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Teaching salary summary page for the state of Oklahoma Salary range (2007 – 2008): $31,600 - $47,135 Average teacher salary (2005 – 2006): $38,772 Average beginning teacher salary (2005 – 2006): $29,473 Median household income (2006): $38,838 Median house price (Aug. to Oct. 2006): $106,000 Per-Pupil Spending: $6,256 Cents spent on benefits for every dollar paid as salary: 25.1˘ Grade: Summary: Oklahoma constitution protects the right of the students to homeschool. Definitely students are allowed to avail of education in any means they found most convenient. Oklahoma practices a statewide student reporting system to determine student drop out rate on a yearly basis. This will serve to quantify educational system strength which will help design cost effective system improvement plans. Leveraging education reforms advantages and opportunities, Achieve Inc, mission was to raise standards and performance in Oklahoma schools. Achieve provides data that measures performance against those standards. This will result to establish clear accountability and provide sustained leadership to improve student performance. Achieve is the channel that made it possible for states to work together in the sole directive of improving teaching and learning. Accountability to the quality of education is seen as critical component of the future of the state. Pursuant to the responsibility of evaluating the current state of education, the Oklahoma Education Oversight Board was created to oversee public education services. Dramatic improvements could then be made from good compilation of facts and figures. Oklahoma’s program extends to support the adoption of statewide HIV policies. Oklahoma Department of Education provides training on the newly developed curriculum providing HIV prevention education including technical assistance to schools at higher risk for HIV infection. To supplement the effort, the state also developed a report conducting youth Risk Behavior Survey. The result of the survey is being used for strategic planning and policy development in Oklahoma. Links: AFT teacher’s salaries in Oklahoma Return to the Average Teacher Salary Main Page
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