Highest and lowest RHAM classroom teacher salaries:
$78,757 HS Math $30,774 HS Science (This one's gotta be PT)
$78,757 HS Guidance $40,979 HS Music
$78,757 HS Worl Language $40,979 MS Math
$78,757 MS Social Studies $40,979 HS World Lang.
$78,757 MS Math $40,979 HS World Lang.
$78,757 HS English $40,979 HS PE
$78,757 HS Speech/Lang. $40,979 MS Special Ed.
$78,757 HS Social Studies $40,979 HS Math
$78,757 HS Art $42,311 HS English
$78,757 HS Special Ed. $42,311 MS English
$78,757 MS World Lang. $42,311 MS PE
Principal HS $137,985
Principal MS $132,847
Asst. Principal HS $114,170
Asst. Principal HS $114,170
Asst. Principal MS $110,006
Superintendent $154,649
Director of Finance $97,831
Director of Special Ed. HS $111,388
Those are 2009/10 salaries. Not sure what the increases are supposed to be for 10/11? Anyone know? But you cannot tell me that those admins. should not be asked for concessions. They can afford it. (That is part of the 1.49 percent increase proposal that Siminiski just introduced to the RHAM BOE).
Secondly, compare the teachers to the highest and lowest at our elementary schools:
$80,665 Grade 2 $47,693 Grade 4
$80,425 Reading consultant $47,693 Music
$80,125 Grade 1 $48,824
$78,925 Kindergarten $48,824 Grade 5
$78,925 Grade 2 $48,824 Special Ed.
$78,925 Reading/Math $48,824 Special Ed.
$76,591 Grade 2 $48,824 Challenge and Enrichment
$76,531 Reading/Math $51,635 PE
$76,231 Special Ed. $51,635 Grade 5
$76,231 Grade 1 $51,635 Grade 4
As someone who has taught at the HS level, and who has spent ample time helping out at the K and Grade 1 levels, you cannot convince me that an elementary teacher's job even approaches the stress and difficulty level of a MS or HS teacher. I know nothing about the para support at the MS and HS, but I know how difficult students are to work with at these ages. So what is going on here? Not to mention the knowledge level required to teach some of these subjects as opposed to, say, kindergarten or Grade 1. How did these salaries get to where they are? And why shouldn't the elementary teachers be pushed to make concessions?
