Sentences with phrase «salaries than school districts»

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Recall Cuomo's 2011 - 12 budget address in which he singled out superintendents — particularly Syosset's Carole Hankin, whose more than $ 500,000 in salary and benefits is the highest in the state — as a prime example of wasteful spending by school districts.

That means districts will be almost entirely dependent on the state to cover rising salaries and other education costs, school administrators said, and Cuomo's budget provides less than half the financial aid needed.

Even at the largest school districts (defined as those with more than 6,500 students), salaries would be capped at $ 175,000 - $ 4,000 less than the governor.

From the late 1990s to the early aughts school districts were putting in less than one percent of teachers» salaries, while teachers contributed around 3 percent because the economy was doing well.

On average, teachers who move between districts after no more than two years at a school improve their salaries, though just barely.

School district employers contribute 17.45 percent of each teacher's salary (and that figure is scheduled to rise to more than 20 percent in the coming years).

It stipulated that a teacher coming into the system from any other school district (either public or private) could not be given salary credit for more than five years of previous teaching experience.

Urban school districts spend significantly less per pupil on their high - poverty schools than their low - poverty ones, a fact that is routinely masked by school budgets that use average - salary figures rather than actual ones, a new paper suggests.

First, to achieve a targeted budget reduction, school districts need to lay off a greater number of junior teachers than senior teachers (as junior teachers have lower salaries), meaning that a seniority - based layoff policy will cause class sizes to rise more than they would under an alternate arrangement.

The overall salary package provided more potential money than teachers would have earned through the Los Angeles school district's salary schedule.

The ads, paid for by the 140 - member Kansas City School Administrators Association, are addressed to «School administrators» and read: «If respect, good working conditions, competitive salaries, fair treatment, job security, and equity are important to you, think more than twice before accepting a position with the Kansas City, Mo., school district.&School Administrators Association, are addressed to «School administrators» and read: «If respect, good working conditions, competitive salaries, fair treatment, job security, and equity are important to you, think more than twice before accepting a position with the Kansas City, Mo., school district.&School administrators» and read: «If respect, good working conditions, competitive salaries, fair treatment, job security, and equity are important to you, think more than twice before accepting a position with the Kansas City, Mo., school district.&school district.»

In Houston, as in so many urban districts, the accounting system pretends that every teacher earns the average salary of teachers in the district rather than accounting for the actual costs of the salaries at a particular school.

The simulation indicates that if women were to receive an additional four percent of lifetime earnings in pension benefits, it would be worth roughly $ 70,000 in 2014 dollars — more than the maximum annual teacher salary in the typical Ohio school district.

Because the salaries of senior teachers are much higher than those of newcomers (usually by more than $ 25,000 / teacher), districts have to spend a lot more money on the schools where senior teachers cluster — and they fund this by spending a lot less on the schools that senior teachers avoid.

By 2020, Colorado's school districts will be forced to contribute more than 20 percent of their employee salary costs to the state pension plan.

Breaking tradition: A fixed - dollar pay raise strategy that benefits teachers and school districts In this analysis Marguerite Roza examines both the degree to which pay systems for teachers are more heavily back - loaded than for many other professions and the ramifications of this steep salary curve for teachers, states and school...

As senior - level administrators are both the stewards of the pension system and the recipients of the highest net benefits, the authors conclude, «There is no reason to expect school administrators or their organizations to support reforms that would provide a more modern and mobile retirement system for young educators» and suggest that districts could be recruiting young teachers more effectively by putting money in upfront salaries rather than in end - of - career pension benefits.

To address this issue and make teaching in the U.S. more attractive, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan has called for teacher salaries that start at $ 60,000 and eventually rise to $ 150,000 — far higher than current teacher pay in nearly all U.S. school districts.

Rather than using the private funds to supplement an art teacher's salary at one given school, for example, a local art museum can increase programming for the entire district.

In general, unless otherwise exempt, the following three criteria must be met in order for non-classroom based charters to be guaranteed full funding levels: (1) at least 80 percent of total revenues must be spent on instruction or classroom support, (2) at least 50 percent of public revenues must be spent on certificated staff salaries and benefits, and (3) the pupil - teacher ratio must be equal to or lower than the pupil - teacher ratio in the largest unified school district in the county or counties in which the school operates or the school must maintain a minimum of 25:1 ratio.

Across Alameda County, female Superintendents are paid, on average, $ 29,167 less than male Superintendents in base salary ($ 250,700 vs $ 221,533), partially because all larger districts are male - led (again, scoring the importance of Johnson - Trammell's appointment for the largest school district in Alameda County).

In spring 2014, the Alaska Legislature passed House Bill 278, which included the following language in Section 52: «No later than June 15, 2015, the Department of Administration shall present to the legislature a written proposal for a salary and benefits schedule for school districts, including an evaluation of, and recommendations for, teacher tenure.»

Even so, individuals interested in becoming a teacher in Maine should be aware that salary schedules differ among school districts, and that many teachers earn significantly more than this bare minimum.

* In most states, charter school districts reported spending less money per pupil than traditional public schools on instruction, student support services and teacher salaries.

Charter schools are less likely to engage in this practice, but traditional districts tend to see the costs of absence as lower than the costs of lengthening teachers» contract year with a proportional increase in salary.

Madison School District employees would pay more for health care, but salary increases would more than offset the charge.

For example, Marguerite Roza at the Center on Reinventing Public Education found that less money is spent on salaries in high - poverty schools than on low - poverty schools within the same district.

As the Center for American Progress has written, while school districts spend more on teachers» salaries and benefits than any other expenditure, research shows that the way these funds are spent does not improve the performance, quality, or distribution of the teacher workforce.

The model has allowed Rocketship to save roughly $ 500,000 per year in traditional expenses, which it reinvests in higher teacher salaries (20 percent higher than surrounding districts), a two - hour after - school Response to Intervention program, leadership training, and Academic Deans.

Salaries also vary within states where wealthy suburban school districts generally have higher salary schedules than other districts.

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, school districts contributed more than 20 percent of teacher salaries into the state defined benefit pension plan.

Charter school teachers were also more likely than their district counterparts to cite a desire for a better salary and benefits package or dissatisfaction with the school as reasons for changing schools or leaving teaching altogether.

In this analysis Marguerite Roza examines both the degree to which pay systems for teachers are more heavily back - loaded than for many other professions and the ramifications of this steep salary curve for teachers, states and school districts.

This conclusion reflects the finding that teachers with stronger qualifications are both more responsive to the racial and socioeconomic mix of a school's students and less responsive to salary than are their less well qualified counterparts when making decisions about remaining in their current school, moving to another school or district, or leaving the teaching profession.

But that doesn't mean that districts are spending equally in all schools: The neediest schools tend to employ teachers with less experience than more affluent schools, and less - experienced teachers earn lower salaries.

While still leaving local school districts with the flexibility to determine their own pay scales, the District of Columbia should encourage them to incorporate mechanisms such as starting these teachers at a higher salary than other new teachers.

The average annual salary for an infant and toddler teacher is almost $ 9,000 less than that of a preschool teacher.18 Meanwhile, teachers and lead teachers in school - sponsored early education programs — specifically programs that are administered by a local school district — typically fare the best, earning an average of $ 23.50 per hour.19 However, salaries for pre-K teachers in public schools remain significantly lower than those for similarly qualified kindergarten teachers.20