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Teaching salary summary page for the state of Montana Salary range (2007 – 2008): $28,546 - $60,064 Average teacher salary (2005 – 2006): $38,485 Average beginning teacher salary (2005 – 2006): $24,032 Median household income (2006): $41,105 Median house price (Oct. 2007): $155,280 Per-Pupil Spending: $7,027 Cents spent on benefits for every dollar paid as salary: 27.6˘ Grade: Summary: Montana’s law provides that educators cannot serve as instructors in any of the state’s accredited school without a Montana educator license. Montana believes in the education’s policy impact to the state’s commitment to quality teaching, quality schools, and good student performance. MEA-MFT is set to work on making a difference on children’s lives by offering professional development programs to teachers. This will help improve the skills and knowledge of Montana’s teachers with their state of the art educational research and development program. They also offer new teacher assist web based guidebook to guide incoming teachers with educational tools and proven resources they can immediately used in their classrooms. Montana Teachers Continuing Education provides a list of information on continuing education sources for Montana teachers on the web. The aim is to lessen search and browsing time of teachers to look for comprehensive listing of teacher’s workshops and conferences. Montana is also looking up to leasing coal trucks for funding schools. Montana’s rural schools are rather demanding for the lease of coal tracts in southeastern Montana in an attempt to raise money for public school funding. Montana still practices home schooling which has been legal since 1895. Students were taught the basic literacy courses and other requirements made by the state in home schools. However participation for public schools sports is to be decided by the Montana High School Association. There are still other factors for reconsideration like allowing nonpublic students to attend classes or go back to public schools which is to be referred directly to the School Superintendent of the district the student or the parent is interested. Links: AFT teacher’s salaries in Montana Return to the Average Teacher Salary Main Page
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