In working through the resources in this course and my district information, I know a large portion of our budget will go to personnel salaries and costs. In our district, roughly 80-85% of the budget is reserved for personnel items. In order to stay competitive and recruit to best teachers across the state, this must be the case. This goes back to our earlier assignment about the size of the district and the amount of money they are able to pay their employees. The larger the district, the higher the salaries.
We did not receive salary increases this year due to budget issues. It makes it very difficult on a district when other districts find ways to give increases to their employees. Again, this goes back to FIRST and a district being financially accountable and spending money correctly. This last year was an exception and I do not think many districts, if any, gave raises. It is clear that districts that pay the best and give raises when needed attract the best teachers, which can produce the best teaching and learning.
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