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Show Record Increase For Teachers Salary schedules for bachelor-degree teachers in the Davis School District were boosted by an average of $1,640 or 12.1 percent this year. In addition, most teachers not at the top of the salary scale also received an annual experience increment averaging another $577. This the total increase for teacher who had not reached the top step averaged about $2,217, or 16.3 percent during the 1980-81 school year. THESE WERE some of the facts reported by Utah Foundation Found-ation the private research organization, in their regular annual analysis of teacher salaries in Utah. The study notes that total salary increases (schedule increases in-creases plus incremtn increases) in-creases) averaged $2,173 or 16.7 percent throughout the state and ranged from 14.2 percent per-cent in Grand County School District to 29.5 percent in Emery Em-ery County School District. The Emery increase, however, included a special salary supplement of between $1,855 and $2,150, which was provided from voted leeway funds. This salary supplement was furnished to Emery school personnel in order to attract and retain teachers in this rapidly-growing energy-rich county. THE STARTING salary for a teacher with a bachelor's degree de-gree in Davis School District this year is $ 1 1 ,963. The salary schedules include regular increases in-creases for experience and added academic training. Thus, experienced teachers with a master's degree would receive up to $21,952 in the Davis District. Foundation analysts point out that the average starting salary in Utah this year is $ 1 1 ,736, and the average maximum max-imum salary for a teacher with a master's degree is $20,402. Beginning salaries in Utah for a teacher with a bachelor's degree de-gree range from $ 1 1 ,273 in Iron District to $13,625 in Emery District. Maximum salaries for a teacher with a master's degree de-gree vary from $17,685 in the Piute District to $22,341 in Murray School District. ALL OF the above salary amounts are for approximately 180-185 teaching days or about nine months of actual service. Teachers with special duties and those who teach summer school, of course, would receive re-ceive added compensation for such service. According to the Foundation, Founda-tion, a teacher with a bachelor's bache-lor's degree who began teaching in the Davis School District during the 1975-76 school year received $8,075. Today, that same teacher with five years of experience would receive $14,502, which represents repre-sents an increase of $6,427 or 79.6 percent for the five year period. Approximately $4,722 or that increase represents changes in the salary schedules sche-dules and $1,705 represents annual salary step increments. STATEWIDE, total salary increases (schedule plus increments) incre-ments) for a teacher who began a Utah teaching career five years ago was $6,381. or 79.9 percent. Still additional amounts would be received by teachers who acquired more academic training during this period. Utah school districts encourage en-courage teachers to seek added academic training by providing additional compensation compen-sation and more step advances for teachers who obtain training train-ing beyond the bachelor's degree. de-gree. SALARIES PAID to classroom clas-sroom teachers in Utah are slightly higher than the Mountain Moun-tain States average when an adjustment is made for a special spe-cial retirement contribution made in Utah, but not in most of the other states. ACCORDING to National Education Association estimates, esti-mates, the average salary for classroom teachers in the Mountain States was $15,264. The average salary in Utah (after (af-ter the special retirement contribution con-tribution adjustment) was approximately $15,713. or about ab-out 2.9 percent more than the Mountain States average. Be cause of the verv i. adjustment ma&fr y"r- Found u7r lh observes that it Tn Mountain States ma? greater in 1980-81. er |