Do Teacher's have to pay for the masters degree?

It depends on the district. My district only pays for a Masters Degree in your teaching field and only after you've taught for at least 2 years. It should tell you on your district's website under teacher benefits.

depends on district. mine won't pay for anything - i have to get it on my own. And it's required. That's why it seems like everyone has one. At least it is in Ohio for teachers who started within like the last 5-8 years or so.

I guess it depends on your district, but mine does not. I actually have 2 masters. We are required to take 2 classes every 4 years to update our license. I just can't see not going for the masters. Btw, if you look into it, if you already have a BA in some form of education, you may only have to take a couple classes to get the masters. I have a masters in El. Ed. My counselor looked at all of the classes and workshops that I took in the course of my teaching and determined that I only needed 2 classes to get my masters. So, I guess, in a way the district does help in payment of classes by providing inservice.

My district gives tuition assistance and I took out an equity loan on my house to pay for mine. You should also check into masters programs that offer teacher credit, which is a discount on tuition. My university offers that and it helped considerably.

For me, the school that I am working for is reimbursing me when I go to graduate school, which is a good thing.

It really depends on the district and before you apply, you should look into what they offer in terms of professional development benefits. For me, I knew I needed my masters degree if I wanted to move up faster on the pay scale, so I went for it. It took me 3 years, going to classes at night while I was teaching, but there was no other way around it. I got a student loan, of course. But luckily for me, in CA, the state offers an APLE program where they will pay up to $11,000 of my student loan by meeting certain criteria set by the program. If you're in CA, you should look into that. The APLE program helped me a lot!

Teachers have to pay for their degree. Many temporarily quit work so that they can concentrate their efforts on completing the coursework. Then they go back to work. I am in Music Education - Here's how I did it. I quit work for a year - the college course-load was set for two years. I got on as a GTA (Graduate Teaching Asst) so I taught classes at the university and they paid for half of my tuition and costs. I paid the rest. I did a double course-load so I could finish all of the requirements quickly. Musicians have to audition and take lessons and ensembles classes. However, my incoming audition score was so high that I advanced-out of every instrumental performance class and lessons. That enabled me to finish the two-year load in one-year. To be a GTA: You must be accepted into the graduate school for which you are applying and apply to be a GTA within that particular school. As a side-note: while attend graduate school, try to go to the job fairs for educators. The job fair enabled me to get hired to teach in Hawaii, while I was attending grad-school in Tennessee. Some states pay more for teachers with higher degrees. Some do not. Check prior to committing yourself to doing graduate work. The best thing about grad-school is not better pay. It's that graduate-level work actually makes people smarter. Keep your options open.

got mine all by myself by working a second job in a bar