Sentences with phrase «only increase teacher salary»

I did a back of the napkin analysis of one district and came to the conclusion they could pay EVERYONE top step and only increase teacher salary costs by about 13 %.

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But when they were given the real numbers, only 42.9 percent of respondents supported raising per - pupil spending, and only 36.7 percent supported an increase in teacher salaries.

In the Madison School District in Arizona, the lowest salary for a new teacher with only a bachelor's degree is $ 31,304 and the highest salary after many years and 72 postbaccalaureate credits is $ 57,251, an 82 percent increase over a career!

That represents a staggering increase ($ 1,923) from its current level, a huge price tag that can only mean fewer resources for teacher salaries, individualized instruction, new instructional technologies — and pretty much everything else that schools need and do.

When uninformed of costs, teachers were even more committed than the public to smaller classes, with 54 % selecting that option and only 37 % preferring a salary increase.

While the N.C. Association of Educators and teachers have demanded increases to per pupil spending, funding is only a symptom of a larger problem.Much of the tensions between the state legislature and teachers — arising from a decline in inflation - adjusted per - pupil spending and a 10 percent decline in inflation - adjusted salaries — could have been circumvented with stronger rights for public - sector employees.

On the other hand, teacher salaries only increase by around 25 percent during that same time period.

I'm certain that cutting these programs would have been the highest priority at schools where increasing tests scores are the only considerations, or where teachers are most concerned about their own salaries.

Haslam said it only makes sense that if «the teachers are being held more accountable and they are producing better results — and that's undeniable in Tennessee — then it is our obligation to also have the fastest increasing teachers» salaries in the country.»

The only real way to restore teacher salaries in Washington State is to organize teachers to support a bill that will provide $ 3 billion per year in increased State Revenue.

As of 2012, the vast majority of districts still had a salary schedule in place, and only 11 percent of districts used pay incentives to reward teachers for excellent performance, though the practice is increasing.78 And as states develop more effective ways to measure teacher quality, districts should be better able to incorporate performance data when making compensation decisions.