Show U Uintah teachers receive 1 08 increase this salary year Salary schedules for teachers with a bachelors bachelor's degree in the Uintah School District were raised by an average of 1627 or percent this year In addi- addi addition addition tion most of the teachers not at the top step of the salary scale also received an annual experience increment averaging another Thus the total increase for fora fora a teacher who had not reached the top step in the salary schedule averaged 2241 or percent during the school year 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 beginning salary for a teacher in inthe inthe the Uintah School District this year Is The salary schedule includes regular increases for experience and added academic training Thus experienced ex- ex experienced teachers with a masters master's degree will receive up to per year in the he Uintah School District during the school year For the state as a whole the starting salary for a teacher with a bachelors bachelor's degree will average 1382 with begin begin- beginning beginning ning salaries ranging from in the Ogden School District to in the Emery School District The average maximum salary for a teacher in Utah with a masters master's degree this year is or about 74 percent more than the beginning salary for fora a teacher with o only ly lya a bachelors bachelor's degree Foundation analysts explain that all of the annual salaries for teachers listed above are for approximately teaching days or about nine months of actual service Teachers with special duties and those who teach summer classes receive added compensation In addition to the salary increases pro pro- provided provided vided several Utah school districts began paying all or a portion of the percent retirement contribution former former- formerly formerly ly paid by the employee this year Millard and the Washington School districts paid the entire percent in behalf of the employees while Ogden School District paid 26 percent of the employee share In effect this action constituted an additional salary increase in those districts as it raised their final take home pay According to the Foundation study a teacher who began teaching in the Uin- Uin Uintah Uintah tah School District during the 78 1977 school year received a starting salary of Today that same teacher with five years experience would receive This represents an increase of or 80 percent over a five year period Ap- Ap Approximately Approximately proximately of that increase represents changes in the salary schedule and 1800 represents annual experience ex- ex experience Increments By comparison the official consumer price index rose 59 per per- percent percent cent between September 1977 and September 1982 The study also indicates that if a teacher who began teaching in the Utah schools five years ago had acquired add add- added added ed academic training he or she would have received an even greater salary boost during the period |