Show 8 84 4 Teacher Salary Increase Delayed by Wage-Price Wage Freeze Salary schedules negotiated with classroom teachers In the Uintah School 1 District called for tor salary Increases averaging aver aver- aging or 84 per cent In Before this Increase could become effective ef ct festive for tor most teachers however the President announced the day 90 wage wage- price freeze and salaries were frozen at last Jast years year's level Jevel until November 13 1971 THESE FACTS were reported In a research study prepared by Utah Foun Found dation the private research organization It was based on data compiled by the State Board of Education According to the Foundation report approximately tely of the Increase negotiated nc ne- in Uintah School District for 72 1971 consisted of a boost boast in the basic salary schedule The remaining represented represented re reo presented the normal annual increments in the schedules themselves THE STUDY points out that the President Pros dent announced the day 90 freeze on wages and prices on August 15 15 If H employment at a higher rate began before this date the Increase would be allowed Since most teachers in Utah did not actually begin work or accrue earnings earn ings under the new contracts prior to August 15 they Uley are not eligible for the tho higher rates during the tho period of the freeze even though the Ule contracts may have been negotiated well in advance of this date dale The negotiated contracts specify that the beginning salary for a teacher with witha a bachelors bachelor's degree In Uintah School District would be during the 1971 72 school year A ma maximum of would be reached after 12 years of ot serVice ser Vice Higher amounts would be paid to teachers with added training beyond a bachelors bachelor's degree FOUNDATION ANALYSTS observe that a teacher who began his or her teaching career in Uintah School District District District Dis Dis- five live years ago was paid an average beginning salary of in 1966 Under Un tin der the negotiated contracts for 72 1971 this same teacher with five tive years experience ex would have received a salary of had it not been for the wage wage- price freeze This represents an increase of 2367 or per cent over the five five- year period The study notes that 1647 of the total salary boosts in Uintah tin Uin tah School District during the past five years came from adjustments in the salary schedules with the remaining coming from annual increments for added teaching experience As indicated teachers who earn added college credit may receive even greater salary in ins increases creases A teacher with a masters master's de des degree gree for example would be entitled to more than a teacher with only a bachelors bachelor's degree ACCORDING TO the report the number num ber her of years required to reach the maximum maxi mum step on the salary schedule has has' been steadily reduced during the past decade In addition the spread between the minimum and the maximum on the salary schedule has been widening These changes have had the effect of raising the annual increments provided to teachers teach ers who continue in the classroom |