Salary Guide Improvements Reported after Training

Salary Guide Improvements
Reported after Training

Recent rounds of bargaining have resulted in a growing number of school boards attaining improvements in teachers’ salary guides. Among advancements are removal of balloon steps; reduction in cost of increment; and assurances that the guide’s structure will attract and retain highly qualified staff.

To equip school board members and administrators with the skills to address their salary guide concerns, NJSBA will conduct Analyzing and Constructing Salary Guides on Feb. 23 at the Robert Wood Johnson Hamilton Conference Center, Mercerville.

Participants will be guided step-by-step through the process of salary guide analysis and construction. Techniques for addressing salary guide distortion—as well as tactics and strategies for effectively negotiating guide changes—will be covered in detail.

Results! Districts that participated in recent NJSBA salary guide training have reported improvements, such as:

Elimination of 19 balloon steps from the guide, the largest of which represented a 15 percent increment. The district’s new guide’s largest increment is 4.4 percent.
Changes to attract and retain new teachers. A district with noncompetitive starting salaries and small increments at the lower steps of the guide had difficulty attracting and keeping staff. It also had three consecutive balloon steps at the high end of the guide, amounting to 30.2 percent. The board negotiated a new guide that eliminated the balloons, boosted starting salaries and increased the small increments.

For more information or to register, contact NJSBA’s Call Center by e-mail or by calling (888) 886-5722, ext. 5217.