved in gangs?
Too much?
Okay, how many kids do you help with school work because they have a learning disability? How about mental retardation? A serious psychological disability like schizophrenia or attachment disorder?
What about autism?
What about depression?
Actually how many kids (outside your own family) do you spend a significant amount of time even being a mentor too? A role model?
I do this all day. I also listen to the teachers who complain about these kids all day. I also try to develop plans to help these children get the education they are legally entitled to. If you want to help "fix the broken system" GET INVOLVED.
I am a student currently in a school-psychology doctoral level training program. After reading this forum, I am extremely surprised by how little people know about what a school psychologist does, and how ignorant they are of the HUGE role they play in the schools. First of all, it is mandated by law that a school psychologist is necessary to test students for eligibility for services - whether it is for a 504 accommodation plan or special education services under IDEA. Second of all - they are now needed to collaborate with staff members with regards to RTI and new state mandates (New York) that include the need of functional behavior assessments (FBAs) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIPS).
I recently started my field experience and I am already overwhelmed - dealing with IEP's, counseling sessions, testing, annual reviews of services, special education, and teachers who want a "Quick fix" to problem behavior. I love what I am doing and think that a lot of people who are actually familiar with the education system or work as teachers would agree that a school psychologist does not do "nothing" and is actually very helpful and resourceful in the variety of educational problems that come up - whether they are academic or behavioral.
They are definitely well needed in a school.
Oh, and you cannot practice with a masters degree in school psychology. You need a specialist degree now or an extended masters - over 60 credits - or 3 years in a program. Doctoral level school psychologist on long island start with a salary of at least 70,000.
This is what I am learning in school and what I am training for.
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