| Show Teacher salary increases in Uintah district B m JL I jb mm JL jW gm g 1 IB Si a 7 i jf r m w i I Classroom teachers who began their teaching I the Uintah School District five years ago have received salary increased totaling or 73 7 This fact was reported by Utah the nonprofit Search organization in their annual survey of salaries in The study shows that a teacher who began teaching In the Uintah School District In 1973 would have received a starting salary of In the same teacher with five years ex- would command a salary of Approximately of this in- crease represents raises that have been made In the salary schedules during the past five with the remaining accounted for by annual ex- According to the Foundation the above amounts were calculated for teachers with a bachelor's Additional sums are provided for teachers who have ac- added academic For a teacher in the Uintah School District with a master's degree and five year's teaching experience receives a salary of this or more than a teacher with only a bachelor's Foundation analysts point out that the salary Increases provided to Utah teachers during recent years have clos- ed the gap that formerly existed bet- Utah and the surrounding Moun- tain During the average salary for classroom teachers in Utah was only below the average of the eight Mountain compared with a difference of in When allowance is made for the fact that Utah provides 5 of the employee's share of retirement a special benefit not generally available in the other Utah's average salary ac- is about above the Mountain States This year salary schedules for classroom teachers In Uintah School District were boosted by an average of or In addition to this general salary most teachers in Uintah School District who presently are not at the top of the salary scale also received annual experience Increments Ing another per the total average increase for teachers who have not reached the top step on the salary schedule this year was or The Foundation study shows that the starting salary for a teacher with a bachelor's degree in the Uintah School District is This sum rises with experience and added academic train- A teacher with only a bachelor's degree could receive a maximum after 11 If the teacher ob- master s degree the maximum could be as high as These amounts are for approximately nine months of actual |
