Loudoun County School Board Budget Work Session Teacher Salaries Update December 12, 2017 1
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Competitive Compensation to Attract & Retain Excellent Teachers DIVISION FY18 BA Step 1 Loudoun $49,674 Arlington $48,228 Fairfax $48,012 Prince William $47,724 Alexandria $47,242 LCPS ranks #1 of 5 in Northern Virginia school divisions in terms of starting salaries for teachers. Vision 20/20 strategic plan goal is to move from #2 in fiscal year 2016 to #1 in fiscal year 2020 in starting pay for teachers. 3
Making Progress with Salaries for Mid- Career Teachers but Work Remains DIVISION FY18 MA +10 Arlington $77,093 Alexandria $71,516 Fairfax $66,498 Loudoun $65,237 Prince William $58,328 LCPS ranks #4 of 5 in Northern Virginia school divisions in terms of salaries for mid-career teachers (as measured by salaries for teachers with a Masters degree on step 10) Compensation for teachers on steps 10 to 16 on the salary scale was increased 3.5% on average this year (FY18). The gap between Loudoun and Fairfax County for Master s degree, step 10 compensation decreased from $2,260 last year to $1,261 this year (56% reduction in the gap). Vision 20/20 strategic plan goal is to move from #4 in fiscal year 2016 to #3 in fiscal year 2019 in pay for mid-career teachers. 4
FY18 Salary Comparison BA/MA Steps 1 & MA Step 10 LCPS lags behind other Northern Virginia divisions when comparing salaries of midcareer teachers, though LCPS compares more favorably in in terms of starting salaries for teachers. DIVISION BA Step 1 Loudoun $49,674 Arlington $48,228 Fairfax $48,012 Prince William $47,724 Alexandria $47,242 DIVISION MA Step 1 Loudoun $55,444 Alexandria $54,188 Fairfax $53,707 Prince William $53,353 Arlington $53,173 DIVISION MA +10 Arlington $77,093 Alexandria $71,516 Fairfax $66,498 Loudoun $65,237 Prince William $58,328 FY17 Strategic Plan Goals BA maintain 2 nd ranking or better MA maintain 2 nd ranking or better MA+10 maintain 4 th ranking or better Avg. maintain rank of 4 th Source: FY18 WABE FY18 Strategic Plan Goals BA maintain 2 nd ranking or better MA maintain 2 nd ranking or better MA+10 maintain 3 rd ranking or better Avg. maintain rank of 4 th FY19 Strategic Plan Goals BA maintain 2 nd ranking or better MA maintain 2 nd ranking or better MA+10 maintain 3d ranking or better Avg. Rank 3 of 5 5
FY18 Teacher Salaries Comparison MA - Across a Career FY18 LCPS MA FX MA PW MA LCPS-FX LCPS-PW 1 $ 55,444 $ 53,707 $ 53,353 $ 1,737 $ 2,091 2 $ 55,894 $ 54,779 $ 54,154 $ 1,115 $ 1,740 3 $ 56,745 $ 55,929 $ 54,966 $ 816 $ 1,779 4 $ 57,682 $ 57,554 $ 55,792 $ 128 $ 1,890 5 $ 58,683 $ 58,972 $ 56,629 $ (289) $ 2,054 6 $ 59,947 $ 60,805 $ 58,328 $ (858) $ 1,619 7 $ 60,983 $ 62,500 $ 60,077 $ (1,517) $ 906 8 $ 62,470 $ 62,500 $ 61,881 $ (30) $ 589 9 $ 63,706 $ 64,441 $ 63,739 $ (735) $ (33) 10 $ 65,237 $ 66,498 $ 65,549 $ (1,261) $ (312) 11 $ 66,349 $ 69,296 $ 67,619 $ (2,947) $ (1,270) 12 $ 67,452 $ 71,496 $ 69,648 $ (4,044) $ (2,196) 13 $ 68,723 $ 73,952 $ 71,736 $ (5,229) $ (3,013) 14 $ 70,013 $ 76,130 $ 73,889 $ (6,117) $ (3,876) 15 $ 71,326 $ 78,359 $ 76,105 $ (7,033) $ (4,779) 16 $ 72,661 $ 80,353 $ 78,386 $ (7,692) $ (5,725) 17 $ 73,681 $ 82,685 $ 80,738 $ (9,004) $ (7,057) 18 $ 75,393 $ 84,681 $ 83,161 $ (9,288) $ (7,768) 19 $ 76,521 $ 86,777 $ 85,657 $ (10,257) $ (9,137) 20 $ 78,020 $ 88,060 $ 88,225 $ (10,040) $ (10,205) 21 $ 79,363 $ 89,778 $ 90,871 $ (10,415) $ (11,508) 22 $ 81,483 $ 91,555 $ 93,597 $ (10,072) $ (12,114) 23 $ 83,660 $ 93,044 $ 96,405 $ (9,384) $ (12,745) 24 $ 85,903 $ 94,587 $ 99,296 $ (8,684) $ (13,393) 25 $ 87,803 $ 95,988 $ 102,276 $ (8,185) $ (14,473) 26 $ 90,168 $ 95,988 $ 105,346 $ (5,820) $ (15,178) 27 $ 92,603 $ 97,417 $ 108,506 $ (4,814) $ (15,903) 28 $ 95,110 $ 97,417 $ 108,506 $ (2,307) $ (13,396) 29 $ 97,917 $ 98,875 $ 108,506 $ (958) $ (10,589) 30 $ 100,083 $ 98,875 $ 108,506 $ 1,208 $ (8,423) Source: FY 18 School Division Published Salary Schedules 6
FY18 Salary Schedules MA Compared FY18 MA LCPS MA FX MA PW MA $120,000 $110,000 $100,000 $90,000 $80,000 $70,000 $60,000 $50,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Source: FY 18 School Division Published Salary Schedules 7
Teacher Career Earnings - MA 100,000 90,000 80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 30 year market gap = $131,976 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 LCPS FX Across a career, a teacher with a Masters degree that works at LCPS for 30 years will make about $131k less than a teacher who works 30 years at Fairfax. 8
Narrowing the Sag FY14-FY19 MA LCPS FY14 through FY19 Proposed 9
Market Average Comparison LCPS FY18, FY19 Proposed and FY18 Market Average 110,000 100,000 90,000 80,000 Market Average LCPS FY19 70,000 60,000 LCPS FY18 50,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 LCPS FY18 LCPS FY19 Proposed Market Average FY18 10
FY19 LCPS Proposed Teacher Schedule Bachelor's Bachelor's Bachelor's Master's Degree Plus 15 Plus 30 Master's Plus 30 Doctoral 1 50,171 51,613 53,055 55,941 57,383 61,710 2 51,277 52,719 54,161 57,047 58,489 62,816 3 52,198 53,640 55,082 57,968 59,410 63,737 4 53,469 54,911 56,353 59,239 60,681 65,008 5 55,030 56,472 57,914 60,800 62,242 66,569 6 56,344 57,786 59,228 62,114 63,556 67,883 7 58,250 59,692 61,134 64,020 65,462 69,789 8 60,102 61,544 62,986 65,872 67,314 71,641 9 61,702 63,144 64,586 67,472 68,914 73,241 10 63,451 64,893 66,335 69,221 70,663 74,990 11 64,456 65,898 67,340 70,226 71,668 75,995 12 65,229 66,671 68,113 70,999 72,441 76,768 13 66,100 67,542 68,984 71,870 73,312 77,639 14 66,813 68,255 69,697 72,583 74,025 78,352 15 67,523 68,965 70,407 73,293 74,735 79,062 16 68,228 69,670 71,112 73,998 75,440 79,767 17 68,929 70,371 71,813 74,699 76,141 80,468 18 70,111 71,553 72,995 75,881 77,323 81,650 19 71,246 72,688 74,130 77,016 78,458 82,785 20 72,395 73,837 75,279 78,165 79,607 83,934 21 73,593 75,035 76,477 79,363 80,805 85,132 22 75,713 77,155 78,597 81,483 82,925 87,252 23 77,890 79,332 80,774 83,660 85,102 89,429 24 80,133 81,575 83,017 85,903 87,345 91,672 25 82,033 83,475 84,917 87,803 89,245 93,572 26 84,398 85,840 87,282 90,168 91,610 95,937 27 86,833 88,275 89,717 92,603 94,045 98,372 28 89,340 90,782 92,224 95,110 96,552 100,879 29 92,147 93,589 95,031 97,917 99,359 103,686 30 94,237 95,679 97,197 100,199 101,699 106,197 11
FY19 Proposed Teacher Scale Adjustment Steps Average Percentage Adjustment Estimated Cost (in millions) Number of Teachers 1-9 3.9% $7.15 2,879 10-16 4.7% $6.34 1,690 17-20 0.8% $0.55 795 21-30 0.0% $0.00 1,230 Average Weighted % Increase/Total 2.9% $14.04 6,611 12
Step and Proposed Scale Adjustment Changes Steps Scale Adjustment Range Step Range Average Increase 1-9 $497 - $3,766 $450 - $1,487 $3,335 10-16 $1,338 - $3,984 $1,103 - $1,531 $4,198 17-20 $145 - $1,019 $1,020 - $1,713 $1,876 21-29 $0 $1,343 - $2,807 $2,212 30* $0 NA $985 * Step 30 Employees are eligible for a one-time payment of 1% of the annual salary. The overall average teacher salary increase of both step increases and salary scale adjustments is $2,955. 13
Licensed Resignations Licensed Resignation Rate Comparison by Step 16.00% 14.00% 12.00% 10.00% 8.00% 6.00% 4.00% 2.00% 0.00% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 SY 14-15 8.60 9.00 13.5 10.3 8.57 9.14 6.80 7.78 8.42 5.88 7.35 6.44 4.64 3.98 3.55 4.25 2.99 1.62 1.70 1.21 1.85 1.88 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.86 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 SY 15-16 5.51 8.59 11.8 7.43 8.68 13.1 8.63 10.0 7.95 7.92 9.31 4.66 6.35 3.61 3.57 3.29 4.57 1.04 1.16 3.07 4.38 2.28 1.39 0.00 1.89 0.00 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.46 SY 16-17 7.06 10.8 11.5 8.90 9.73 9.41 8.27 9.05 9.09 5.86 3.77 4.00 5.46 6.22 4.06 1.79 3.83 1.99 2.51 1.69 1.83 0.00 0.67 0.71 1.28 2.04 2.08 3.57 0.00 2.51 SY 14-15 SY 15-16 SY 16-17 Source: LCPS Human Resources and Talent Development Department 14
FY19 MA 120,000 110,000 100,000 90,000 80,000 FY19 Estimated Salary Schedules MA Compared LCPS FX PW FY19 Estimate MA Rank Alexandria $54,188 3 Arlington $53,173 5 Fairfax $54,032 2 Loudoun $55,941 1 Prince William $54,166 4 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718192021222324252627282930 FY19 Strategic Plan Goals BA maintain 2 nd ranking or better - meet MA maintain 2 nd ranking or better - meet MA+10 rise to 3 rd ranking or better meet Average rise to 3 rd ranking or better- meet FY19 Estimate MA+10 Rank Alexandria $74,376 2 Arlington $77,093 1 Fairfax $68,384 4 Loudoun $69,221 3 Prince William $60,078 5 *Estimates based on FY17 to FY18 change. 15
Loudoun County School Board Budget Work Session Teacher Salaries Update December 12, 2017 16