<prompt> Human: My fiancee has worked for a Montessori school for the last year as a preschool teacher in the after school program. Currently, her contract is for 25kyr for working 30-hrswk. The contract they offered her for the new position is for a 40-hrwk position as an assistant teacher. In her new contract, they are only offering her 29kyr. During this time, she will also be required to complete an internship to complete her Montessori certification so she can become an Associate Teacher, meaning that she will have little time to supplement her income with a second job. Currently, she is required to go to only some parentteacher events, but as an assistant teacher, she will be required to attend all of them. Additionally, she currently is required to work during spring break for vacation care. As an assistant teacher, she will not be required to work during the summer. We are currently living in Boston, and she is supplementing her income by nannying in the mornings. She will not be able to do this due to time constraints in her new position. What can she say tomorrow in her meeting to help plea her case for a higher salary? Is asking for 33-34kyr an unrealistic amount? How else can we help to supplement her income? Please help! EDIT: I clarified with my fiancee that her vacation care is for spring break and a couple other days throughout the year. In her current position, she does NOT have to work summers and also will not work summers in her new position. EDIT: Her new contract has her working the same Aug 24-June 20th timeframe as her current contract. This does not include the extra meetings and events she is now required to go to as an assistant teacher. UPDATE 1: At the recommendation of uwanmoar she asked for 32k straight out of the gate. She presented the math and explained that she didnt require a raise, but should at least maintain the same hourly compensation. Her supervisor was impressed and now she has a meeting with the head of school tomorrow. Ill keep you all posted.Assistant: Right now shes making about 16 per hour. If shes taking the promotion then she would only be making 13.94 per hour. Not sure how they are spinning it off as a promotion. I would flat out ask them. Maybe the person who wrote the contract assumed that she was working a 40 hr shift currently and thinks it is a promotion. Idk thats kinda fd up though. I would be pissed.Edit: May math above was based on a 52 week cycle. Teachers work more around 40 I think so for that20.80 per hour now, and 18.13 for the promotion.Human: Right now shes making about 16 per hour. If shes taking the promotion then she would only be making 13.94 per hour.Not when you take into account she wouldnt be working during the summer, shes actually would be making a lot more per hour. Around 20 bucks an hour.Assistant: So I clarified with her. She said she can do summer camps and things during the summer, but in her current position she is actually not required to work at all in the summer.  <response>: Youre only worth as much as you think you are. If she thinks her work is worth more, I would definitely haggle and hold strong on this one then. 