Teaching salary per hour, PhD in Architecture

Dear All,

any idea how much a university/school of architecture might pay per hour for a part time position for a foreign architect with phd degree and 4 years teaching experience? teaching in english language. (many institutions now, becasue of Erasmus, are encourging lectures in their departments in english language).

Tx.

...any one to answer?

no idea- but I remember it being discussed how poorly paid university professors were paid in Poland. still doesn't answer your question, sorry.

You might get 60zł/hr on a freelance contract. That's a guess based on what I was getting a few years ago. I wasn't paid as much as that, but then I don't have a PhD. Weekend classes usually pay at time-and-a-half.

University staff are usually not paid by the hour and there's mostly no negotiating salary. Your best strategy is looking up schools of architecture in google and making personal visits (hiring tends to follow 'a bird in the hand' philosophy, just sending in a cv won't work). You'll need to stress that you're learning Polish as a non-Polish speaker in a Polish work environment is usually more trouble and effort than they're worth.

Also, erasmus may be encouraging English language lectures but the reality is different in Poland.

I've taught that kind of class for a couple of years now and a lot of people on Erasmus basically have trouble following a lecture in English.

And Polish architecture students are mostly not going to want lectures in english if they can get lectures in Polish (which they can).

But you never know until you try.

Correct. That's why I said freelance. In which case they are.

That s what i was thinking: Erasmus. I thought that universities now in Poland and in particular in main cities are giving or at least willing to provide more lectures in english, and that s a good chance for non-polish to find opportunity. In addition, as more Polish students are willing to travel for either work or internship, having some lectures in english will empower their language skills in their fields.

60 zl does not sound something good, expecially after tax reduction; i wonder how much a phd holder will get then.

any one knows how much they pay at warsaw polytechnic university?

In theory yes, in practice not so much.


The easiest is to ask them. You don't have any bargaining power so you have nothing to lose. Keep in mind you're asking about starting next October since it's really doubtful that they'll be willing/able to have something for the summer semester (starting in february) and that polish universities are basically closed from july through september.

What makes you worth more?

Being able to speak English is nothing special in Polish academia.

That's true. In some scientific subjects at Warsaw Technical University the PhD theses are written in English.

And I would think it is hard to find an architect in a big city under about 60 who doesn't speak at least reasonable English. Highly educated people under 35 almost always speak it.

7K per month each for my uncle and aunt. More than enough for a pleasant life in Krakow.

i have phd in architecture from abroad, i have 4 years teaching experience in 4 countries, i have a small studio and i have done some works ; sorry, but it is not just ab knowing english, surely it is not the asset that i am trying to invet in. I just know from years and years that i have a mission, and this mission is to teach, it is my passion; but it is very sad to know that it is not elavuated enough in poland....once someone told me that teaching in poland is a hobby for architects...while in some other universities in the world (even in some unstable and underdevelopped countties) they pay aloooooooooooooott, over 5000 usd for a phd holder with just 2 years of experience.

what the ministry of education in poland is waiting for to change this system, and carft new one that will bring in new blood to the architectural education and other education fields???

Dude your above post is littered with mistakes, hardly a good advert.

Have you actually applied anywhere? Sent your CV around? Dropped by in person?

Have you done anything to make contacts?

Are you working hard to learn Polish so that you won't be a drag in a Polish speaking environment who'll need special treatment all the time?

Actually professors wage is 15K per month (languages)

" Actually professors wage is 15K per month (languages)"
Half that in Warsaw and Gdansk.

...u mean 1.5 K? (sure not 15 K= 15 000!)

No he means 15000PLN.Consider that a teacher (nauczyciel dyplomowany) in a little town under 7000 population I personally know makes 5000PLN/month.

A school teacher in a state school? Pull the other one.
A few years ago a friend of mine left teaching because he just couldn't live on his 1800PLN salary. He had fifteen years' experience, two MAs and was a Matura examiner.

Yes,a school teacher in a state school in a little town in Poland.


??? Are you implying that I am not telling the truth?

To be precise, I mean of course salary before taxes or brutto like they say in Poland.

No, but I don't know any school teacher who earns 5000/month from one state school job.

Good because I am telling the truth.Older teachers in Poland make decent money for Poland's standarts.The teacher I am reffering to is my mother.She's not even a school manager or a vice and I doubt she has 40 hours a week.I have to admit that I was surprised too.This 5000 does not include little perks(?) she gets from time to time though lately they are rarely financial bonuses,for instance she lately got a medal but there was no money bonus.

eacea.ec.europa.eu/education/eurydice/documents/tools/salaries.pdf
The Polish Central Staistical Office states an average of 2811PLN/month for teachers at all school levels for 2005.
The above link quotes a figure of 41,819PLN/year (max) for senior high school teachers.
We'll just have to agree to differ.

You have posted stats from 2005.You know it's 2012?Your stats seem to be legit though,few years ago she was making +/- 3500PLN/month.

The link is for more recent stats. As I said, we'll have to agree to differ. There are lots of more up-to-date lists than the one I cited, including a 2009 OECD report which gives $9186 as the entry level salary for teachers. That's $765/month. I wish you and your mother every success.

Thank you,same to you.

To make it clear I will add that she works there for over 25 years already and it's a state school for kids who can't make it in a regular school.It used to be called Szkoła Specjalna,I don't know about now but she gets some more money than she would in regular school doing the same thing.

...so, anyone have heard of any upgrading in this domain? i mean salary upgrading?

The latest figures do actually show 5000zl as being possible - I don't remember the terminology (pawian will, where is he?) - but a diploma teacher who also marks/creates exams and does a little bit more can make 5000zl brutto.

As Antek actually says - she'll be getting also extra money for teaching there, and with all the little bonuses for doing other things, 5000zl is quite realistic.


What makes you think that they even want you?

...who said i am thinking so ?