Show Uintah Teachers Receive Increase This Year Classroom om teachers with a bachelors bachelor's degree in hi the Uintah School District received received re reo salary increases averaging this year according to an analysis just completed by Utah Foundation the private private vate research organization APPROXIMATELY Y of the increase increase increase in in- crease provided teachers in 1969 70 1969 70 is the result of a boost in the level of the salary schedule with the remaining representing the normal annual increment increment in in- crement in the schedule itself The Foundation report also shows that thata a teacher who began his teaching career career career car car- eer eer In the Uintah School District during th the 1964 65 school year received a starting starting start ing salary of 4 In 1969 70 this same teacher with five years teaching experience experience exper experience would receive an increase of 2119 or per cent during the period In addition teachers who earned earned earn earn- ed added college credits might be entitled entitled en en- titled to further salary boosts APPROXIMATELY 1320 of the salary salary salary sal sal- ary raises provided to teachers in the Uintah School District during the past five years represents periodic general increases in the salary schedules The remaining are the salary increments earned by the teachers for added experience ex ex- According to the Foundation study the beginning salary in Uintah School District for teachers with a bachelors bachelor's s degree this year is A maximum salary of is provided after 12 years of teaching experience As not ed cd additional compensation is provided to teachers earning added college credits ere cre- beyond a bachelors bachelor's s degree Salaries Salaries Salar Salar- ies les listed are for approximately to teaching days or nine months of service FOUNDATION analysts point out that teacher salary increases in Utah during 70 1969 range from a low of in Salt Lake City to a high of 1092 in inthe inthe inthe the Carbon School District The average average average aver aver- age increase throughout the state i is iA of which represents a boost in the salary Blary schedule and is the normal salary increment Tn In analyzing teacher salary trends the study indicates that the largest salary salary sal sal- ary boost was provided in 1963 64 1963 64 when average beginning salaries in Utah were raised per cent and maximum salaries salaries sal sal- aries arles were boosted per cent Although Although Although Al Al- though the percentage increases for this year 1969 70 are slightly less than the 1963 64 1963 64 raises the dollar amounts of the increases are approximately the same ANOTHER fact brought out in the Foundation report is that the number of years to reach the maximum step on the s salary lary schedule has been been steadily reduced during the past decade In addition addition addi addi- tion the spread between the average beginning and maximum salary levels has widened from 1778 in 1959 60 to 2 2758 in 1969 70 These changes have resulted in raising the annual experience experience experience exper exper- increments provided to teachers who continue in the classroom |