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Teaching salary summary page for the state of Washington Salary range (2007 – 2008): $32,746 - $61,720 Average teacher salary (2005 -2006): $45,724 Average beginning teacher salary (2005 – 2006): $30,159 Median household income (2006): $53,439 Median house price (2006): $168,300 Per-Pupil Spending: $6,894 Cents spent on benefits for every dollar paid as salary: 21.9¢ Grade: Summary: Washington State responded to the crisis of teachers’ shortages by creating WATeach. Washington Center for Teaching Careers is meant to recruit qualified individuals and serves as a one stop information and referral recruitment center offering advisor-assisted services to prospective teachers. Teacher quality and teaching credential matters in the state of Washington. It is most likely that a credentialed teacher is more effective in the classroom than the one who is not because skills were absolutely enhanced from the rigorous coursework one undergoes for certification process. It is a fact that drug used compromise the performance of students. ONDCP created a policy on random drug testing. Education officials are exploring the initiative and how to go through its implementation. Funding assistance is extended to schools by the federal government at implementation. Kent School District believes in the importance of preparing students for the challenges of higher education recognizing technology as a major component of that preparation. A detailed plan was developed to equip 7th to 12th grade students with laptop. The aim was to connect these students wirelessly through the internet to the school information system any place any time convenient for them. Flexibility to use the state of the art learning technologies in the classroom is seen to truly take advantage of the districts ambitious technology vision. Shoreline School District distributed Apple Mobile Learning Lab to grades 5 to 7. Math Tech pilot is a notebook program which aims to improve math instruction and comprehension. The impact is relatively clear on the teaching and learning progress. Strategy is fundamental to success. Echo Lake adopted peer coaching by pairing teachers who is still learning to integrate technology tools into the classroom with another colleague for a rock-solid support system. The idea is to enable both teachers to experiment, explore and discover other benefits they can gather out of the present system. The community sees technology and its role in enhancing classroom learning experience. Leadership are being developed and demonstrated in the use of technology. Links: AFT teacher’s salaries in Washington Return to the Average Teacher Salary Main Page
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