What is the employment outlook and salary range for teachers?
Over the next 10 years millions of new teachers will be needed to meet rising enrollment demands and to replace retiring teachers. There are definitely some categories of teaching that experience more severe shortages than others (math, science, special education, bilingual education), but in general local school districts hire dozens of new graduates each year for a variety of positions. In Illinois the statewide mean salary for beginning teachers in 2006 was $31,222. Salaries are dependent upon your academic degree, which grade level you teach, and the district that employs you.
