The new salary schedule, submitted by Acting Superintendent Jason Cravens and CFO Paul Barr, calls for a $600 increase to the base and $600 for each teacher. No steps will be provided, according to the proposal.
The only position being offered a step is school nurse.
Support staff and supervisors would have $300 added to the base, with principals and administrators receiving a $500 base increase.
The board will also have a closed session for personnel purposes, which is expected to serve as the beginning of the search for an interim superintendent. Cravens is serving as acting superintendent until someone is hired for the job on an interim basis. The board has the option of selecting someone already on staff who is qualified to serve as a superintendent, or to find a retired superintendent through the Missouri School Boards Association.
Hey! Huff's retired. I wonder.....
ReplyDeleteAt the last meeting Dr. Fort reported that of Jopiin teachers, 60% have fewer than six years of experience. If this is all they can do for us, I predict that number will soar if going to a neighboring district equals a four-to-six thousand dollar raise.
ReplyDeleteScrew that. Thanks, Cravens. You weren't kidding when you said not much would change.
Correct me if I am wrong, but you can't hire a retired Missouri superintendent without it impacting their teacher retirement. Better look to Kansas or Oklahoma.
ReplyDeleteWould you please publish the salary schedules for the surrounding districts? Maybe if these asshats see what other districts do for their teachers they will be ashamed of their paltry offering. Ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteWait a minute! As someone just reminded me, Mrs. Banwart told the Board last month that the salary committee found some groups of R8 staff were paid above the state average and therefore did not need a raise. She did not name the group, but we all know that our administrators earn above the state average and our teachers earn below the state average. So why is Cravens going ahead and recommending a raise for himself and other administrators? I know he was at that meeting, because I saw him on the video. Barr was, also.
ReplyDeleteI guess the salary committee was another wasted R8 effort. Ignore the findings and continue business as usual. That's the Cravens way of leadership for sure--just follow along and pretend everything is just positively going to work. It isn't.
I'm not a teacher so I'm not sure what "step" means in this case. Can someone explain?
ReplyDeleteIn many government entities, compensation for longevity is built into the salary structure. Each year, or some other time frame, the employee advances to he next step on the salary scehdule. This is basically a nonnegotiated raise intended to retain experienced workers without relying soly on the good graces of a supervisor.
DeleteSteps are raises given based on years of service AND education attained. There is a predetermined salary at each level. Click on the link- vertical refers to the years of service and horizontal refers to education. Basically, a teacher who has been teaching there will not receive the 10 step.
ReplyDeleteI must thank Huff... For nothing! While he sits on his duff collecting almost a 1/3 of a million tax dollars, some of the hardest working employees of the Joplin School District will not receive any wage increases. But I did notice that all supervisors and admin got a raise. For what, I am not sure of. Thanks for taking a, once thriving and fully staffed, school district and running it to the edge of bankruptcy.
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