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Teaching salary summary page for the state of Maryland Salary range (2007 – 2008): $36,500 - $74,134 Average teacher salary (2007 – 2008): $67,257 Average beginning teacher salary (2007 – 2008): $41,506 Median household income (Oct. 2007): $65,820 Median house price (Oct. 2007): $181,554 Per-Pupil Spending: $8,507 Cents spent on benefits for every dollar paid as salary: 31.2¢ Grade: Summary: Maryland was one of the three states among the sixteen state regions that were found to be making significant progress in improving principal’s training. The state successfully created school leadership standards rigorous enough for principals and university programs to meet. The framework colleges used to upgrade principal’s training were based on said standards. The initiative was made by the Maryland State Board of Education to encourage nevertheless requiring colleges and school districts to convene and agree on how to improve the state’s school leadership standards. School systems focus on continuing the progress made over the years. However critical shortage area on teachers and providing qualified individuals access to state scholarships is still a perennial problem. To attract more teachers, some school officials start to accept application through virtual job fairs on their school district’s website. Virtual job fair mimic their live counterparts hiring and recruitment process by accepting applications online, creating job listings, and doing interviews via videoconferencing. Maryland’s public schools rank as the third best system in the nation. Maryland is also now one of the wealthiest states as measured by their median household income. Maryland Teacher Technology Standards website serves as an online resource for all teachers of Maryland. The website was developed by Maryland PT3 Consortium for uniformity of standards related to the use of technology in the classroom. Videos were also provided for a clearer understanding of its best practices. The Maryland Teacher Professional Development Standard was established to improve schools in Maryland by helping teachers develop the knowledge and skills they need through rigorous training programs. The site includes teaching and learning instructional strategies, assessment methods, and toolkit resources designed for teacher’s comprehensive approach to improve student learning. MSDE established a number of initiatives to promote best practices and support school reforms which was very successful in actively engaging teachers to high quality learning opportunities resulting to producing students who excel. Links: AFT teacher’s salaries in Maryland Return to the Average Teacher Salary Main Page
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