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Bob Sage
- Aug 14, 2015
- 1 min
How Well Do We Pay UCFSD Elementary School Principals?
UCF principal salaries place our district in the top 5% of all districts in Pennsylvania. Among Chester County districts, UCF salaries...
Bob Sage
- Feb 23, 2015
- 3 min
Value of Teacher Benefits Part 4B - Retirement Plans
The annual benefit earned, at year 40 = $100,000 x 40 x 2.5% = $100,000 annuity value @ age 65 = $1,217,000 The annual benefit...
Bob Sage
- Feb 20, 2015
- 2 min
Value of Teacher Benefits Part 4A - Retirement Plans
Will stay with the same employer for their whole career Will have a long life after retirement Value income security in retirement Will...
Bob Sage
- Feb 15, 2015
- 2 min
The Value of Teacher Benefits - Summary
Access to benefits. What benefits are offered to UCF teachers? (see part 1) Quality of benefits. How complete and full is the coverage...
Bob Sage
- Feb 11, 2015
- 1 min
The Value of Teacher Benefits - Part 3
UCF pays are larger portion of insurance premiums than most large employers As a result, UCF teachers contribute between $700 - $1,400...
Bob Sage
- Feb 3, 2015
- 1 min
The Value of Teacher Benefits - Part 2
UCF benefits are of high quality, especially for the plans that get the most usage (medical, dental, vision) UCF plans for disability...
Bob Sage
- Jan 31, 2015
- 1 min
The Value of Teacher Benefits - Part 1
Medical/Health Insurance Prescription Drug Plan Dental Plan Vision Plan Disability Income Insurance Life Insurance So are these offering...
Bob Sage
- Jan 27, 2015
- 1 min
How Well Do We Pay UCFSD Teachers?
Absolute salary scale differences (district A pays more than district B for a teacher with the same years of experience and level of...
Bob Sage
- Jan 21, 2015
- 1 min
How Much Do UCFSD Teachers Earn?
Base pay Variable pay Benefits Career opportunity Working conditions Although we are going to focus in this post exclusively on base pay,...
Bob Sage
- Jan 16, 2015
- 2 min
Other Deficiencies of the Single Salary Schedule
English as a Second Language Hearing Impaired (Pre-Kindergarten – Grade 12) Mathematics (Grades 7 -12) Spanish Speech and Language...
Bob Sage
- Jan 13, 2015
- 2 min
Are Board Certified Teachers Highly Effective?
National Board Certified Teachers are indeed more effective teachers than non-certified teachers. Applicants who succeed in obtaining...
Bob Sage
- Jan 7, 2015
- 3 min
The Historical Good of Step and Lane
Phase I: "Boarding Round" In the latter half of the 1800s, local communities designed schools to provide basic academic skills and moral...
Bob Sage
- Jan 5, 2015
- 2 min
Why Pay More for Experience and Advanced Degrees?
If a rational system of teacher compensation, aimed at recruiting andretaining high-quality teachers, were designed from scratch, it is...
Bob Sage
- Jan 2, 2015
- 3 min
How Can Teachers Increase Their Pay?
Year 1: (Step 1, Bachelor Lane): $48,520 Year 2: (Step 2, Bachelor's, 1% grid increase): $49,462 Year 3: (Step 3, Bachelor's + 24...
Bob Sage
- Dec 20, 2014
- 4 min
How Does Teacher Pay Work?
different jobs should have different pay pay should relate to performance markets set wages based on supply and demand of the required...
Bob Sage
- Dec 12, 2014
- 3 min
How Much Is Great Teaching Worth?
Teacher 1: Low performer (16th percentile on the quality scale, 1 standard deviation or 1σ below the mean, 84% of teachers are of...
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