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It appears in Table V that teachers in the elementary school who have
earned & baccalaureate degree are paid $17.00 per month more on the average
than are those who have no college degree. Due tc the fact that many of the '
'no degree! teechers have completed much of the college work required for a
degree, this table does not fully state the actual difference between
‘degree! teachers and 'no degree! teachers. Some teachers lack only a few
credit hours of completing a degree, and their salaries may reflect this fact.
But, even so, eighty percent of the 'degree' teachers receive more salary per
montn than the median salary of the 'no degrse' teachers.

Few teachers in the elementary schcol are reported to have a master's
degree althcugh it is evident that it commands a considerable salary differen-
tial over the bachelor degree. Apparently cnly a few teachers in the high
Schovels have no college ¢ vee. These are doubtless chiefly emergency and
technical teachers. The wchools which provide this infcrmeticn on teacher
preparation seem to regard teachers whe have earned a master's degree as
eonsiderebly mcre valucble in high schocl than are the teachers of lesser
preparation. Eighty-eight percent cf the 'master degree’! deachers surpass in
their salaries the median compensation received by ‘bachelor degree' teachers.

Length of experience in teaching is a much less significant factcr
relative to salary than is the amount of preparation for their work. Doubtless
this ¢ituation is as it shculd be. Much teaching experience may be of a
quality which does not recommend the one whe has obtained it. But it must
also be sdmitted that the preparation received by some teachers is inferior
in quality, whatever its amount.

Table VI - Relation of Mcnthly Salary of Teachers to Years of
Teaching Experience (1944-45)

 

One-teacher Graded elem. High schools
schools schools
(1) as )) (4) ao (6) (7)
Years of Nose Median No. of Median No. of Median
experience teachers salary teachers salary teachers salary
O-1. 146 $126.00 — ich $141.00 oh $183.00
2-5 314 127.50 223 142.00 123 187.00
6-10 L60 129.00). 168 152.50 97 200.00
Li-15 61 130500 1:35 160.00 75 200.00
16-20 40 135300 123 162.00 81. 206.00
21=25 29 ih. .00 a3 164.00 at 209.00
26 or more 19 140,00 60 168.00 oe 199.00

It. may be assumed that the teachers fer whom information about years of
teaching experience is made available are representative of the teachers
included in this survey of school salaries. Then it may be ccncluded that in
one-teacher schools less than sixteen years cf experience shows an almest
negligible effect on the salary received. In graded elementary schools, exper-
lence seems to have a definite bearing on salary from the fifth to the
fifteenth year but a much less beering if the experience is longer. Among
high schcol teachers, the chief positive influence of experience c.. salary
seems to come between the fifth ard tenth years. Utherwise it is slight or
negative,