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Show County teachers get raise x V- I'- , m iJil r v 111 1317 'f vW. S i i5 CEDAR CITY Salary schedules for teachers with a bachelor's degree in the Iron County School District were raised by an average of $1,078 or 8 percent this year. In addition, most teachers not at the top of the salary scale also received an annual experience increment in-crement averaging another $555. Thus, the toal increase for a teacher who had not reached the top step in the salary schedule average $1,133, or 12.1 percent during the 1981-82 school year. These were some of the facts reported by Utah Foundation, a private research organization, in its regular annual study of teacher salaries in Utah. Although the teacher salary raise for 1981-82 is somewhat below the record increase provided last year, it generally is in line with the increases made during the previous three years. According to the Foundation study, the value of the basic weighted pupil unit was raised 6 percent by the 1981 Utah Legislature. While this legislative appropriation for schools is a major factor in the total funds available for teacher salaries, the actual salary levels are determined by negotiations held bet-ween bet-ween teacher representatives and local school boards. These negotiations decide what proportion of the available funds will be allocated for teacher salaries and what who began teaching in the Iron County School District during the 1976-1977 1976-1977 school year received a starting salary of $8,712. Today, that same teacher with five years of experience would receive $14,732. This represents increases totaling $6,020, or 69.1 percent over the five-year period. Approximately $4,452 of that increase represents changes in the salary schedules and $1,586 represents annual experience increments. By comparison, the official of-ficial consumer's price index rose by 60.8 percent between August, 1976, and August, 1981. proportion will go for other school expenditures. ex-penditures. Throughout the state, teachers generally fared somewhat better than state employees, according ac-cording to the report. The 1981 Utah Legislature decreed that state employees were to be given an across-the-board increase of 4 percent, effective July 1, 1981. In addition some state employees also qualified for a 3.5 percent in-grade merit increase, for a total salary hike of 7.5 percent. Utah teachers, on the other hand, were given an average 7.3 percent increase in-crease in their salary schedules this year. In addition, teachers not at the top of the salary scale also received an experience ex-perience increment of 4.2 percent, for a total increase in-crease averaging 11.5 percent. Among the forty school districts, total salary increases ranged from 7.5 percent in the South Sanpete School District to 16.7 percent in the Rich County School District. The starting salary for a teacher with a bachelor's degree in the Iron County School District this year is $12,175. The salary schedules include regular increases for experience and added academic training. Thus, experienced ex-perienced teachers with a master's degree receive up to $21,428 in the Iron County School District. All of the above salary amounts are for approximately ap-proximately 180-185 teaching days or about nine months of actual service. Teachers with special duties and those who teach summer classes receive added compensation for such service. Foundation analysts point out that a teacher Cedar City Mayor Jack Sawyers (left) buys the first tickets for the Cedar City Birthday Dinner from Don Forbush of the Iron Mission State Historical Monument and Tom Challis, member of the Cedar City Birthday Committee. The dinner will be Nov. II at the Park. Tickets can be purchased at the Park, the Iron County Record office and the Chamber of Commerce building. |
