how I budget my salary as a kindergarten teacher

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A kindergarten teacher explains her personal budgeting process for managing a teacher's salary, including fixed and variable expenses. She uses the Monarch app to track her finances and prepare for summer months when she is not paid.

Structure

1Introduction to teacher budgeting
2Breakdown of fixed expenses
3Breakdown of variable expenses
4

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#ad Trying to budget a teacher paycheck can be very difficult because not only are we trying to get the usual fixed expenses (rent, bills, etc.) figured out, but also our school related expenses. We have to budget for supplies, activities, and if you’re like me and do not get paid 12 months a year, we also have to make we have money saved on the side to survive the summer. That is why I’m very grateful to have the @Monarch app as a tool to help with managing my money. 💵 Now I can really track where my money is going and as a teacher, being able to customize the categories to fit my needs as a teacher had been a game changer! So if you also want to get your finances together, download the Monarch app and start your free trial today! #Budgeting #teachersalary #savingmoney

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how I budget my salary as a kindergarten teacher Fixed $1,730 Rent $1,410 Gas & Electric $60 Phone $50 Insurance $110 Classrooms Supplies $100 Flexible $445 Unallocated Budget $200 Subscriptions $45 Gifts $100 end of the year activities $100 Goals $250 Summer Savings $200 Beginning of the Year Su... $50

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here's how I budget my teacher salary as a kindergarten teacher I actually track everything in Monarch so shout out to Monarch! so when budgeting my paycheck I always look at my fixed expenses first so that's my rent my bills my car insurance those things don't change and as a teacher I also have to budget for classroom supplies of course that's coming out of my pocket and not the school's and then I look at my variable expenses so those are things like subscriptions gifts and then as teacher with the end of the year coming up I'm thinking of the end of the year activities and celebrations things you wanna do before summer break and with my savings goal I actually only get paid for a 10 and a half months so I will not be getting paid in July and of course I have to think about how I'm going to survive the summer so making sure I'm putting enough into savings for that and even though summer hasn't started yet I also still have to think ahead with the beginning of the school year purchases I'll need to make and I usually purchase homework folders for the entire class and I usually like to buy the nice ones with like prongs and good quality ones that will just last the entire school year navigating your finances as a teacher can be very tricky and I'm also still trying to figure out what works best for me so all tips and tricks are welcome of course they don't pay us enough as is and we have to figure out how to be financial experts too