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We might not be in teaching for the money, but we still need money...
I say evaluate the teachers. If they're just teaching the same old lessons from the same faded yellow pad marking time until they can retire, then cost of living increase is enough. If they're learning, growing, improving, or continuing to have awesome results year after year, then they deserve a raise.
Unfortunately everything is subjective. I chose to be grand fathered in years ago and not do the performance pay scale. There’s not much difference in my pay but in the contract. It’s easier to fire the performance based pay teachers and all the new teachers have that contract. My school is rife with nepotism - I’ve never seen a school with so many family members hired. It’s like a huge clique and you need to watch your back. I had one teacher change things on my bulletin board thinking she was funny. I couldn’t pin point exactly who did it - I narrowed it down to two. Anyway, the evaluations aren’t always fair since they’re subjective. I hear teachers joking how they show videos and get high scores. I always tell my husband that schools are like kingdoms - the principal can rule the school how she sees fit (as long as test scores are good). Or until they get caught and show up on the news. 🤣
I am leaving Nevada and going to California. They are giving me 13 years credit and I will start there 100k plus. This doubles my salary in Las Vegas.
I’m ok with it as long as we have a union, good benefits and no bad weather. 😀
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I see the point of the people who are disagreeing. After 10 years, should you really stop getting compensated for greater experience?
What I think the real issue is, is that it shouldn't take 15 or 20 years to get to the point where you're paid enough to live comfortably. And I think that's true. But what we need in order to fix that isn't a "Ten salary steps only" policy, but a "All steps are a lot higher" policy.
New York has longevity pay for teachers - Florida doesn’t. 5 years is 2k ( every year until 10 years) 10 years is 5k, 20 years is 25k - on top of your salary! ( it could be higher - I didn’t check the date from the website) NY values education and continual development. Florida wants it but doesn’t pay for it
So…after ten years of teaching there’s no salary advancement? That would be unfortunate. I see retention problems.
I agree! If I didn’t get a raise every year, I’d have to find a new district! My experience and expertise needs to be valued every year!!
Steps 13 - 16, 17-20, 21-24, etc are stagnant! I continue to learn through credentials, master's, doctorate, and PD. I learn because I am interested in knowing more. I'm finishing step 15 and cannot move or I will lose $$ and steps. We should be paid for what we are worth and valued for what we can bring to our students and staff.
I think they should limit the pay for admin. to a percentage above teachers. They should also have the same contract. A superintendent can be fired and still walk away with hundreds of thousands of dollars in severance pay.
Would you keep working for the same salary without any increase for twenty more years then?
Very true but unfortantely as many have already said, that isn't the case. Especially with the way inflation is going on about we're barely making ends meet. I've had to go to the kitchen pantry and canned drives because I can't afford to feed my four children after 15 years of being in this field
I spent 25 years at Masters plus 24 credits/ 15 years exp. That's a long time to be on one step
Yes, I am going to go back and get my special education credentials..
Maybe focus on Auditory Processing deficits with an emphasis on structured reading. Too many students warehoused in special ed have average and above-average IQs due to dyslexia and a lack of teachers and districts to provide informed education. If you want to work with more severe (dis)abilities, make sure to take out "long term (dis)ability insurance".
Right! I'd even deal with a compromise, such as after that, teachers should receive cost-of-living raises to keep up with inflation, but their salaries should no longer increase based on experience or length of service.
My district’s pay scale takes 30 years to get to the top pay. 30!!!
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That's ridiculous, and probably contributes to staffing problems as teachers bolt to other districts where they can reach the top faster.
But on the other hand, should you really stop getting raises after 10 or 15 years?
What if the steps gradually increased to year 15 then gradually decreased to year 30? For example...very basic example...
+ $1k, + $1.1k, + $1.2k ... + $2.5k year 15
+ $2.5k, + 2.4k, + 2.3k... + $1k year 30
Everyone gets an increase every year, just not the same amount...plus lane changes for degrees that are big enough to exceed the average cost of the degree.
It's a built in retention incentive to begin with, too.
Negative. All teacher salaries at all columns/steps should be double after last school year.