= Soe

Table IV. Reletion of Monthly Salary of Elementary Teachers
to Years of Teaching Experience (1943-44).

 

 

 

In One-teacher Schools In Graded Schools

(Smonths salary basis) (9 months sal=ry basis)
Years of Number of Median salary — Number of Median salary
experience teachers per month teachers per month

2—-- 5 i455 102.00 57 128.00
ll -- 15 32 105.00 56 143.00
16 -- 20 20 102.00 Lg 140,00
2l -—- 25 18 105.00 9 137.00
26 or more ee 100.00 20 151.00
492 282

After the first year of teaching experience in one-teacher schools

and after the first five years in graded schools there is apparently

no consistent salary increase on the basis of years of experience alone,
It may well be that there are selection trends operative, which tend

to retain in some schools a type of teacher who is not increasingly
valuable. Or the more capable teachers may either seck further
training or else leave the field of teaching.

A limited number of city schools, and two counties, provided informa-
tion in their teacher directories which makes possible a comparison of
salaries of elementary school teachers with and without a coll-ge
degree, and of high school teachers with and without a masters degree,
The findings are present in 2 summarized manner in Table V.

Table Vi Relation of Teachers! Salaries
to Extent of Preparation, Kansas, 1943-44.

 

Elementary Schools High Schools
Extent of Number of Median salary Number of Median Salar:
Preparation teachers per month teachers per month
No college degree ° 95 $146.00 |
A bachelor's degree 179 154.00 149 #170.00

A master's degree 118 197.00