Teacher's Salary Table

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Originally Posted by hockeygirl4

I'm not all that up to speed on the teacher lingo, but my brother's friend who has a Master's degree was about to qualify for tenure and was let go. This happened three separate times in three separate school districts. He gave up finally and joined the Marines...he's overseas in Iraq now.

There are several local districts which do this to cut costs. [All I know are suburban ones; Buffalo has trouble holding on to decent teachers -- they will dump rotten ones and uncertified, but keep good ones]. They have done it since the 1960s -- it is nothing new. You work 3 years, have your Masters and will cost more? Easier to let you go and hire a 1st step teacher cheap.

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Originally Posted by nfminx

i teach in buffalo now. started in march of 03 and i am only at step 2. i have just finished my masters and will get $100 more in my pay per pay period. lol lol i do love my job and there are bright signs but not too many. the superintendent likes to bully people and keep the teacher below a decent wage while he makes $200,000 and steals letters right out of board members mail boxes and emails. i am hopeful that the board members will look in to why he was fired from dayton ohio school district and is this realy who we want to lead us.

If you think this Supt. is bad, you should have seen the last one recruited from out of the area!!. It amazes me that Buffalo needs to look outside the area when so many people are local. Best Supervisor I remeber? Dr. Joseph Manch ( when I started teaching!)