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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Good. Teachers make enough already. [/quote]

What an odd comment to make. [/quote]

I am not the PP, but a 15 year teacher makes a minimum of $108,000.  If you think that's insufficient, what to you think would be appropriate?  [/quote]

If it takes 15 years to make 6 figures then you figure it out big brain.  Another idiot comment. [/quote]

Would you like to answer the question?  What would be an appropriate minimum salary for a 15-year teacher?  [/quote]

I have been in my job for 15 years and make around $180k (I have been promoted more quickly than other colleagues). I can absolutely see $108k being low for a high performer with 15 years of experience. The problem is there is no real way to reward the best performers except for them to move into non teaching jobs.[/quote]

First, like the PP, you didn't answer the question.  I get that many people think that $108k is "too low."  Great.  So what should the minimum salary be?

Also, are you suggesting that since you make $180k, teachers should as well?  All jobs should be paid the same?  [/quote]

You're referring to $108k as the "minimum" which implies only a small portion of teachers with 15 years of experience make that much. $108k is not a "minimum" it is the salary for 10 month MCPS teachers with a master's degree. With additional education credits they can get up to $115k with 15 years

If $108k-$115k was a minimum and not the entire range for that level of experience, I would say that is totally fine. I am of the opinion though that excellent teachers should be able make more money than that after 15.years. I realize that the union would not be supportive of such an approach and they prefer to fight instead for across the board increases. Which is fine as inflation goes up, but I think that level is in line with other public sector professionals with similar levels of experience and education.[/quote]

Your final sentence is unclear, but you write, "I think that level is in line with other public sector professionals with similar levels of experience and education."  I take that to mean that you think $108k is fine; if that's incorrect, what does that sentence mean?

Also, how should MCPS define excellence?  Who makes that determination?  And, if one is an "excellent" teacher, what should they make at the 15 year mark?  Please be more specific than "more."  [/quote]

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