How do teachers increase their salary & how long does a teaching license last before you have to renew it?

Question

I wanted to know how teachers increase their salary. The only two ways i know of are get more teaching experience and get a masters degree in your field.

Can anyone tell me an estimate as to how much about 5, 10, or 20 years of experience adds to a salary and as well as how much can a master's degree improve a teacher's salary.

I tried to find out but can't find anything so i'm hoping someone out there is more resourceful or lucky than me. Oh and i'm referring to a Secondary (Highschool) math teacher for all of this.

Thanks for any help :)

Answer 1

my uncle was a teacher and he was making about 30k then he got his masters and was making about 40k, than he got offered the vice principle postion and is making about 50k

Answer 2

2 ways. Experience and Education.

The more years you teach, the higher on the pay scale you will go.

You will however, be required to get more education. if you don't, you will plateau and not go anywhere unless the property tax levies are raised and thus the pay scale ladder.

You SHOULD be able to get their pay scale from their website. Its not proprietary. The one thing to keep in mind, the smaller the district, the smaller the scale.

EXAMPLE

School District A's starting salary is 25000. It is a small district.

School District B's Starting salary is 32000. It is a larger district.

The bigger the base, the larger the salary.

Answer 3

I have received an increase in my salary by obtaining my National Board Certification (+8k), earning my Masters degree (+3k) and teaching professional development courses for my district (+2k).   I started at 22k 9 years ago and now earn around 50k, 39k of which is my base pay.  My state reimbursed me 5k towards the cost of my Masters, and paid all of my expenses towards obtaining National Boards.

Many districts pay stipends, or one-time payments, when teachers take on add'l responsiblities like heading up a department, sponsoring clubs, coaching sports, or extra duty after school, etc.  In my area, these stipends are too low to make it worth the while, but in your area, it may be different.

Answer 4

ook im a sec math teacher

got a 4 year degree - and teach ing credentials

started teaching 9 years of teaching now

in my 4th year i became head of dept.- thast  give u more $$

became a mentor- more $

i'm now an instructional leadder as i've scored 98% each year on my evaluations in my school and increased not just my skills but my  team by holding and leadign workshps and makign sure ideas are followed through.

this year i am planning to speak at 2  math conferences.

i dotn want to do admin and have dropped the head of dept( due to startign a family)

yes u do need to do a masters if u want to be really taken seriously in yr field

but what we need are GOOD teachers first and foremost. my american school took me  cos i was good and was passionate in teh classroom and implemented and followed through.

  some states/ charter schools may take u at first without a masters. -  its a heck of a lot of work.

my friend did it last year teachign part time and she was stressed out. - they dotn pay to do the masters- u pay that yrself.  most teachers may take time off at some point to do it.

Answer 5

Salary tables differ from district to district. Typically there are two ways to increase your salary. The first way is to spend time teaching. In Oregon, where I live, you get a raise for each year you teach, until you hit about 16 years of experience or so. (That last part depends, again, on the district)

The second way you could increase your salary is not only by getting your masters, but simply by taking classes. Many salary tables have salary jumps each time you take a few college credit hours. This means that once you have your masters, you can continue to take classes to increase your salary. Classes don't just have to be random. You can take classes toward a specific endorsement, or classes to help you learn another language. You might think about contacting a local school to see if you can take a few classes here and there to work toward your masters.

Your teaching license needs to be renewed differently depending on what type of license you have. For instance, if you have an Initial I teaching license, you have to renew every three years, and I believe you can only renew once (I could be wrong) before you have to take around 9 extra college credits. If you have an Initial II, the rules regarding to renewing are different.