I mean I think $70,000 right out of school is pretty good and a great start, especially with guaranteed raises each year. What I don't get is if we want teachers to stay in the profession, why does the scale stop at 9 years experience.
There's very few other professions that have a cap anywhere along the way, but 9 years seems incredibly short. I think keeping the starting salaries the same and having the scale continue to increase up to say 14 years would provide more incentive to stay in the profession.
Seeing my kids school, obviously class sizes and difficulty of the class should and is top priority for most teachers, but having more money for more years experience seems like a no brainer to me. I understand that this would affect pension calculations so it's probably more nuanced, but I'd prefer to see the great teachers stay a longer amount of time.
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