Many back injuries and pulled muscles that occur in the workplace are the result of picking up something that is too heavy, not bending the legs, not asking a partner to assist or trying to lift or hold a heavy object above the shoulders.
Pre-elementary teacher education majors had to make do with a starting salary of just $32,400 at this time, while physical education teaching/coaching majors and special education majors took home $40,100 and $42,200 in their first year, respectively.
Teaching assistants were paid a mean $25,270 per year as of May 2011, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The lowest paid 10 percent earned $17,090 per year or less, while the highest paid 10 percent received $36,560 or more.bout 11 percent of teaching assistants nationwide worked in California as of May 2011 and earned an average of $29,960 per year. New York had almost 10 percent of the positions and paid $27,020 per year on average. Texas ranked third in the number of teaching assistant jobs and paid mean wages of $21,500 per year.