Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann issued the following statement.
The
Mississippi Senate unanimously approved legislation raising teacher pay
by $1,000. New teachers with a bachelor’s degree and other
qualifications would receive a $1,110 increase, raising starting
teacher pay in the state to at least $37,000 a year. This will also
raise average teacher pay by $1,000.
Senate Bill 2001 now moves to the House for consideration.
“Our public educators are on the front lines of this pandemic,
continuing to make sure Mississippi children receive first-rate
instruction. Today, the Senate showed their gratitude by unanimously
sending a pay increase
to the House,” Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann said. “Thank you to
all of our Mississippi educators.”
To track Senate Bill 2001’s progress, visit:
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.
18 comments:
Cool, now they’ll almost make as much as someone “working” at Walmart.
Not too shabby for nine months plus extended holidays and breaks-
When you look at the experience increment on top of that it means they will be getting a 4% - 5% increase. Better than a poke in the eye I guess, but still not much more than cost of living.
321, obviously you have an unusual understanding of wage levels at Walmart. Even the starting salaries of teachers exceed the earnings of a Walmart employee. And before you get too deep into the discussion, check out the salaried paid by the Jackson Public School system for all the "work" that they perform.
3:21 if you only knew, I am pretty sure you don’t now any teachers or have school age children . The highest paid barely make min. wage when you add up the hours they work. The teachers’ assistants just love what they do because they make below minimum when you add all the time they put in for the pennies they get.
I have no problem with paying teachers more money. But can we base theses raises on performance ?
Why should a teacher that actually teaches the kids in a " successful school district" receive the same pay as a teacher in failing "district" ?
Yes, by all means increase the starting salary across the board. But stop giving raises based on years served.
These same performance based raises should also apply to ALL State Employees.
And yeah, I understand parental involvement in the big picture of "academic success". . . but that doesn't mean equal pay for failing school districts.
3:21 - you obviously have never taught. My daughter spent the three most challenging years of her life teaching high school science. She worked every night and almost every weekend. She is headed to grad school now. I told her the rest of her working life will feel like a vacation.
Doesn't each school district provide a supplement to the teacher's salary? It would be interesting to see what that amount is by school district.
Pitiful
No teacher, regardless of district, has the ability to 'raise' kids who have been failed by their home environment. When we dump these kids into the public schools and then blame teachers for not reprogramming them, we're looking through the wrong end of the periscope.
Failing districts are representative of communities which are representative of family structure in that community. Teachers are, more often than not, saints for even agreeing to walk into that mess.
Nobody really cares if you teach or don't teach in Mississippi.....and they may do away with grades altogether in order to keep the funding rolling in.
MDE provides jobs.....nothing more. Otherwise, 40% of the students would be held back each year for too many absences and accurately recorded performance (i.e. no alternative assignments, make-up or extra credit crap.
"Education" is the spoken mission....but on the ground, that isn't happening. Shhhhh, but don't say anything about it.....we gotta get our PERS money.
A 240 day school year with alternative classes provided as needed would make a good start. I'm all about providing classes for disciplinary problem students but if teachers want full time pay they should expect to work a 12 month calendar to earn it.
But there is obviously far too much politics involved in every decision and policy in our public schools.
You could not be more wrong, 6:34. Enjoy your prunes.
@10:09 Do tell? Ask any teacher.....there is little to zero education because 90% of the time teachers are dealing with parent grievances or behavioral problems.....and admin undermines their every move. Just keep the parents happy, pass Susie/Johnny at all cause, and keep it moving!
If teaching is so easy and pays so well, then why don't the people on here that believe that go be a teacher? Do these folks encourage their kids to be teachers?
6:34 MDE doesn't hire teachers. SMH.
So who pray tell hires the teachers? What's with the hit-and-run comments? Clarify you're position or you sound like an idiot.
MDE is headed up with a gourd-head nincompoop from Maryland and the department has forever been populated with failed educators,those who've been fired, administrators who presided over failing systems and those who could not hack it in a classroom setting. Doubt me? Ask a teacher with over 15 years who knows what's up.
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