How a teacher salary schedule works
Source: Green Bay School District
Andrea Ferak/Press-Gazette
2002-2003 Green Bay teacher salary schedule
Bachelor’s Bachelor’s Half Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’sStep degree +15 credits master’s degree +15 credits +30 credits +45 credits
1 27,633 28,462 28,738 29,844 30,673 31,502 32,3312 29,015 29,844 30,258 31,502 32,331 33,160 33,9893 31,778 32,607 33,298 34,818 35,647 36,476 37,3054 33,160 33,989 34,818 36,476 37,305 38,134 38,9635 34,541 35,370 36,337 38,134 38,963 39,792 40,62116 45,760 46,589 48,524 51,287 52,116 52,945 53,77417 46,147 46,976 48,910 51,674 52,503 53,332 54,16118 46,534 47,363 49,297 52,061 52,890 53,719 54,54819 46,921 47,750 49,684 52,447 53,276 54,105 54,93420 47,308 48,137 50,071 52,834 53,663 54,492 55,32136 53,497 54,326 56,261 59,024 59,853 60,682 61,51137 53,884 54,713 56,648 59,411 60,240 61,069 61,89838 54,271 55,100 57,035 59,798 60,627 61,456 62,28539 54,658 55,487 57,421 60,185 61,014 61,843 62,67240 55,045 55,874 57,808 60,572 61,401 62,230 63,0592001-2002 Green Bay teacher salary schedule
Bachelor’s Bachelor’s Half Master’s Master’s Master’s Master’sStep degree +15 credits master’s degree +15 credits +30 credits +45 credits
1 27,233 28,050 28,322 29,412 30,229 31,046 31,8632 28,595 29,412 29,820 31,046 31,863 32,680 33,4973 31,318 32,135 32,816 34,314 35,131 35,948 36,7654 32,680 33,497 34,314 35,948 36,765 37,582 38,3995 34,041 34,858 35,811 37,582 38,399 39,216 40,03316 45,098 45,915 47,821 50,544 51,361 52,178 52,99517 45,479 46,296 48,202 50,926 51,743 52,560 53,37718 45,860 46,677 48,584 51,307 52,124 52,941 53,75819 46,242 47,059 48,965 51,688 52,505 53,322 54,13920 46,623 47,440 49,346 52,069 52,886 53,703 54,52036 52,723 53,540 55,446 58,170 58,987 59,804 60,62137 53,104 53,921 55,828 58,551 59,368 60,185 61,00238 53,486 54,303 56,209 58,932 59,749 60,566 61,38339 53,867 54,684 56,590 59,313 60,130 60,947 61,76440 54,248 55,065 56,971 59,695 60,512 61,329 62,146
Salary schedules are chartsthat outline teacher pay basedon years of experience andeducation.Every district has its ownschedule, negotiated with itsteachers union. A scheduleallows teachers to earn raisesthree ways.
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Steps:
For each additionalyear of work, a teacher movesdown another step on theschedule, to a new pay level.Some districts have a limitednumber of steps on theirschedules. Others, such asGreen Bay, have an infinitenumber of steps.
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Lanes:
By earning additionalgraduate credits or advanceddegrees, teachers can moveinto new lanes of the salaryschedule. Different districtsoffer lane changes for differentamounts of education.
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Base pay:
When the baseis increased, that increase isfactored through all the othersteps and lanes in the salaryschedule — every figure onthe schedule is connectedthrough a formula to the base.
How it works
Look at the example of GreenBay’s salary schedules for2001-02 and 2002-03. (Only aportion of each schedule isshown.) Three scenariosdemonstrate how teachersearn raises by moving throughthe schedule:
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Teacher A
had a bachelor’sdegree in 2001-02. Before thenext school year, this personcompleted 15 graduate credits.The teacher’s salary goes fromstep four in the bachelor’s laneto step five in the bachelor’splus 15 credits lane.
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Teacher B
finished 15credits beyond a master’sdegree between 2001-02 and2002-03. That teacher’s salarywould move from the 18th stepin the master’s degree lane tothe 19th step in the master’splus 15 credits lane.
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Teacher C
has a master’sdegree plus 45 credits and hasno more lanes to move into.That teacher’s salary movesfrom the 39th step of the lastlane to the 40th step of the lastlane.
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