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Teacher Compensation and Salary Calculator

Can you make your teacher compensation system more strategic? 

Education Resource Strategies

Teacher compensation systems vary widely among districts and can be complex to manage strategically. Our Teacher Compensation Calculator can help.  

Designed to help districts think beyond a traditional step-and-lane salary schedule, this tool provides insight into the big “buckets” of teacher compensation: pay for starting salary, experience, education, roles, teaching in critical need areas, and effectiveness. 

Use the Teacher Compensation and Salary Calculator to compare the current baseline in your district to a new approach that can foster a more rewarding, dynamic, and sustainable job. Shifting to a new approach can, in turn, help you attract, retain, and leverage the skills of a highly effective teaching force—all part of a broader strategy to reimagine the teaching job.   

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See how teacher salary structures would be more strategic if you: 

  • Pay rookie teachers more to help attract and retain them 

  • Create pathways for advancement that keep highly effective teachers in the classroom and compensate them for taking on instruction-focused leadership roles 

  • Incentivize effective teachers to work in hard-to-staff schools and positions and reward their contributions. 

Redesigning compensation in your district? Let us know how we can help!