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Message: [QUOTE="husky429, post: 4688434, member: 6696"] There are always some rich districts that have crappy pay scales. I'm assuming they figure they'll get by on reputation and staff not wanting to leave because they have tenure. Something else people don't consider is the rich districts will rarely bump you up a step when you're hired. One of the things they do in the budgeting process is decide what their average step hire needs to be. (Ie. We need to hire an average of step 3 across the district or else our bottom line goes into the red. So they save the high-step hires for SPED, math, science) In those districts, if you're supposed to be on step 6... you're being hired on step 6. In my district right now, we're hiring brand new SPED, science, math teachers on step 4+ just to get them in the door and try to keep them a few years. Even then, a lot of our new teachers are leaving for a huge pay decrease. I started my career in one of those rich districts with low pay and got something like an 8k pay raise to go work in the hood. I absolutely hated working in that rich district--I will never go back to a wealthy school system if I can help it (though I did just apply to Farmington... so I'm a liar). The entitlement, helicopter parents... ugh. I can deal with any kid--rich or poor--screaming profanities in my face or vaping in the bathroom or whatever. I can't do the "my father is an attorney!" crap. It's not fair to them, but I have little patience for exceptionally privileged people crying foul, so I need to a void those environments. Anyways... 2 years later, I apply for a dean of students job in my current district.... no admin cert is required, but they really wanted it because you have to do suspensions. Figured it was worth the shot and admin anyways. 30 minutes later, they call me offering sixth-year, step 13 to work as an instructional coach. Wasn't even the job I applied for and I got a 30k pay raise. And ironically, by November they have me moonlighting as a dean anyways because they don't have enough admin to do all the suspensions and restorative justice stuff. [/QUOTE]

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