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发帖数: 36302 | 1 Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries
By ROSALIND ROSSI AND ART GOLAB Staff Reporters May 30, 2011 8:48PM
“We’re not just teachers,” says Dirksen Middle School teacher Crystal
Pedroni. “We’re nurses, counselors, we are their parents when their
parents are not there.”
Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher?
Send your resume to Highland Park or Deerfield High School, both in Township
High School District 113.
The district — which has no teachers union — boasted the highest average
teacher pay in the state last school year, at $104,737.
More than half of all District 113 full-time teachers — 55 percent to be
exact — pulled down at least $100,000 in total compensation, including
benefits and extra pay for extracurricular activities.
“I would love it if we weren’t number one,” said District 113 School
Board President Harvey Cohen. “Our goal isn’t to say, ‘Lake Forest pays $
50,000 so we’ll go $60,000.’ ”
But, Cohen said, in a consistently high-scoring, affluent district with
average ACT scores of 25.7 and highly credentialed teachers, “you get what
you pay for.”
As teachers’ salaries face national scrutiny and calls for pay tied to
student performance, a Chicago Sun-Times analysis of educator earnings,
based on total compensation last school year, found that public school
teachers who make at least $100,000 like those in District 113 are the
exception rather than the rule in Illinois.
Statewide, 11.25 percent of high school teachers and 2.26 percent of
elementary-grade teachers hit that mark. Statewide, the average elementary
teacher made $61,140 — including all benefits, summer school pay, after-
school stipends and retirement payouts. The average high school teacher took
home $69,366.
In Chicago, where the typical teacher stands at the head of a classroom
comprised of 87 percent low-income kids, a six-figure pulldown was rarer
still. Just over 1 percent of Chicago public elementary and high school
teachers hit that mark.
Back in the ’60s, said Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis,
Chicago teachers were highly compensated compared to many suburbs, but “
that has changed drastically and we have tougher conditions. The fact is,
teachers who choose to stay do so because they are totally committed. It’s
not about the pay.”
As expected, most of the top-paying districts are affluent, serving few low-
income kids. But Dolton District 149, with 90 percent low-income students,
was the exception.
Hardscrabble Dolton 149 offers the eighth-highest average pay for elementary
teachers in the state — at $80,097. Its percent of elementary teachers in
the $100,000-plus club is sixth-highest statewide, at 25 percent.
Dolton 149’s average teacher salary topped that of No. 26 Northbrook/
Glenview District 30, No. 28 Lincolnshire-Prairieview District 103; and No.
45 Winnetka District 36 — even though Dolton 149’s average teacher
experience of 12.5 years was less than each of those highly affluent
districts.
District 149 officials and teachers alike make no apologies for their
teacher salaries.
Superintendent Traci Brown said the district serves a large number of kids
from not only low-income homes but also foster homes. It needs to attract
and keep highly skilled, highly credentialed teachers to address the needs
of its highly challenged students, she said.
The payoff has been test scores that have risen from 42 percent of students
passing state tests in 2003, when Brown became superintendent, to 65 percent
last year, Brown said.
“The Board of Education of Dolton 149 strongly invests in teachers,” Brown
said. “If we want to attract the best and the brightest, we have to be
able to compensate them likewise.”
The head of the Dolton 149 teachers union agrees.
“I don’t believe a teacher from Winnetka could teach here,” said Crystal
Pedroni, a health teacher at Dirksen Middle School who earned a “teacher of
the year” award this year from the Calumet City Lions Club, based on a
nomination from her school district.
“We have a school board that has a vision to put more money on the teachers
’ end. The teachers are the people who have direct contact with students.
We deal with their day-to-day needs as well as instruction. We are not just
teachers . . . . We’re nurses, counselors, we are their parents when their
parents are not there.
“. . . I don’t believe that people should be comfortable having their
children taught by low-paid teachers,” Pedroni said. “I’m union president
. I’m going to tell you — this is something that’s important. You pay
people what they are worth and you attract highly qualified people.”
Brown said the higher average salary also may be driven by the fact that
three-quarters of Dolton 149 teachers have master’s degrees. Several have
double-masters, she said. As is typical, the added expertise brings added
pay. In District 149, top scale of $103,256 kicks in after 16 years of
teaching and 18 credit hours beyond a masters.
Under her watch, Brown said, the district has encouraged teachers to get
master’s degrees and take extra classes. National Lewis University has
offered weekend courses for a master’s degree right on the district’s
campus, and Brown hopes to soon provide both master’s and doctoral classes
from Western Illinois University in district schools.
Plus, many teachers sponsor clubs or extracurricular activities, earning $31
an hour for their work, Brown said.
While one 2009 study found a typical Chicago public school lost more than
half of all its teachers within five years, Dolton 149’s attractive salary
is one reason the district has little teacher turnover, Pedroni said.
“The only teachers that leave are the ones that retire. . . . I think that
kind of consistency is good for the kids,” said Pedroni, who has taught in
the district since 1987. “A lot of kids I have — I’ve taught their
parents.”
At Township High School District 113, headquartered in Highland Park,
officials tout the same pattern: highly degreed, often double-degreed
teachers, low teacher turnover, and a large chunk of teachers who supervise
extra-curricular activities for extra cash — something that gives them a
different kind of perspective on their students.
District 113 science teacher Bill Stafford said he was attracted to
Deerfield High because of its academic reputation and had no idea the
district held the highest-paid teachers in the state — or that more than
half of its teachers made at least $100,000 in total compensation.
“Wow,” Stafford said. “I’m kind of shocked. I didn’t know that was
where we ranked in the state.”
In addition to his base salary, Stafford says he makes about $13,000 extra a
year by serving as boys soccer coach and girls assistant soccer coach.
After six years at Deerfield High, he is not yet in the $100,000-plus club,
but hopes to hit the top of the credential pay schedule this year by
completing 60 credit hours beyond a master’s.
At Deerfield High, “Teachers have a real thirst to expand their craft and
knowledge,” Stafford said. “I wish I could take some of the classes that
my colleagues teach, because they do it masterfully.”
Highland Park resident Peter Koukos, who put two kids through a District 113
high school, said there’s no question the district’s teachers are highly
qualified and provide a great education.
But, said Koukos, the area’s former assessor, “One reason it took three
and a half years to sell my house is because of the high taxes, 70 percent
of which go to the schools.”
“. . . You have high-quality teachers, but is it necessary to have the
highest paid teachers in the state?” Koukos said. “If we had the fifth-
highest paid in the state, I don’t think the quality of our education would
be any less. If it was 10th, I don’t think the quality of our education
would be any less. We just happen to be first.”
The district has been without a teachers union for more than 100 years,
officials say, and teachers elect peers to represent them in pay discussions
. Board President Cohen said the lack of a union is a non-factor when it
comes to pay and “I think our employees see that there is no purpose or
reason to join a union. We’re fair and open with our employees.’’
The Chicago Sun-Times analysis was based on information entered annually by
districts into a database and collected by the Illinois State Board of
Education. The Sun-Times counted only full-time employees who worked at
least nine months last school year in districts that gave state achievement
tests and served kids in at least one grade, kindergarten through 12th.
Averages could be affected by pre-retirement extra-pay bumps, end-of-career
vacation or sick-day payments, hefty payouts for extracurricular duties or
generous health care benefits.
Compared to peers, Chicago public high school teachers ranked No. 71
statewide; high school principals came in No. 45; and elementary teachers
came in No. 37.
Former Chicago Schools CEO Ron Huberman came in No. 9 statewide among
superintendents, with a total compensation of just over $283,000. That
number represents his total pay with benefits added and six furlough days
subtracted from a base salary of $230,000, district officials said.
The most competitive compensation in Chicago was earned by elementary
principals, whose average pay of $141,695 ranked No. 8 statewide.
However, Chicago Principals Association President Clarice Berry noted that
Chicago principals’ pay is tied to the number of students in their
buildings. Some CPS elementary schools serve over 1,000 kids. Some are so
overcrowded, Berry said, students attend classes in staggered shifts.
“If you have an elementary school with a couple thousand kids, you’ll be
on the same level as a high school principal,’ Berry said. ‘‘That pushes
elementary principals up there in the range of high school principals.”
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【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries
: By ROSALIND ROSSI AND ART GOLAB Staff Reporters May 30, 2011 8:48PM
: “We’re not just teachers,” says Dirksen Middle School teacher Crystal
: Pedroni. “We’re nurses, counselors, we are their parents when their
: parents are not there.”
: Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher?
: Send your resume to Highland Park or Deerfield High School, both in Township
: High School District 113.
: The district — which has no teachers union — boasted the highest average
: teacher pay in the state last school year, at $104,737.
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发帖数: 36302 | | L*********d
发帖数: 7037 | 4 不是刚说脑体倒挂吗
Township
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries
: By ROSALIND ROSSI AND ART GOLAB Staff Reporters May 30, 2011 8:48PM
: “We’re not just teachers,” says Dirksen Middle School teacher Crystal
: Pedroni. “We’re nurses, counselors, we are their parents when their
: parents are not there.”
: Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher?
: Send your resume to Highland Park or Deerfield High School, both in Township
: High School District 113.
: The district — which has no teachers union — boasted the highest average
: teacher pay in the state last school year, at $104,737.
| w*********r
发帖数: 42116 | 5 好学校的老师挣钱多，这有什么可奇怪的。
学区有钱人多，老师收入高。
Township
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries
: By ROSALIND ROSSI AND ART GOLAB Staff Reporters May 30, 2011 8:48PM
: “We’re not just teachers,” says Dirksen Middle School teacher Crystal
: Pedroni. “We’re nurses, counselors, we are their parents when their
: parents are not there.”
: Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher?
: Send your resume to Highland Park or Deerfield High School, both in Township
: High School District 113.
: The district — which has no teachers union — boasted the highest average
: teacher pay in the state last school year, at $104,737.
| w*****n
发帖数: 2693 | 6 总体而言，美国公立中小学教师的工资是比较低的
很多人就是三四万块钱吧
但是好学区好学校的肯定要高些
Township
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries
: By ROSALIND ROSSI AND ART GOLAB Staff Reporters May 30, 2011 8:48PM
: “We’re not just teachers,” says Dirksen Middle School teacher Crystal
: Pedroni. “We’re nurses, counselors, we are their parents when their
: parents are not there.”
: Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher?
: Send your resume to Highland Park or Deerfield High School, both in Township
: High School District 113.
: The district — which has no teachers union — boasted the highest average
: teacher pay in the state last school year, at $104,737.
| m***6
发帖数: 8479 | 7 怪不得我们这边刚刚裁了近1万教师
Township
【在 T*R 的大作中提到】
: Some Illinois public school teachers earning six-figure salaries
: By ROSALIND ROSSI AND ART GOLAB Staff Reporters May 30, 2011 8:48PM
: “We’re not just teachers,” says Dirksen Middle School teacher Crystal
: Pedroni. “We’re nurses, counselors, we are their parents when their
: parents are not there.”
: Want to wind up making at least six figures as a public school teacher?
: Send your resume to Highland Park or Deerfield High School, both in Township
: High School District 113.
: The district — which has no teachers union — boasted the highest average
: teacher pay in the state last school year, at $104,737.
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