Teacher and school administrator salaries in Upstate New York rose 5 percent in 2008-2009, according to a study recently released by The Empire Center for New York State Policy.
In school districts outside of NYC, total expenditures on teacher salaries rose to $670 million to $14 billion.
The number of teachers and administrators making more than $100,000 increased by 5,022 employees, making the total to 32,064.
From BusinessWeek:
Carl Korn, spokesman for New York State United Teachers, said the median teacher's salary statewide was $62,332 for 2007-2008 school year, up 4.7 percent from the year before. That's typically someone with about 15 years' experience, he said.
"We're talking about a professional with a master's degree in their peak earning years," Korn said. "What those figures actually say is that most teachers are paid fairly, but many earn far less than what they would earn in the private sector."
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Good to know that the unions
Good to know that the unions still get their raises...
Howard wrote: Teacher and
Howard wrote:
Teacher and school administrator salaries in Upstate New York rose 5 percent in 2008-2009, according to a study recently released by The Empire Center for New York State Policy.
In school districts outside of NYC, total expenditures on teacher salaries rose to $670 million to $14 billion.
The number of teachers and administrators making more than $100,000 increased by 5,022 employees, making the total to 32,064. Is this last statistic from Upstate NY? Districts Outside of NYC? ...Or the whole state?
There are 1691 High Schools in New York State. Twice as many Elementary Schools and a similar number of Middle Schools. That amounts to approximately 6800 public schools in NY; placing less than 5 of these >$100K teacher/administrators at each school if spread evenly. Assuming that these highend employees are principals, vice-principals, guidance counselors, business managers, psychologists, department chairs or superintendents; the figure really doesn't seem very controversial.
...And the sentence before
...And the sentence before that:
In school districts outside of NYC, total expenditures on teacher salaries rose to $670 million to $14 billion.
...Makes no sense at all.
C.M. , guess how many Batavia
C.M. , guess how many Batavia has on it's payroll.Lets just say over 10 and maybe around 20 .Check out seethroughny.net and you can see where our money goes . All these top paid officals does not relate to good teaching or a better school district .
CM, you consistently make
CM, you consistently make thought-provoking comments.
Thomas, I didn't claim that
Thomas, I didn't claim that high-paid educators equate to better teaching. I asked whether the statistics were statewide or local. My math lesson was meant to illustrate possible distribution of those high-paid educators if the figures were statewide. Without knowing the sample for Howard's statistics, one cannot draw relevant conclusions.
I would not expect to see school officials with doctorates, business degrees and administrative certificates (especially those who manage multiple campuses and 1,000s of students) being compensated less than $100K. I won't dispute the claim that there are "teachers" in Batavia who are paid over $100K. It would be wise to investigate why. Likely explanation: duties beyond the classroom- coach, department chair, lead teacher, mentor, band or chorus director, club advisor. Critiquing someone's worth by way of salary strikes me as backward.
Thank you, Julie- as do you.