Leftenant Governor Tate Reeves issued the following press release:
SENATE TEACHER PAY PLAN REWARDS ACADEMIC PROGRESS, RAISES STARTING SALARY
JACKSON – Current Mississippi teachers would see a $3,500 increase in pay over the next 16 months while starting salaries would rise significantly under a plan presented today by Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves and Senate Education Chairman Gray Tollison. The proposal also includes a stipend to reward teachers for academic improvement at schools.
“The Senate’s plan for teachers makes Mississippi competitive in keeping the best and brightest teachers here and rewards those teachers who see results in the classroom,” Lt. Gov. Reeves said. “This pay raise combined with statutory annual pay increases will place an additional $3,500 in teachers’ paychecks by July 2015.”
“The Senate’s plan for teachers makes Mississippi competitive in keeping the best and brightest teachers here and rewards those teachers who see results in the classroom,” Lt. Gov. Reeves said. “This pay raise combined with statutory annual pay increases will place an additional $3,500 in teachers’ paychecks by July 2015.”
The plan includes:
· Raising starting pay to $34,390 by July 2015,
· Increasing the salary scale by $1,500 in July 2014 and $1,000 in July 2015, and
· Rewarding teachers at schools that show academic improvement each year under the School Recognition Program implemented in Fiscal Year 2017.
The House plan only guarantees teachers a $1,500 raise by July 2016 if those with five or more years of experience meet certain benchmarks.
“Our state loses too many good teachers to other states, and this plan can slow that migration,” said Tollison, R-Oxford. “College graduates need to know they can make a good salary doing what they love in their home state.”
The School Recognition Program could reward teachers with additional stipends of as much as $2,000 in an academic year. The program rewards teachers and staff in schools that see academic improvement by moving up the school rating ladder. Schools that improve a grade level under the state’s accountability model earn a school $100 per student. Schools that remain rated “A” each year can earn $100 per student, and schools that remain rated as “B” can receive $75 per student. A committee of teachers at that school can then decide whether to spend the money either on stipends for colleagues or classroom equipment that could improve student achievement.
The School Recognition Program is the first true merit pay program in the state’s history.
“Teachers know who is successful at the head of the classroom and who gets results from students,” Reeves said. “The School Recognition Program encourages teachers to pull together and help one another to improve academic performance at all grades and raise a school’s overall performance.”
KF note: Looks like Tate just took Pender to school.
7 comments:
But only after Tater decided to flip-flop.
Nice and a Hwy Patrol Officer just out of the Patrol school starts out at 37,101.
1:58 if it's that big a deal for you become a Hwy Patrol officer instead of a teacher.
And what about the rest of the state employees? Some workers who oversee the food stamp program, qualify for food stamps. Pitiful.
The reality of higher salaries adding to the PERS fund should send a tingle up Kingfish's leg.
Do we really want to pay less to those who educate our children than those who blue-light speeders on the interstate?
Why is the state even paying teachers WHO DON'T WORK FOR THE STATE???
The 'State' isn't paying them, Luther. The legislature authorizes the pay schedule, added to, in some cases, by local supplements.
These people fall under the Public Employees Retirement System (and contribute heavily to it) but are not subject to municipal or legislative supervision.
The legislature can also mandate curriculum inclusions and exclusions, draw district lines and choose each year to ignore the problem caused by an exhorbitant number of superintendents.
Are you on the verge of saying 'The State' should have no role in such matters and hundreds of school districts should set pay tables? Take a basic course in civics, starting with State Department of Education and State Supt. of Education. Follow up with 'Role of The Legislature'.
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