The following is an example of
a teacher salary schedule in Alabama provided by the Butler County Public Schools.
The following is an example of
a teacher salary schedule in Virginia provided by the Richmond Public School
The following is an example of
a teacher salary schedule in Connecticut provided by the Granby Public Schools District (p. 33)
I recently read a story about the statewide
teacher salary schedule in North Carolina.
A 1962 RAND Corporation study on teacher pay described
teacher salary schedules in the following way:
Not exact matches
In addition to enacting the voucher program, the conservative - led board ended the district's collective bargaining agreement with the local
teachers union and set up a performance - based
salary schedule for
teachers.
In contrast, the financial incentives for consistently high - performing
teachers (i.e., jumping ahead on the
salary schedule) appear to have been immediately credible.
Flat
salary schedules that treat all
teachers and teaching positions the same, regardless of challenge or need, provide no extra incentive for
teachers to work
in harder - to - serve schools.
Early
in the 20th century, opposition to overt discrimination and demand for greater
teacher skills led to the current single -
salary schedule, which pays the same
salary to
teachers with the same qualifications regardless of grade level taught, gender, or race.
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).
In Alabama, the state's «Race to the Top» application originally proposed merit pay and a «new
salary schedule that would give more money to math, science and special - education
teachers,» but that portion of the application was deleted, reported the Press - Register (Mobile), «after Alabama Education Association leader Paul Hubbert wrote state Superintendent Joe Morton a letter... opposing them»
In «Scrap the Sacrosanct
Salary Schedule,» Jacob Vigdor looks at how the current system of
teacher pay offers too few rewards for younger
teachers.
For more than a century, public education has worked under a single
salary schedule that compensates
teachers for college credits, education degrees, and years of experience, but not for their effectiveness
in the classroom.
And boards of education want to compete
in the marketplace for entry - level
teachers, so early sections of the
salary schedule are artificially inflated.
Relatively few leaders have pushed to the envelope's edge when exploring flexibility within the
salary schedule or have emulated the aggressive tenor of Joel Klein's
Teacher Performance Unit
in seeking to evaluate and remove
teachers within the constraints imposed by state law.
The flat
salary schedule for
teachers is a good reason for those
in Madison to welcome the stipends of $ 6,250 that the district offers to its «master»
teachers, who take a leadership role among the faculty, and the bonuses averaging $ 3,400 to
teachers who exhibit outstanding classroom performance and student achievement.
Furthermore, the current
salary schedule does not normally take into account the fact that
teachers work
in schools offering different levels of nonmonetary benefits, such as a safe, pleasing environment.
In most fields, prospective students can only make an educated guess about the payoff to a post-graduate degree, but, for public school teachers, it appears in black and white on the salary schedule for their distric
In most fields, prospective students can only make an educated guess about the payoff to a post-graduate degree, but, for public school
teachers, it appears
in black and white on the salary schedule for their distric
in black and white on the
salary schedule for their district.
Besides challenging seniority - based layoffs, the shortage of experienced math and science
teachers in inner - city districts — a problem that single
salary schedules make worse — could inspire a lawsuit.
Most of that money was paid out using traditional single -
salary compensation
schedules, a system that typically pays the same
salary to all
teachers with the same level of education and number of years
in the classroom.
Just about everyone with experience
in public schooling knows what a
teachers»
salary schedule looks like.
If a single -
salary schedule for a school district yields a large surplus of qualified applicants for elementary education, social studies, and physical education, but no qualified applicants
in physics or speech pathology, is
teachers» pay
in this district adequate?
The
salary schedule rewarded
teachers for investing their time and personal funds
in further education, and it ended the longstanding practice of paying men more than women and white
teachers more than minorities.
Salam goes on to cite Jacob Vigdor, who tackled the problem of
teacher pay
schedules for us
in his 2008 article «Scrap the Sacrosanct
Salary Schedule.»
Introduced
in Denver and Des Moines
in 1921, the single
salary schedule was meant to resolve the inequities of an era when women, minorities, and elementary school
teachers were paid less than their counterparts.
Although a recent union election cast doubt on the durability of the arrangement, Cincinnati has become the first public school district
in the country to scrap the traditional
salary schedule in favor of a system that pays
teachers according to their classroom performance.
Elementary - and secondary - school
teachers in the United States traditionally have been compensated according to
salary schedules based solely on experience and education.
Older
teachers would be harmed
in a direct switch from the current system to an evidence - based
salary schedule.
On the current
salary schedule, a starting
teacher who expects to hold nothing more than a bachelor's degree throughout her career will receive earnings over 30 years worth $ 620,000
in present value terms, discounting at a 5 percent rate.
The lighter bars track the returns paid out
in the 2007 — 08
salary schedule, relative to the
salary for starting
teachers.
Second, many
teachers pursue master's degrees early
in their careers because master's degrees bump up their
salaries on district
salary schedules.
The discriminatory impact of this compromise lessened as the gender gap
in master's degree attainment narrowed, and more subtle means of discrimination were hampered by nearly universal adoption of the uniform
salary schedule, with
teachers» pay based only on experience and education.
Through local collective bargaining agreements,
teachers have a say
in district
salary schedules, the number and type of sick and personal leave, the length and timing of the school day and year, the number of students per classroom, the amount and type of support services offered to students, and the professional development provided for
teachers.
In March 2004, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association approved a plan that would replace the current lockstep salary structure with a new salary schedule that rewards teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce result
In March 2004, the Denver Classroom
Teachers Association approved a plan that would replace the current lockstep salary structure with a new salary schedule that rewards teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce
Teachers Association approved a plan that would replace the current lockstep
salary structure with a new
salary schedule that rewards
teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce
teachers who advance their teaching knowledge and skills
in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce result
in the subjects they teach, take on additional professional responsibilities, take on the toughest school assignments, and produce results.
In fact, their salary schedules give teachers an incentive to take these courses in order to increase their pay, without their having any intention of becoming a principa
In fact, their
salary schedules give
teachers an incentive to take these courses
in order to increase their pay, without their having any intention of becoming a principa
in order to increase their pay, without their having any intention of becoming a principal.
In addition, it was unclear why
teachers would opt for this special certification given the prevalence of the single
salary schedule.»
The districts provided information on
teacher salaries and stipends,
teacher assignments and teaching loads, course offerings and
schedules,
teacher aide
salaries and placements, and student participation
in various courses.
Where microcredentials pertain to
teachers rather than students, I think the concept is an outstanding way to do a number of things
in the area of professional development: 1) recognize professional learning milestones to inspire continuous improvement; 2) move away from a one - size - fits - all (and oft debunked) approach to
salary schedules, which typically depend exclusively on time served and postsecondary attainment; 3) move towards recognition of skill development on an a la carte basis rather than solely as part of an advanced degree program; and 4) generate more personalized and self - paced professional learning opportunities.
In Visalia, Ravalin said district officials raised all teacher salaries by a total of 1.5 percent above the scheduled cost of living increase last year, in part to help with recruitmen
In Visalia, Ravalin said district officials raised all
teacher salaries by a total of 1.5 percent above the
scheduled cost of living increase last year,
in part to help with recruitmen
in part to help with recruitment.
Now, with Republican governors like Scott Walker
in Wisconsin and John Kasich
in Ohio publicly taking on collective bargaining for public school
teachers, replacing strict
salary schedules with merit pay, and introducing value - added measures into decisions about
salaries and tenure, events have caught up to his message.
The superintendent's HR office does most of the vetting and placing, but it is shackled by the contract, by state licensure practices (which may be set by an «independent» — and probably union and ed - school dominated — professional - standards board), by seniority rules that are probably enshrined
in both contract and state law, and by uniform
salary schedules that mean the new
teacher (assuming similar «credentials») will be paid the same fixed amount whether the subject most needed at Lincoln is math or music.
Teacher salaries in North Dakota are set by district - level
salary schedules, which are determined by degree level and classroom teaching experience.
Last week, lawmakers passed a state budget that they promised would offer
teachers an average 7 percent raise — but instead of boosting all
teachers» pay by a simple percentage, a new
salary schedule is
in place that offers younger, inexperienced
teachers big gains while shortchanging veteran
teachers who have gone to great lengths to build on their teaching credentials.
Three - quarters of districts do not use cash bonuses,
salary increases, or different steps on the
salary schedule to recruit or retain
teachers to teach
in high - need schools.
They will receive the benefits of a higher
salary schedule, but they'll also be working for a distict paying off $ 2.5 billion
in past promises to
teachers.
Last week, lawmakers passed a state budget that they promised would offer
teachers an average 7 percent raise — but instead of boosting all
teachers» pay by a simple percentage, a new
salary schedule is
in place that offers younger,...
41 percent of districts do not use cash bonuses,
salary increases, or different steps on the
salary schedule to recruit or retain
teachers to teach
in fields with shortages.
«Career status protections help attract and retain
teachers despite the low
salaries established by State
salary schedules,» NCAE claimed
in their brief.
Then, if those master's degree - holding
teachers got their National Board certification (more
teachers in North Carolina than
in any other state hold this credential), they got a 12 percent
salary supplement on top of whatever step they were at on the M
salary schedule.
This list includes three Southern states, all of which have modest to low levels of
teacher pay, deterioration
in both
salaries and general education funding over the last decade, and state - determined
salary schedules.