Submitted by James Ishikawa, Nov 30, 2006 23:29

Hello,

The nyc teacher salary schedule (starting salary $42,512 increases slowly to $ 87,911 after 23 years) guarantees a focus on tenure rather than quality and comensurate compensation. The pension formula also rewards longevity and seniority (.0167 factor increases to .0200 after 20 years). Boston, which offers a more competitive teacher compensation package for beginning teachers, offers a short 9 step salary schedule and an age neutral pension formula.

Teachers expect the reward of an $87,911 senior salary, having toiled for many years with paltry salaries. Without the very generous senior salary ($87,911) and consequent boosts to average salary and pension, a teaching career offers embarrassingly low compensation. Very likely, teacher quality degrades as low paid 10 year teachers tranform into highly paid 30 year teachers with senority.

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