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Fono begins review of teacher salary plan
Friday,
May 2, 2008
Public school teachers can look forward to salary increases under the new salary reclassification plan that the governor has sent to the Fono.
But they would also need to meet minimum educational requirements and obtain teaching certification. Under the plan, a three member certification board appointed by the governor with the consent and advise of the Fono shall oversee the licensing and certification of all teaching personnel in the public school system. The plan requires all instructors to possess a teacher’s certification. The plan requires teachers who do not have the [prerequisite qualifications or certificates to participate in the teacher education program. Under the reclassification plan, an associate degree now earning just over $9000 will get a $2,o000 increase.
If they obtain a provisional teaching certificate their salary would be more than $14,000. The proposed teacher pay scale provide six different categories for BA holders. The minimum salary, now at $13,296 would be bumped up to $17,500. If they have more than 5 years of experience and a provisional teaching certificate the salary is $18,300. There’s a different salary grade for BA or Bachelor of Science degree holders in hard to fill areas like science, mathematics or Samoan culture and language. They would be paid $20,600. The highest salary grading for a BA holder is $25,200, which is for those who are highly qualified in No Child Left Behind core contents, and a professional teaching license.
There are four salary grades for Master’s degree holders, the lowest earning $24,600, and highly qualified earning close to $27,000. Teachers with doctorates will earn a minimum of $30,945 and having a professional teacher license would bump the salary up to $35,000. The source of funding for the teacher pay hikes are any funds that are left over form the Department of Education budget for fiscal year 2008. Bills to approve the proposed teacher salary reclassification plan were introduced in both the House and Senate this morning. Senator Tuaolo Fruean questioned why the Senate should spend time reviewing the bill when the funding source is questionable. He said if DOE has un-obligated funds, he wants to know why it requested the funds. Senator Vaitautolu Liugalua pointed to the shortage of school buses saying this was a very critical need.
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