Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1920-04-08
NEW TEACHERS WAGE SCALE
Board OF Education Makes Its Plans
for Future Salaries.

the BoNfu OF Euucutlon AT IN
meeting last night adopted the fol
lowing rs basis Of salary schedule
/ In the city schools for the coming
, year The schedule Is based on edu
cational training and approved ex
lperience as a teacher.
Salaries in the Elementary school,
viii begin with S720 annually for tn,
thigh school graduate with no exper
Hence. This sum will be increased by
$45 per year for each two years OF
college or normal school training, and
lby S45 per year for each of five years
OF approved teaching experience
Salaries in the Elementary schools
Twin therefore range between the min
imum of $720 per year for the high
school graduate with no experience
10 $1,035 per year for the teacher
with two years OF college or normal
school training above the high school
and with five years of approved teach
| ing experience.
Teachers with unusually long terms
of service In the city schools are given
special rating ON this basis
Since II Is not the policy to accept
teachers without experience In the
city schools, the minimum of $720
per year win not be used and prac-
tically will not exist A provision at
tached to the schedule Is TO the effect
that no teacher now on the force shall
be re-employed at salary Of less
than sos per month
Elementary school principals are
allowed in addition to the above, the
sum Of So per month per room, for
all rooms under their supervision, ex-
cept their own for three rooms and
So 50 per room for all rooms over
three In number.
Salaries in the Junior high school
win begin with the sum Of $765 per
year for high school graduate with
no teaching experience. This will be
increased by 500 per year for each OF
two years Of college or normal school
training above the high school and
by $40 per year for each Of five years
of approved teaching experience
Salaries in the Junior high school
will therefore range from $705 for
the inexperienced high school grad
uate to $1170 for the teacher with
two years Of college or normal school
training above the high school and
with five years Of approved teaching
experience. Here again the mini |
mum will practically not exist be- !
cause high school graduates with no
teaching experience will not be em-
ployed in this school
Teachers IN the Junior high school
with standard high school qnalihca-
tions will be employed on the regular
high school schedule.
Salaries In the regular high school
will begin with the sum of $1170 per
year for the teacher with the mini
mum qualifications, four year col
ege course and the state certificate
md no experience This sum will be
increased by 500 per year for an ad
litional year of college training, and
~ $40 per year for each of five years
# approved teaching experience. This
viii be further increased by $45 per
ear for service as head of Il depart.
nent
Salaries In the high school will
therefore, range from $1170 per year
or the teacher with no experience but
he requisite college training to $3.50
or year for the teacher with five
ears of college training, five years
T approved teaching experience and
18th a position as head OF a depart
rent
The above schedules apply to regu-
If teachers in the above schools. The
teachers are not placed on !
ne schedule an dtheir salaries will be
etermined on an individual basis:
/. All men teachers.
.. Supervisors Of music, drawing,
nd other special subjects {
g. Directors OF physical training. '
4. Kindergarten teachers and as 7
stants. y
Other teachers OF special and tech 0
cal subjects may be removed from
e schedule and placed on an indiv-
ual basis as necessity dictates. =
While 1t is impossible to say pre- L
sely what this schedule means in /,
e sum total Of teachers salaries un- &
the entire faculty Of teachers is =
lDloyed, 1t would II applied to the
aching force as it now exists mean \
increase of about $14,500 in the II
m total OF teachers salaries. ~
The schedule above outlined Is OBJ
'usly not fiat percentage schedule
e increases are not uniform in
lntity, are largest in the cases of
largest preparation and the long3l
experience. A number of the in
ases rise as high as 40 and event
per cent. -aA~---o,