what is going to happen to teachers' salaries next year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP . . . Your salary is negotiable. If you e taught for a number of years, just tell HR and they will bump you up to the step you deserve. Don’t be a victim.

I’ve taught in many districts and even with documentation, they still won’t bump you up the pay scale.

[Anonymous]

I got a 17k raise when I moved to FCPS from a neighboring county that only gave 1/2 step increases for several years.

[Anonymous]

FCPS credited DW with her 10 years teaching in a private school and started her off on MA step 11. PWCPS offered MA step 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got a 17k raise when I moved to FCPS from a neighboring county that only gave 1/2 step increases for several years.

1/2 steps😆😆😆 troll

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP . . . Your salary is negotiable. If you e taught for a number of years, just tell HR and they will bump you up to the step you deserve. Don’t be a victim.

Yeah that's not happening in schools

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP . . . Your salary is negotiable. If you e taught for a number of years, just tell HR and they will bump you up to the step you deserve. Don’t be a victim.

Tell me you've never taught before.

The only thing marginally negotiable is years of experience for non public school teaching roles. You may be able to get a few years of experience for office jobs or military work if you are teaching things related to that (like a cosmetology teacher who worked in a salon for a few years, or an autotech teacher who was a mechanic).

Otherwise, this is your scale: https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY26-teacher-195-day-draft.pdf

If you have 15 years of classroom experience, you are on step 11. There is 0 negotiation.

[Anonymous]

I haven’t read this whole thread, sorry. But are K-12 teachers’ salaries dependent on the county budget only and independent of the state budget? I teach at a public university in Virginia and heard that the state budget is allowing for us to get raises. I’m guessing the pots of money are totally separate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:PP . . . Your salary is negotiable. If you e taught for a number of years, just tell HR and they will bump you up to the step you deserve. Don’t be a victim.

Tell me you've never taught before.

The only thing marginally negotiable is years of experience for non public school teaching roles. You may be able to get a few years of experience for office jobs or military work if you are teaching things related to that (like a cosmetology teacher who worked in a salon for a few years, or an autotech teacher who was a mechanic).

Otherwise, this is your scale: https://www.fcps.edu/sites/default/files/media/pdf/FY26-teacher-195-day-draft.pdf

If you have 15 years of classroom experience, you are on step 11. There is 0 negotiation.

I’ve only heard of one teacher who was able to add a few more years on prior to accepting the offer, and it was for a CTE position that was hard to fill.

There’s not normally negotiation for the majority of teaching positions

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I haven’t read this whole thread, sorry. But are K-12 teachers’ salaries dependent on the county budget only and independent of the state budget? I teach at a public university in Virginia and heard that the state budget is allowing for us to get raises. I’m guessing the pots of money are totally separate?

The state contributes to K-12 education in Virginia with many huge caveats. First, they significantly underfund it according to an an analysis by the General Assembly’s own independent policy analysis agency, JLARC (Google the report if you want lots of helpful info). Second, state raises require a local match calculated by the Local Composite Index intended to spread funds evenly around the state. Fairfax has to pay over 60% of any “state raise” in order to qualify. The state proposed a 3% raise for certain K-12 positions but will only pay for about 40% of it for Fairfax. FCPS has more positions than required by the state so they get no state funding for many positions. So most everything falls on the County government to find. They dedicate over 51% of their budget to fund the schools are giving the schools $125M than last year (and still hear complaints from some teachers.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean by “accept”? What other options are there once it’s decided?

I don’t think teachers will get 7%, but I also don’t think it will be zero.

There are plenty of other options in surrounding counties, especially with the current teacher shortage. The 7% was supposed to bring FCPS teacher salaries closer to what other counties are paying their teachers, so if FCPS doesn't come through, there are better paying options nearby.

I think a few of the fired Feds might step up and transfer to teaching positions. This might help the shortage, for now.

I don't see that happening.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I won’t be returning. The workload is insane, there is not enough support, not enough pay, and it’s extremely difficult to take any days off.

Enjoy your much less stressful life (I left in 2022)

I know many leaving....every year it seems to get worse Enjoy!

[Anonymous]

The amount of misinformation in this thread is wild.

[Anonymous]

From the county press release:

The markup package maintains the advertised FY 2026 transfer to Fairfax County Public Schools, providing a $118.6 million increase over the previous year. This amount is $149.7 million less than the School Board’s requested increase of $268.3 million.

Education continues to receive the largest share of general fund spending. The board reaffirmed its support for FCPS and encouraged the school system to align future transfer requests with economic conditions

Also, for the County workforce:
The FY 2026 Budget fully funds employee compensation plans and collective bargaining agreements for fire and police personnel.

So police and fire will receive their negotiated increases, while teachers most likely will not.

https://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/news/supervisors-approve-budget-markup-tax-rate-decreased-new-food-beverage-tax



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[Anonymous]

Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the County did agreements with police and firefighters that were connected to reality and available funds. FCPS entered into an agreement that didn’t remotely take available money into account. It’s such a failure on Reid’s part. She has screwed up two budgets and one collective bargaining so far. Not to mention all the other scandals like Hayfield.

Meanwhile the schools are getting another big increase in the transfer from the county this year. I really hope they use it to target raises to teachers and other student-facing jobs, not every employee like Reid put in her budget.

This is unlikely, as the public school leadership do not believe in prioritizing instructional staff at all. Reid however will continue on with her 12% pay increase.