DY:
Your comment sounds really nice and caring, but the assumptions are often untrue. There are many mechanchim who are worth their weight in gold, providing excellent service, benefiting our children so greatly, and are seriously and unfairly underpaid. There are also way too many who should not be in the field altogether. Their talents and gifts of skills lie elsewhere, and they pursue chinuch because it does “pas” to do anything else. That is sinful, and actually punishes the children with an incompetent rebbe/teacher, drains the yeshiva budget by directing wages to the undeserving, and possibly hurts the reputation of the yeshiva by providing inferior services. These incompetents are not the kids’ key to Olam Haboh. Quite contrary, they are potential contributors to the children finding the Torah world an uncomfortable, even painful place.
Chinuch is a profession. It involves a set of skills, and should be treated as any profession, preceded by training, the achievement of proficiency, and some form of documentation to be eligible to work in this field. There should also be continued education to expand and improve one’s skills. This has begin to happen, but sadly has not yet become the norm. For those who do their jobs well, they deserve a huge salary plus lots more.