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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]ACPS starting salary per HOUR, ~$28[/b]. Not bad. Don't give up yet Alexandria City residents.

‘Getting a Job Is Not Enough’ July 19, 2018
http://connectionarchives.com/PDF/2018/071818/Alexandria.pdf
Sorry, I can't find alternative to pdf. One would think this would be widely available without pdf format.[/quote]

Sigh.  That is an aggregate statistic measuring hypothetical scale points.  It overstates the equivalent hourly salary.

It doesn't actually state the low-step points that apply to teaching (and counseling and school nurse) positions.  The aggregate figure also assumes the mid-point of the number of days per year, not the actual 196 or 207 days-per-year schedules that apply 90%++ of ACPS teachers.  The article's bar chart on page 3 also assumes 40 hours of pay over 52 weeks - it extrapolates.  If you look at the actual numbers at https://www.acps.k12.va.us/cms/lib/VA01918616/Centricity/Domain/804/compensation/salary-licensed-2018-19-revised.pdf - what you'll see using the same long division, over a FT year-equivalent, is:

Average 196/207, teacher with BA/BS at Step 1:  50,889.84/52/40 = $24.46 per hour 
Average 196/207, teacher with MA/MS at Step 1:  57,378.66/52/40 = $27.59 per hour 
Average 196/207, teacher with MA/MS PLUS 30 ACPS-approved post-grad credits at Step 1:  59,684.30/52/40 = $28.69 per hour

Somebody at the paper aggregated the figures wrong.  The actual average starting salary is Step 1, in between the BA/BS and MA/MS level.

And, no matter what the pay charts say about steps going up to 24, look at p. 4 of the ACPS table.  --NO-- steps beyond 12 are regularly scheduled.  The overwhelming majority of ACPS teachers will not see anything beyond Step 12.

People, get over this.  I am a frequent critic of the school board and the CO.  Those issues have little to do with teacher and professional staff (and AP and Principal) salaries, which are simply not excessive - there is no reasonable argument that they are overpaid.  They aren't.  Stop it.

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