Want To Teach In Hawaii? The Job Often Comes With A Big Pay Cut [View all]
When Leilani Frazier joined the Hawaii Department of Education as a teacher in 2008, she had already accrued nearly a decade of professional experience: seven years in a small school district in San Diego, followed by two years teaching English in Japan.
The California native came to Hawaii because she was looking for a new environment. She also had family here.
“I just wanted something different,” Frazier said. “I was at a life point where I wanted to try something new.”
The veteran teacher knew the move to Hawaii’s school system would involve a salary reduction. She just wasn’t prepared for it to be so steep. In San Diego, her pay had been just over $60,000 annually. Her pay for her first year in Hawaii was $46,000.
Read more: https://www.civilbeat.org/2018/12/want-to-teach-in-hawaii-the-job-often-comes-with-a-big-pay-cut/
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