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Re: teacher's salary in alaska public schools

Posted by thanks for posting these salary scales on 12/25/06

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> http://207.58.137.193/~atp0alas/doku.php?id=alaska_school_districts
>
> We are putting them up as fast we can convert them into PDFs, and hope
> to have every salary scale and negotiated agreement posted by Christmas.
>
> The cost of living is higher that than the Lower 48, but so is the pay -
> in general. Not so much so in the "urban" areas like Anchorage, Mat Su,
> Fairbanks and the Kenai Peninsula. These districts pay less, and often
> have a policy that does not allow you transfer much experience in at all.
>
> Much of the cost of living increase is absorbed by shopping a couple of
> times a year in "bulk" amounts, and by the limited ways to actually
> SPEND money in rural areas ;-) There are no restaurants, night clubs or
> movie theatres where I live! A teaching couple can still save quite a
> bit of money, especially in the rural parts of the state where pay
> scales are higher than in the cities.
>
> On the other hand, teaching in RURAL Alaska is not for everyone. Do your
> research at Alaskateacher.org before you sign anything.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Regards,

Here's a few other thoughts on the Alaska teacher pay scales--another
important question to ask is which credits you can get credit for. Many
districts will not acknowledge any credits earned prior to certification,
so for mid-life career switchers, this might not be as attractive a
proposition as we might wish. I know several people w/70+ grad credits
being paid at a M level.

Re: the price of food, a few more thoughts. Often not only do you pay
more for food from one of the hub stores; you then pay more to fly it out
as well. (Five bucks for a gallon of milk x.50 a gallon freight.) You
learn to shop smarter, esp. since you will be living around people who
might average annual salaries one quarter of what you are making. They
have learned a lot of tricks for surviving in such an expensive place on a
budget.

In some areas, you will be expected to participate in subsistence
activities, which will help a lot w/your food bill. In others, where the
biomass is much more sparse, the moose you harvest means less food on
someone else's table, or that they will have to go further and hunt longer
to get their meat, which leads to resentment. Each place is different,
and you really won't know what questions to ask until you go through it.

>
> Johncn