realFancyStrawberry t1_it37v8v wrote on October 20, 2022 at 4:38 PM

Reply to comment by Educational-List8475 in Anyone have any updates on the Haverhill teacher strike? by Significant-Bat9453

They have been a teacher for boston public schools for 4 years and a teacher at haverhill for about 2-3 years. She has stated to me that she is being payed 10k less than she should be but she is also in the process of completing her masters.

Educational-List8475 t1_it3bywp wrote on October 20, 2022 at 5:03 PM

So about 6-7 years total teaching. Yeah that’s pretty decent experience, maybe not quite mid career yet though. I don’t know much about how teachers earn raises. Are they on a step system like other government/municipal employees? I wonder if she’ll get bumped up after getting her masters. Could be she’s being paid less because she doesn’t have that yet? I think a masters is required in MA after so many years of teaching.

realFancyStrawberry t1_it3qi34 wrote on October 20, 2022 at 6:37 PM

Masters is required in Massachusetts. Once she gets the degree she is supposed to have a 20-30k pay increase. Managing the degree while also working with larger class sizes and and now sharing another room with another teacher has been putting a lot of stress on her. The school committee contract initially offered a raise in salary for 3% to cover inflation and then reduced the raise to 1.5%. The state of the economy is hitting the teachers hard.

Educational-List8475 t1_it3qpkr wrote on October 20, 2022 at 6:39 PM

Would that 20-30k put her in line with what the other teachers are making? And yeah even 3% isn’t like to help with how crazy things have been.