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You will not earn as much salary here as in NJ, unless you are a new teacher...then the transition will not be too bad. I am a teacher here from Ohio. Western Carolina "Isothermal Belt" is the best area. You'll get the 4 seasons BUT none are harsh like up north. Winters aren't bad. Little snow...but melts quickly. Fall is beautiful here!
SUmmer HAS been hot this summer but very little humidity. Spring is unbelievable here!
I live in Rutherford County.
Are you looking for a larger city or small town atmosphere?
Listen, if you wish to make any money as an educator, stay away from North Carolina. There is NO union representation and the state controls the pay scale...in other words the pay for a teacher in Charlotte-Meck school district will be the same as a teacher the Rowan-Salisbury district or the Wake County school system. The only other factor that would give you an increase in salary is the county by county supplement (some paces are higher than others, thus giving a disparity in pay throughout the state). The other horrible part of being a teacher in this state is that you only GET PAID ONLY ONCE A MONTH. I assume this is largely in part so the state leaders can rape us in taxes. By the time taxes have been taken out of each of my paychecks, I find that I can hardly afford to live. I swear, people who have families and are educators must rely upon food stamps eat and live in section 8 housing...I don't know how they live!? All I know is that once I attain my Master's Degree I'm out of here and heading back up North where they value education and respect teachers!
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One of our agents this morning said that Arthur Edwards School in Havelock, NC are short 2 teachers. I believe the contact is the principal there. Don't have a number.
A salary is just a number. The true measure is the quality of life. What would you rather have.
1. A 60K salary with:
a) a decent house costing 350K-500K
b) real estate taxes in the neighborhood of 6-10K/yr
c) 3K/yr for auto insurance for 2 cars
or
2. A 45K salary with:
a) A just as nice or nicer house costing 180K-250K (many with some land, at least 1 or more acres) I know where I moved from in Long Island you'd need 7 figures for a nice house on an acre or more.
b)RE taxes in the 1500-2500 range
c) les than 1K for the same 2 cars
Don't be fooled buy the numbers. Moving here from NY is the best thing we've ever done. BTW, my wiffe's the teacher in the family.
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