Teacher Salary Information for the 2015-16 Fiscal Year
For the purpose of this survey, a full-time teacher is defined as a certificated employee who provides direct, daily instruction to district students. This definition includes counselors and librarians. A full-time teacher works for the district approximately nine months per school year. My District is:---District Code:
I. General Information Teacher Representatives
1. Most districts work with or discuss issues with teachers’ organizations when setting salary schedules and teacher benefits. Some call this process “meet and confer,” some call
it negotiation, some consider it a district committee. Please check the answer that best
describes which groups (if any) are involved in the district’s decision-making process. __Missouri National Education Association (MNEA) affiliate
__Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA) affiliate __Missouri American Federation of Teachers (AFT) affiliate __MNEA and MSTA
__MNEA and MSTA and AFT
__Local teachers’ group unaffiliated with a state or national organization, or teachers are elected to serve on a committee.
__Other - Please name
---2. Has the district recognized a teacher’s union for collective bargaining purposes?
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3a. Does the district have a collectively bargained agreement? (A collective bargaining
agreement is a written document agreed to and signed by both parties. This does not include policies or unsigned memorandums that are not binding contracts. It may include a
Memorandum of Understanding, if the document is agreed to by the Board and signed by both parties. It is a contract with a bargaining unit of employees, not an employment contract with an individual employee.)
Yes No
---3b. If the district has entered into a binding agreement, please e-mail that agreement to servconschoolsurveys@gmail.com.
---4. If the district has recognized a union, does the district provide paid leave to the
president or other official representative of the association/union to conduct union business within the district? (Not to attend meetings out of the district. Leave blank if there is no union.)
Yes No
Salary Information
1. Total number of days teachers are expected to come to work (exclude paid days where teachers are not expected to come to school or attend a district activity):
---2a. Number of student contact days for secondary teachers:
---2b. Number of student contact days for elementary teachers:
---3a. Number of full in-service or work days with no students:
---3b. Number of partial in-service days: Number of days where students are released early or come to school late so that teachers could collaborate or attend professional
development:
---4. Additional days for new teachers:
---Based on the salary schedule applicable to the 2015-16 school year, please fill in the appropriate amounts below. If you do not have a column in this category, leave it blank.
Please email a copy of the 2015-16 salary schedule toservconschoolsurveys@gmail.com!
---Bachelors (with no additional credit hours), minimum salary:
---Bachelors (with no additional credit hours), maximum salary:
---Number of vertical steps/increments for Bachelor’s (with no additional credit hours):
---Master’s (with no additional credit hours), minimum salary: ---Master’s (with no additional credit hours), maximum salary:
---Number of vertical steps/increments for Master’s (with no additional credit hours):
(If your district gives a stipend in lieu of a column on the salary schedule, please add the stipend amount to the minimum and maximum salary of the last column before specialist on the salary schedule.)
Specialist (with no additional credit hours), minimum salary:
---Specialist (with no additional credit hours), maximum salary:
---Number of vertical steps/increments for Specialist (with no additional credit hours):
---(If your district gives a stipend in lieu of a column on the salary schedule, please add the stipend amount to the minimum and maximum salary of the last column before doctorate on the salary schedule.)
Doctorate (with no additional credit hours), minimum salary:
---Maximum number of vertical steps/increments for Doctorate (with no additional credit hours):
---Highest possible salary for a teacher, excluding extra-duty contracts or stipends:
---1. If the salary schedule applicable to teachers considers factors in addition to degrees, college credits earned and experience in the district, please list the factors considered. If your district gives across-the-board stipends to teachers for any factors, also list those factors. (Example: National Board Certification, Certification in Special Education):
---2. In the 2015-16 school year, will your district allow teachers a career ladder option (regardless of whether it is funded by the state or locally)?
Yes No
---3. In the 2015-16 school year, will your district offer an Early Retirement Incentive or an Early Separation Incentive to the teachers?
Yes No
---4. In the 2015-16 school year, will your district provide tuition reimbursement to teachers for college courses?
Yes No
---5. Daily rate for short-term substitute teacher:
(If the district pays different rates for substitutes with 60 college hours versus those with college degrees, use the lower rate.)
---6. Daily rate for extended or long-term substitute teacher:
(If the district pays different rates for substitutes with 60 college hours versus those with college degrees, use the higher rate. If the district has various categories of long-term substitutes, use the one that results in the highest daily rate.)
---7. If your district pays teachers an additional amount for covering or teaching another
teacher’s class, what amount per hour/class is the teacher paid?
---III. Comments and Concerns
Please use the following space to provide additional information or to comment about the quality of the survey or special circumstances regarding salaries specific to your district. If there is any information you believe should have been included in the survey, please comment.
---Don’t Forget! E-mail salary schedules and union agreements to servconschoolsurveys@gmail.com!
