The Public School System bared yesterday the compensation it currently offers its employees, with school administrators having the highest salary packages.<\/p>\n
Based on PSS data, 33 school administrators receive salaries that range from $40,000 to $60,000 per annum depending on their credentials. School administrators are principals and vice principals. They earn an average salary of $52,125.87. Of the current administrators, the years of experience range from 0 to 22 years with an average of 10 years in service.<\/p>\n
Classroom teachers come second on the pay scale. Based on its data, PSS currently employs 412 classroom teachers who earn between $30,767 and $47,001 per annum, depending on credentials. Their average salary is $39,018. The teaching years experience ranges from 0 to 23 years, with an average of six years.<\/p>\n
School counselors are paid on a similar scale. PSS currently has 21 who are paid between $30,976 and $47,001 per annum. The average salary of counselors is $35,933. The years of experience range from 0 to 12 years, at an average of five years.<\/p>\n
Related service providers have salaries that range from $29,906 to $47,001. There are 12 personnel classified as related service providers and earn an average of $44,281. Years of experience range from 0 to 17 years or an average of eight years.<\/p>\n
Non-certified personnel earn an average salary of $25,303 per annum. PSS has a total of 413 non-certified personnel.<\/p>\n
For instructors, their salaries range from $18,588 to $33,289 per annum. PSS employs 49 instructors for its Chamorro, Carolinian Language Heritage Studies, Career Technical Education, and Head Start programs. Many instructors earn an average of $22,188 and the years of experience range from 0 to 23 years.<\/p>\n
PSS has 19 campuses on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota. <\/p>\n
[B]Federal funds[\/B]<\/p>\n
Based on PSS data released yesterday through the system\u2019s newsletter Students First, a total of 268 teaching and support staff FTEs are being funded by federal funds.<\/p>\n
This fiscal year 2014, it was bared that PSS expects to receive $29.4 million in federal program funding, about a third of which funds the 268 FTEs. The rest are for program operations.<\/p>\n
Saipan Tribune learned that the 268 FTEs are funded by the following programs: 86 FTEs funded by the consolidated grant; 10 FTEs funded by the Nutrition Assistance Grant; 136 FTEs for the Special Education programs; 32 FTEs for the Head Start program funds; two FTEs for federal transit administration funds; and two FTEs for the Reading Mastery program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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