Benefits
To better understand the benefits of obtaining your Advanced Studies Certification, feel free to use the following field to estimate your increased life-time earnings:
Enter the number of years you've been teaching and see the difference:
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(total life-time increased earnings‡)Examples
Two static examples of life-time earnings increase with the Advanced Studies Certification (assuming a typical 30-year career and retirement of 25 years):
Teacher A Example
Teacher obtains the Advanced Studies Certification in 15th year of teaching.
$3000 x 15 years = $45,000 (increase in career earnings)
plus 75% of $3000 annually over 25 years of retirement = $56,250
Total life-time increased earnings‡: $45,000 + 56,250 = $101,250
Teacher B Example
Teacher obtains the Advanced Studies Certification in the 25th year of teaching.
$3000 x 5 years = $15,000 (increase in career earnings)
plus 75% of $3000 annually over 25 years of retirement = $56,250
Total life-time increased earnings‡: $15,000 + 56,250 = $71,250
‡Amount is an estimate based on the assumption that you will work a total of 30 years before retirement and survive 25 years after retiring. It does not include cost of living retirement increases.
Last Updated: Monday, 08 September 2008