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Teaching salary summary page for the state of Delaware Salary range (2005 – 2006): $31,978 - $54,646 Average teacher salary (2006-2007): $49,821 Average beginning teacher salary (2007-2008): $35,792 Median household income (Dec. 2007): $50,152 Median house price (Dec. 2007): $228,000 Per-Pupil Spending: $9,271 Cents spent on benefits for every dollar paid as salary: 34¢ Grade: Summary: Delaware teachers salaries are linked to students achievements. This is Department of Education’s attempt to reverse poor academic performance of high school students. CHEA quite overwhelmed Cape teachers with the new federal, state and local requirements. The program is designed to identify individual student needs. This will provide Delaware State Education Association accurate information to meet those needs and help students earn high scores on Delaware Student Testing Program exams known as DSTP. CHEA list of requirements and initiatives expect teachers to master curriculum maps and familiarize themselves with the new special education reforms and science cadre responsibilities. They are expected to formulate action plans, maintain their individual web pages, and aggressively respond to intervention. Teachers were required to implement and observed dynamic indicators of basic literacy skills and post student grades on the internet. Delaware is running a pilot test this year on new grade reporting system for second and third grade students in an attempt to improve student achievement and day-to-day school functioning. Delaware education support system has three domains of continuous improvements namely connections to learning, teaching and learning and leadership for learning. Each domain has subdomains and embedded concepts to help teachers carefully craft services that meet the particular needs of the school and school district. Meanwhile University of Delaware is offering professional development program intended to train secondary teachers and administrators on an ongoing basis. This program will help teachers in the Sussex and Kent Counties to develop more on the core areas of math, science, English and social studies. What’s drawing much attention these days are Delaware educator’s nutrition mission practically taking initiative for school food standards like Concord High School cafeteria serving soy, fresh fruits and vegetables on the menu daily while Delaware Military Academy charter school students monitors their heart rates and blood pressures themselves. These are some programs teachers were piloting across the state to encourage children to live a healthier life as response to severe overweight problems. Delaware teachers are taking it all from education pilot programs to nutrition campaigns! Everything is on test and they are greatly doing the service and the requirements in good heart. Links: AFT teacher’s salaries in Delaware Return to the Average Teacher Salary Main Page
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