COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) - Teachers in South Carolina may soon see bigger paychecks not just for time in the classroom, but for experience outside of it. The South Carolina Department of Education will now reward real world experience for teachers who’ve worked in jobs related to the subjects they teach, even if that experience came before they entered the classroom.

If someone worked a job like construction, healthcare, or business, and now they teach a related subject, they will get credit for that experience. If you've worked full-time in a job that's related to teaching, then for every two years you worked, it could count as one year of teaching experience. This is all to help decide your pay level as a teacher.

"It's going to cost, you know, cost the state a little bit of money, but at

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