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Show Uintah teachers received record salary boost this year Salary schedules for bachelor-degree teachers in the Uintah School District were boosted by an average of $1,479, or 11.5 this year. In addition, most teachers not at the at top of the salary scale also received an annual experience ex-perience increment averaging another $527. Thus the total increase for a teacher who had not reached the top step averaged about $2,006, or 15.6. These were some of the facts reported by Utah Foundation the private research organization, in their regular annual analysis of teacher salaries in Utah. The study notes that total salary increases in-creases (schedule increases plus increment incre-ment increases) averaged $2,173 or 16.7 throughout the State and ranged from 14.2 in Grand County School District to 29.5 in Emery County School District. The Emery increase, however, included a special salary supplement sup-plement of between $1,855 and $2,150, which was provided from voted leeway funds. This salary supplement was furnished fur-nished 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 in Uintah School District this year is $11,600. The salary schedules include regular increases for experience and added academic training. train-ing. Thus, experienced teachers with a master's degree would receive up to $20,300 in the Uintah District. Foundation analysts point out that the average starting salary in Utah this year is $11,736, 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 range from $11,273 in Iron District to $13,625 in Emery District. Maximum salaries for a teacher with a master's degree 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. ser-vice. Teachers with special duties and those who teach summer school, of course, would received added compensation compen-sation for such service. According to the Foundation, a teacher with a bachelor's degree who began teaching in the Uintah School District during the 1975-76 school year received $8,000. Today, that same , teacher with five years of experience v would receive$18,920vwhich represents tan increase 74-.-for'the" '! ive-year perwuV A,pproximatery,$4,320' of that increase represents changes in the salary schedules and $1,600 represents annual salary step increments. in-crements. Statewide, total salary increases (schedule plus increments) for a teacher who began a Utah teaching career five years ago was $6,381, or 79.9. Still additional amounts would be received by teachers who acquired more academic training by providing additional compensation and more step advances for teachers who obtain training train-ing beyond the bachelor's degree. Salaries paid to class room teachers in Utah are slightly higher than the Mountain States average when an adjustment ad-justment is made for a special retirement retire-ment contribution made in Utah, but not in most of the other states. According Accor-ding to National Education Association estimates, the average salary for classroom teachers in the Mountain States was $15,264. The average salary in Utah (after the special retirement contribution adjustment) was approximately approx-imately $15,713, or about 2.9 more than the Mountain States average. Because of the very large salary adjustment adjust-ment made in Utah this year, the Foundation Foun-dation report observes that it is likely that the Utah advantage over the Mountain Moun-tain States may be even greater in 1980-81. |