Teacher Stipends

[Retired Starman]

Before retiring from the school district, one of my duties was to run the debate program in our middle and high schools. We paid a stipend to debate coaches, though not very much. I think it was about $450 per semester for middle school, maybe as much as $750-1000 per semester for high school. This was not much money for the hours involved since most debate teams practice every afternoon and compete monthly (middle school) or weekly (high school). For the high school's at least, this usually involved an overnight trip.

Those teachers worked very hard for the little money they got. But it was very important to them to be recognized monetarily by the school system for their contribution small though the stipend was.

A little money can buy a LOT of hard work and, more importantly, good will.

Dr. Bob