7th Annual salary survey: a look at compensation for six key positions.

7th Annual salary survey: a look at compensation for six key positions. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IT ISN'T is��n't?Contraction of is not.isn'tis notisn'tbe EASY BEING AN ADMINISTRATOR IN A public schooldistrict these days. Under pressure to meet the federal No Child LeftBehind standards and other public policy requirements while operatingunder tight budget constraints A Budget Constraint represents the combinations of goods and services that a consumer can purchase given current prices and his income. Consumer theory uses the concepts of a budget constraint and a preference ordering to analyze consumer choices. , you and your colleagues also face thedemands of satisfying various constituencies, including teachers,parents and the community, as well as getting along with your schoolboards. You are also paid, on average, salaries lower than ones you couldearn in private-sector positions. But many of you say that you enjoyother satisfactions of working in an educational environment, and evenif you could make more money elsewhere, you are comfortable stayingwhere you are, notwithstanding the challenges and frustrations of thejobs. "Nobody goes into one of these jobs because of the money. Thegood thing about education is that everybody is underpaid un��der��paid?v.Past tense and past participle of underpay.underpaidAdjectivenot paid as much as the job deservesunderpaidadj → equally. If itwasn't was��n't?Contraction of was not.wasn'twas notwasn'tbe fun and rewarding in other ways, I wouldn't would��n't?Contraction of would not.wouldn'twould notwouldn'twould doit," says Carlos Garcia Carlos Garcia can refer to: The former major league baseball player, see Carlos Garc��a. The Filipino poet and former President, see Carlos P. Garcia. The Argentine pop star Carlos Alberto Garc��a Moreno, see Charly Garc��a. , superintendent of the San Francisco San Francisco(săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden (Calif.) Unified School District A unified school district is a school district which includes both primary school (kindergarten through middle school or junior high) and high school (grades 9-12). In Illinois, these districts are called unit school districts. . "I have not met an administrator or teacher who is reallydoing this for the pay. Our reward is being able to affect the lives ofkids in a positive way," adds Marrius Pettiford, dean of counselingand student services at Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School Southeast Raleigh High School (SRMHS) is a high school in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. It opened in 1997 under the theme of math, science, and technology. Its mascot is the bulldog. The school was featured on MTV's High School Stories. in the WakeCounty (N.C.) Public School System. Salary Survey The latest edition of Salaries and Wages Paid Professional andSupport Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007 by Educational ResearchService (ERS ERS,n.pr See extended rotated side-bent. ), a nonprofit organization Nonprofit OrganizationAn association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well.Notes:Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. , reveals that salaries, notincluding bonuses and other perks perk?1?v. perked, perk��ing, perksv.intr.1. To stick up or jut out: dogs' ears that perk.2. To carry oneself in a lively and jaunty manner. , in 2006-2007 were up nearly 44percent over what they were 10 years earlier for superintendents, nearly45 percent for deputy/associate superintendents, 34.2 percent forinstructional services directors, 26.7 percent for librarians This is a list of people who have practised as a librarian and are well-known, either for their contributions to the library profession or primarily in some other field. and 23.3percent for counselors. Technology directors have seen salaries increaseon average about 12 percent from five years ago, in 2001-2002, when ERSstarted tracking those data. The survey, which has been done for thepast 34 years, includes data on 23 professional and 10 support positionsfrom 550 public school districts. You might use the data to help themput into context salary increases for their staff in a national orregional context, to assess the level of competitiveness when attractingother staff, and to review and compare their district's salaryschedules for administrators and teachers relative to other schooldistricts. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ERS survey also shows that salaries tend to be the lowest indistricts with the smallest enrollments. In general, as a school systemgets larger and more complex-and the number of staff supervised su��per��vise?tr.v. su��per��vised, su��per��vis��ing, su��per��vis��esTo have the charge and direction of; superintend.[Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin grows--the salaries paid employees in the central office also tend toincrease. However, the survey states that the relationship is more complexthan simply one of size and dollars. It suggests that the relativewealth of communities and the geographic region make a difference. Smalldistricts in more wealthy communities might pay higher salaries thanlarger districts in less wealthy areas. Suburban districts tend to paythe highest average salaries, while rural districts pay the lowest,according to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. the survey. The Far West, including California California(kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). and Nevada Nevada(nəvăd`ə, –vä–), far western state of the United States. It is bordered by Utah (E), Arizona (SE), California (SW, W), and Oregon and Idaho (N). ,and the Mid-East, including Delaware Delaware, state, United StatesDelaware(dĕl`əwâr, –wər), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island). and New York New York, state, United StatesNew York,Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , generally pay betterthan other parts of the nation. (See chart at the top of p. 27.) Administrators in different job categories say the relationshipbetween what they do and how much they are paid for it is even morecomplex than that, given the issues and pressures they face. "Resources always come up near the top of the list," saysPaul Paul,1901–64, king of the Hellenes (1947–64), brother and successor of George II. He married (1938) Princess Frederika of Brunswick. During Paul's reign Greece followed a pro-Western policy, and the Cyprus question was temporarily resolved. Houston Houston,city (1990 pop. 1,630,553), seat of Harris co., SE Tex., a deepwater port on the Houston Ship Channel; inc. 1837.EconomyThe fourth largest city in the nation and the largest in the entire South and Southwest, Houston is a port of entry; , executive director of American Association of SchoolAdministrators The American Association of School Administrators (AASA), founded in 1865, is the professional organization for more than 13,000 educational leaders across the United States. . "It's it's?1. Contraction of it is.2. Contraction of it has. See Usage Note at its.it'sit is or it hasit'sbe ~have about all the expectations placed uponschool administrators and their inability to respond to them because ofinsufficient resources. Schools have increasingly been asked to respondto all kinds of societal so��ci��e��tal?adj.Of or relating to the structure, organization, or functioning of society.so��cie��tal��ly adv.Adj. pressures." He cites concerns about obese o��beseadj.Extremely fat; very overweight.obesecharacterized by obesity.obeseadjective Characterized by obesity, see there; excessively fat children as an example. "It usedto be that you served the kids lunch and that was all you had to worryabout. Now it's the quality of the lunch and the types of snacksyou offer. Schools have to worry about nutritional issues in ways theynever did before," Houston says. Salary issues have an impact at many levels of a public schoolsystem. As Nancy AS Nancy-Lorraine is a French football club, based in Nancy. The team was founded in 1967 as a successor of the defunct FC Nancy, which collapsed in 1965.It was promoted to Ligue 1 for the 2005-06 season. Michel Platini played for the club between 1973 and 1979. Protheroe, ERS's director of special researchprojects points out, concerns about the number of buildingadministrators eligible to retire in the next few years, and about whowill replace them, have focused attention on both the salaries andworking conditions of principals and assistant principals. As many superintendents see it, it is often difficult to attractquality candidates for principals because of the "imbalance imbalance/im��bal��ance/ (im-bal��ans)1. lack of balance, such as between two opposing muscles or between electrolytes in the body.2. dysequilibrium (2). "between the work their jobs require, typically including evening andweekend hours, and the salaries that are paid, says Protheroe, citingthe national survey of salaries and wages in public schools. Thedifference between the salaries of an experienced teacher--the pool towhich many school district leaders look for potential principalcandidates--and a relatively new principal is "fairly small,"and "basically nonexistent non��ex��is��tence?n.1. The condition of not existing.2. Something that does not exist.non " for assistant principals. And suchlittle compensation tends to discourage teachers from becomingprincipals and assuming the often heavier workloads that come with thejob. SUPERINTENDENTS The ERS survey reveals that the means of average salaries forsuperintendents range from $107,943 for those in the smallest districtsto $204,766 for those in the largest. Houston says one reasonsuperintendent salaries "have done fairly well" is that themarket for qualified superintendents has tightened, "so boards haveto pay higher salaries to attract and keep people." Whatever they are paid, superintendents earn it, given the issuesand pressures they face, according to AASA's Center for SystemLeadership. In a mid-decade study, The State of the American American,river, 30 mi (48 km) long, rising in N central Calif. in the Sierra Nevada and flowing SW into the Sacramento River at Sacramento. The discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill (see Sutter, John Augustus) along the river in 1848 led to the California gold rush of SchoolSuperintendency Su`per`in`tend´en`cyn. 1. The act of superintending; superintendence. , it cites rising stress levels--the highest in anyprevious AASA AASA American Association of School AdministratorsAASA Asian American Student AssociationAASA Association of Academies of Sciences in AsiaAASA Aging and Adult Services AdministrationAASA Administrative Assistant to the Secretary of the Army study. Much of it comes from NCLB NCLB No Child Left Behind (US education initiative), "inarguably, the most contentiouseducational issue today," according to AASA. Its multifaceted mul��ti��fac��et��ed?adj.Having many facets or aspects. See Synonyms at versatile.Adj. 1. multifaceted - having many aspects; "a many-sided subject"; "a multifaceted undertaking"; "multifarious interests"; "the multifarious arrayof mandates creates "immense problems in leadership andmanagement" for superintendents as districts reallocate Verb 1. reallocate - allocate, distribute, or apportion anew; "Congressional seats are reapportioned on the basis of census data"reapportionallocate, apportion - distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of funds, dropsome programs and start new ones, and in general, create "newschool environments" to comply with the law, AASA reports."The confusion, unhappiness, and natural suspicions about 'bigbrother' telling the district what to do have created difficultmorale problems for many superintendents," AASA declares. Key Professional Issues Teaching English Language English language,member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. Learners is another significant issue inmany districts. In the Los Angeles Unified School District The Los Angeles Unified School District (the "LAUSD") is the largest (in terms of number of students) public school system in California and the second-largest in the United States. Only the New York City Department of Education has a larger student population. , thesecond-largest district in the nation, there are 250,000 ELL students,enough to comprise the sixth-largest school district in the country ifthey were counted that way, says LAUSD LAUSD Los Angeles Unified School District (Los Angeles, CA)Superintendent David L. BrewerIII David L. Brewer III (born May 19, 1946, in Florida) and attended elementary and secondary schools in Orlando, Florida. He is the son of David L. Brewer, Jr., and Mildred S. Brewer, retired educators in the Orlando area. . However, he continues, 78 percent of them are not immigrants butAmerican-born--mostly Latino and African-American students who grew upspeaking English 1. English - (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite programming language is in their homes, but not what Brewer calls"standard English Stan��dard English?n.The variety of English that is generally acknowledged as the model for the speech and writing of educated speakers.Usage Note: People who invoke the term Standard English ," with proper vocabulary and grammar."We have a tremendous problem there," says Brewer, who isplanning a district conference in December "to make sure we havethe right pedagogy and curriculum and instructional strategies to dealwith these students. I don't see that right now in thedistrict." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Language issues in some districts take perplexing per��plex?tr.v. per��plexed, per��plex��ing, per��plex��es1. To confuse or trouble with uncertainty or doubt. See Synonyms at puzzle.2. To make confusedly intricate; complicate. twists. Houstoncites a federal requirement that if a district contains significantpopulations of non-English speakers, teachers or administrators mustsend materials to students' homes in their native language. In parts of the upper Midwest The Upper Midwest is a region of the United States with no universally agreed-upon boundary, but it almost always lies within the US Census Bureau's definition of the Midwest and includes the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as at least the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. , he says, there are populations ofHmong, originally from China and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia,region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. . But their writtenlanguage is relatively new and although they can speak it, most cannotread it. "So the schools are going through all this effort andexpense to print everything and send it home to people who can'tread the language. This is the kind of stuff that drives superintendentscrazy," Houston says. Stresses like that notwithstanding, most superintendents believethey are paid fairly, Houston says. "There are bigger issues thancompensation," he says. As a group, superintendents are satisfiedwith their choice of a profession and would do it over again if giventhe choice, according to the AASA survey. Arrangements that school boards make to hire and paysuperintendents sometimes take strange turns. According to TheRecord-Review in Bedford, N.Y., a recently favored superintendentcandidate of the Katonah-Lewisboro (N.Y.) School District turned downthe position because of "negativity" expressed by thecommunity. The candidate, who was superintendent in a New Jerseydistrict, had read accounts of "personal attacks againstindividuals" in Katonah-Lewisboro, and thus, didn't take thejob and stayed in his old job, the newspaper reported. In Atlanta, published reports reveal that the Atlanta PublicSchools Atlanta Public Schools is a school district based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. APS is run by the Atlanta Board of Education with superintendent Dr. Beverly L. Hall. Currently, the system has an active enrollment of 57,000 students, attending a total of 85 schools: 59 elementary Board of Education gave Superintendent Beverly L. Hall a $66,000bonus this year on top of her salary of $260,000 for meeting the schoolsystem's annual performance goals. The board agreed to provideannual bonuses when Hall was hired in 1999, and she has collected nearly$329,000 above her annual pay since then, reports say. But a similar arrangement did not work when the Arlington (Mass.)Public Schools hired Nate Levenson as superintendent in 2005. He had hiscontract written to pay him more if he met certain district goals andpay him less if he did not. "I thought that would be a strong andpositive statement about my commitment to accountability," Levensonsays, and the school committee that hired him took comfort in it. However, it turned out to be "a bad idea," Levenson says,and he had it removed from his contract. "It was one of thoseculture clashes Culture Clash is the name of: The United States performance troupe Culture Clash The British band Culture Clash which plays Harare Jit music ," he explains. "It would have sent a goodmessage in a private sector setting, but it did not send the intendedmessage in a public school setting. During tight budget times, when youare unable to keep all the staff that you want and pay teachers as muchas you want, a performance raise for a superintendent is going to bevery challenging politically. It became a lightning rod lightning rod,a rod made of materials, especially metals, that are good conductors of electricity, which is mounted on top of a building or other structure and attached to the ground by a cable. of controversyrather than a motivator." Levenson says his salary is roughly$150,000, above the mean of average salaries. INSTRUCTIONAL AND CURRICULUM DIRECTORS The role of a curriculum resource teacher or administrator hasbecome more sophisticated and time demanding, says Tim Laughlin, mathand science curriculum resource teacher in Whisconier Middle School inthe Brookfield (Conn.) Public Schools. "We align align (līn),v to move the teeth into their proper positions to conform to the line of occlusion. the curriculum tostate frameworks and district goals, we help teachers with theirinstructional strategies, and we oversee that they are following thecurriculum," he explains. According to the survey, managers of curriculum or instructionalservices earned a mean of average salary of $95,025 in 2006-2007. With27 years of classroom teaching experience himself, Laughlin says hisbase salary is $82,000. Much of Laughlin's work involves devising effective solutionsto improve student learning outcomes. Laughlin says he is aware ofpressure to help his school meet NCLB goals. "That's part ofmy job, absolutely. NCLB impacts every school, because if you fallbehind its guidelines guidelines,n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. , then you become a failing school," hedeclares. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To ensure that doesn't happen, Laughlin says, "we madesome changes in our curriculum; we raised the bar a little bit." Heexplains that Whisconier started a math lab last year to help studentsin grades 5 through 8 who were lagging LaggingStrategy used by a firm to stall payments, normally in response to exchange rate projections. in their classroom work to gainthe algebra algebra,branch of mathematics concerned with operations on sets of numbers or other elements that are often represented by symbols. Algebra is a generalization of arithmetic and gains much of its power from dealing symbolically with elements and operations (such as skills they need. In the morning, the lab teacher works withstudents who have scored below goal on the state mastery test in math.In the afternoon, math teachers send students to the lab who need extrahelp on classroom topics. Laughlin says his responsibilities were to "design, run andtroubleshoot To find out why something does not work and to fix the problem. Troubleshooting a computer often requires determining whether the problem is due to malfunctioning hardware or buggy or out-of-date software. See debug. " a facility that could serve as many students aspossible. Last year, it served 668 of the school's 1,000 students,and subsequent improvements on test scores showed that "we had avery successful year," Laughlin reports. FINANCE/BUSINESS OFFICERS It used to be that school district finance/ business officersworked quietly in smoke-filled back rooms, "counting beans See JavaBeans. andcrunching numbers," says John D. Musso, executive director of theAssociation of School Business Officials International. They also wereknown as the "no" people who frequently told other districtofficials, "You can't do this, we don't have enoughmoney," he adds. Those days have passed in more ways than one. Anti-smoking lawshave ruled out smoke-filled rooms. Business officers have moved from theback of the line to the front of district administrations, often servingon superintendents' cabinets. And instead of saying no, theirresponse now is more likely, "We don't have the money butlet's see Let's See was a Canadian television series broadcast on CBC Television between September 6, 1952 to July 4, 1953. The segment, which had a running time of 15 minutes, was a puppet show with a character named Uncle Chichimus (voice of John Conway), which presented each how we can work it out," Musso adds. Business officers work under the same stresses as otheradministrators but feel some of them a lot more, such as feeling theneed to make instructional programs work effectively under tight budgetconstraints. "Business officials are always under pressure on theissue of adequate funding," he says. That is why many of them are becoming more involved in theinstructional process, working with other administrators to try to makeprograms work even if adequate funding is not there. "Youcan't really manage a budget if you don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. what'shappening on the instructional side. You have to know firsthand first��hand?adj.Received from the original source: firsthand information.first what's going on What's Going On is a record by American soul singer Marvin Gaye. Released on May 21, 1971 (see 1971 in music), What's Going On reflected the beginning of a new trend in soul music. ," Musso says. He cites staffing issues. Instead of making "arbitrary andcapricious capriciousadv., adj. unpredictable and subject to whim, often used to refer to judges and judicial decisions which do not follow the law, logic or proper trial procedure. A semi-polite way of saying a judge is inconsistent or erratic. " staffing cuts in district budgets, school businessofficials now try to understand what cutting staff actually means inclassrooms, he says. There is a partnership between the business or financial side andthe instructional side of district operations, he says. But that has a"bittersweet bittersweet,name for two unrelated plants, belonging to different families, both fall-fruiting woody vines sometimes cultivated for their decorative scarlet berries. " element, Musso adds, because once businessofficers get involved on the instructional side, they take ownership ofsome of it. "They know what changes in the classroom mean in termsof student achievement, and that puts a lot more pressure on thebusiness people," he explains. According to the ERS survey, annual salaries for finance/businessofficers are roughly $92,000, up from about $66,000 ten years ago. As with other categories of administrators, "any schoolbusiness person could probably go to the corporate sector and get a lotmore money," Musso says. "I don't think there'sanybody who wouldn't want to make more money, and most people knowthat if you work for a school system you're not going to becomerich." Some school business officers are in second careers. Others stay onbecause "they want to make a difference; that's theirpassion," says Musso. "It comes down to choices and what theywant to do with their lives." TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS With all the nation's schools connected to the Internet InternetPublicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the andwith a growing need for data-driven decision making, technologydirectors play a vital role in district administration. "It is anincredibly important position," says Susan Patrick, president andCEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of the North American North Americannamed after North America.North American blastomycosissee North American blastomycosis.North American cattle ticksee boophilusannulatus. Council for Online Learning. Most large districts have a full-time technology director, but inmost small districts it is a part-time job for someone, even a teacher,who also has other responsibilities. "Lots of districts are eithershort-staffed or not staffed at all in the position," Patrick says. According to the ERS survey, technology-directors are paid anaverage salary of $81,809. As with other administrative pay levels,compensation is tied closely to the district's enrollment, withmean of average salaries ranging from $58,904 in the smallest districtsto $106,225 in large ones. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whatever the level, Patrick suggests it might not be enough tosupport districts' increasingly complex technology requirements."People who are well-skilled in technology have lots of jobopportunities open to them, both inside and outside education,"Patrick says. "It is a very competitive field. School systemleaders need to evaluate whether they are paying their technologydirectors enough, and make sure they have adequate full-time staffing tomeet their needs." As full-time supervisor of instructional technology There are two types of instructional technology: those with a systems approach, and those focusing on sensory technologies.The definition of instructional technology prepared by the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Definitions and Terminology and Webmaster A person responsible for the implementation of a Web site. Webmasters must be proficient in HTML as well as one or more scripting and interface languages such as JavaScript and Perl. They may also have experience with more than one type of Web server. See Web administrator and Webmistress. in the Goochland County (Va.) Public Schools, with 2,300 students, JohnG. Hendron is the kind of administrator Patrick is talking about. He hasspearheaded technological innovations in his small district, includingone of the first K12/schoolbased podcasts in the United States United States,officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Allteachers have laptops and are required to maintain a blog blog,short for web log, an online, regularly updated journal or newsletter that is readily accessible to the general public by virtue of being posted on a website. . "Our blogging Writing Weblogs. See blog. system makes it easy to publish podcasts,"says Hendron, a former high school teacher. "We try to be on thecutting edge with technology, and we are traditionally looked at as atrailblazer. It's fun to be in that position. Also, our businesshere is to educate students, which is a lot of fun for me." "I enjoy working with teachers and opening doors for them,particularly the ones who are really excited about technology," hesays. "You know you're making a difference in people'slives. That's the real draw here." That's why it's comfortable to remain where he is"for right now," Hendron continues. "I get discouraged dis��cour��age?tr.v. dis��cour��aged, dis��cour��ag��ing, dis��cour��ag��es1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.2. To hamper by discouraging; deter.3. when teachers tell me I can make so much more money doing this in thebusiness world. It's a lot of fun to learn, and in many corporateenvironments there's not always an opportunity to learn." GUIDANCE COUNSELORS guidance counselorChild psychology A school worker trained to screen, evaluate and advise students on career and academic matters It used to be that counselors "just sort of sat in theiroffices and waited for kids to come in and talk to them," saysMarrius Pettiford in Wake County, N.C. That's still part of theirjob, but now there is much more, says Pettiford, who also is southernregional vice president of the American School Counselor A school counselor is a counselor and educator who works in schools, and have historically been referred to as "guidance counselors" or "educational counselors," although "Professional School Counselor" is now the preferred term. Association. The ERS survey shows that the mean of average salaries ofcounselors in 20062007 was $55,930. Pettiford, who has been a schoolcounselor for 16 years, says his salary is "in the $50srange." School counseling now is data driven, Pettiford explains. Withother administrators and teachers, counselors constantly review data onstudents "to see where we can have the most impact," whichmeans looking at the personal and social issues kids are bringing toschool, he says. Then counselors develop ways to address those issuesthrough anger management, suicide intervention Suicide intervention or suicide crisis intervention is direct effort to stop or prevent persons attempting or contemplating suicide from killing themselves. Current medical advice concerning people who are attempting or seriously considering suicide is that they should and other programs, hesays. When students are having difficulties transitioning from middleschool to high school and are failing several courses, concernedteachers and staff alert Pettiford, and he works with them to smooth thetransition. Among other steps, Pettiford explains, "we ask teachersto let us know as soon as they see kids having academic issues. Then webring in those kids and their parents and sit down and talk with themabout the differences between middle school and high school and theimportance of study, time management, all of that." As in most public high schools, his job as counselor includesworking with students on postsecondary opportunities, including applyingfor college. He says respect for a school counselor's job has improvedduring his time in the field, "because people are getting a bettersense of what counseling is supposed to be about." Still, Pettifordacknowledges, "there have been trends" to cut counselingpositions in states or districts that do not require school counselingpositions in the first place. LIBRARY/MEDIA SPECIALISTS With a mean of average salary of $54,881 in 2006-2007, according tothe ERS survey, library/media specialists are among the lowest-paid ofwhat ERS calls "auxiliary auxiliaryIn grammar, a verb that is subordinate to the main lexical verb in a clause. Auxiliaries can convey distinctions of tense, aspect, mood, person, and number. professional personnel," just belowcounselors but above school nurses. They also are among the first to becut when districts have to save money. "It is a position that isnot seen as absolutely necessary even though we fill a lot of roles thatcan't easily be picked up by someone else," says SuellynStotts, media specialist at Grizzell Middle School in the Dublin (Ohio)City Schools and past president of the Ohio Educational Library MediaAssociation. In 39 school districts in Ohio Here is a list of school districts in the U.S. state of Ohio, sorted by county and name of school district:AAdams County *Adams County/Ohio Valley School District, West Union *Manchester Local School District, Manchester , there are no librarians."I know we're not the only state that is having majorproblems," says Stotts. One reason, she believes, is that children learn how to usecomputers and the Internet at an early age, so "the general publicthinks they can do on their own" what librarians used to help themdo to find information. "Actually, they get on the Internet andflounder flounder:see flatfish. flounderAny of about 300 species of flatfishes (order Pleuronectiformes). When born, the flounder is bilaterally symmetrical, with an eye on each side, and it swims near the sea's surface. around. They can't find the information they need.Teachers all over the country say the same thing," Stotts asserts. According to the New Literacies Research Team at the University ofConnecticut The University of Connecticut is the State of Connecticut's land-grant university. It was founded in 1881 and serves more than 27,000 students on its six campuses, including more than 9,000 graduate students in multiple programs.UConn's main campus is in Storrs, Connecticut. , it is key that students know how to navigate (1) "Surfing the Web." To move from page to page on the Web.(2) To move through the menu structure in a software application. the Internetproperly and efficiently and make sense of the information they find.And they should be learning about such information literacy Several conceptions and definitions of information literacy have become prevalent. For example, one conception defines information literacy in terms of a set of competencies that an informed citizen of an information society ought to possess to participate intelligently and , or the newliteracies, in school, researchers say. "I think library/media specialists are more important thanthey have ever been," Stotts says. With 23 years of experience inher specialty, Stotts is paid about $70,000. She says she works 10 hoursa day at school, then spends nights at home reading books from thelibrary and exploring the Internet so she can better assist students andteachers. "I am trying to do everything I can to make myselfindispensable so they don't eliminate me," she says. Her workload The term workload can refer to a number of different yet related entities. An amount of laborWhile a precise definition of a workload is elusive, a commonly accepted definition is the hypothetical relationship between a group or individual human operator and task demands. notwithstanding, Stotts has fun. With every class, anew group of kids, problems and questions come. "The library is abustling bus��tle?1?intr. & tr.v. bus��tled, bus��tling, bus��tlesTo move or cause to move energetically and busily.n.Excited and often noisy activity; a stir. place, and I find that absolutely exhilarating ex��hil��a��rat��ing?adj.Causing exhilaration; invigorating.ex��hila��rat ," shedeclares. Bottom Line Amid the issues and stresses that impact their jobs--even beyondNCLB, parental pressures and larger numbers of students learningEnglish--administrators say that trends to cut people and programsbecause of budgetary pressures underscore The underscore character (_) is often used to make file, field and variable names more readable when blank spaces are not allowed. For example, NOVEL_1A.DOC, FIRST_NAME and Start_Routine. (character) underscore - _, ASCII 95. their concerns. In the end, the job of educating students to proficiency pro��fi��cien��cy?n. pl. pro��fi��cien��ciesThe state or quality of being proficient; competence.Noun 1. proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence , which isexpected by the federal government to be in 2014, and beyond getsharder. As Garcia puts it, "The biggest issue is that youdon't have the resources to do the job as effectively as you shouldbe doing it." Alan Dessoff is a freelance writer based in Maryland Maryland(mâr`ələnd), one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States. It is bounded by Delaware and the Atlantic Ocean (E), the District of Columbia (S), Virginia and West Virginia (S, W), and Pennsylvania (N). . NONTRADITIONAL SUPERINTENDENTS [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] MANY DISTRICT SUPERINTENDENTS District Superintendent may be: District Superintendent (United Methodist Church) A rank in the London Metropolitan Police in use from 1869 to 1886, when it was renamed Chief Constable AND OTHER ADMINISTRATORS HAVE LITTLEIF ANY direct experience in education. Up to 20 percent ofsuperintendents in large cities at any one time are"nontraditional," according to Michael Casserly, executivedirector of the Council of the Great City Schools. He cites superintendents or chancellors in New York, Washington,Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Denver and Baltimore Baltimore,city (1990 pop. 736,014), N central Md., surrounded by but politically independent of Baltimore co., on the Patapsco River estuary, an arm of Chesapeake Bay; inc. 1745. , among other big cities. There is a misperception mis��per��ceive?tr.v. mis��per��ceived, mis��per��ceiv��ing, mis��per��ceivesTo perceive incorrectly; misunderstand.mis , Casserly says, that nontraditionalsuperintendents "take enormous cuts from their high-falutin'salaries in the private sector." Actually, he says, while some comefrom the corporate world, most do not. Instead, they have backgrounds innon profit organizations, municipal governments, the military, or othersectors, often as lawyers. He points to Alan Bersin Alan Bersin is a former Secretary of Education for California, as well as a former superintendent of San Diego City Schools, past federal assistant district attorney for the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, and former Attorney General’s , a former superintendent of the San Diego San Diego(săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. (Calif.) Unified School District, who was U.S. attorney in San Diego,and Joel Klein Joel I. Klein is Chancellor of the New York City Department of Education, the largest public school system in the United States with over 1.1 million students in over 1,420 schools. , chancellor of the New York City New York City:see New York, city. New York CityCity (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. schools, who waschairman and CE0 of Bertelsmann, Inc., and an assistant U.S. attorneygeneral before that. David L. Brewer III, hired last year as superintendent of the LosAngeles Unified School District, served 35 years in the U.S. Navy."I could have remained retired and enjoyed a very relaxedlife," says Brewer, a retired vice admiral ADMIRAL, officer. In some countries is the commander in chief of the naval forces. This office does not exist in the United States. . Then an executivesearch firm seeking candidates for the position called him. Although hehad no public education experience, Brewer had been responsible in theNavy for educating and training more than 300,000 sailors SAILORS. Seamen, mariners. Vide Mariners; Seamen; Shipping Articles. every year,mostly high school graduates, "so I had a bird's-eye view bird's-eye viewNoun1. a view seen from above2. a general or overall impression of somethingbird's-eye viewn → vista de p��jaro ofwhat was going on in America's high schools," he says. He wasalso familiar with educational issues, given that family members hadbeen educators. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] His Navy leadership and management experience help him in LAUSD."I'm used to dealing with large and tight budgets," hesays. "Like any job, it takes about a year to adjust to it and thenyou expect to start seeing results. You will start seeing results herenext year." Brewer is paid $300,000 annually. He also receives a $3,000 monthlyhousing allowance and has a $45,000 annual expense account. FROM BUSINESS TO PUBLIC EDUCATION Nate Levenson, who left his family business to becomesuperintendent of the Arlington (Mass.) Public Schools, was not entirelyunfamiliar with school district operations. He served six years on theboard of education in Boxford, Mass., and also was a part-time (two daysa week) assistant superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. in the Harvard (Mass.) Public Schools.Levenson says he brought valuable experience from the private sectorthat helps him deal with the stresses of accountability issues likethose of NCLB. "The private sector is a high-accountability world.I take those kinds of issues in stride Adv. 1. in stride - without losing equilibrium; "she took all his criticism in stride"in good spirits ," he says. Still, he faced a "steep learning curve." It was a matterof "finding the right balance" between how quickly he couldimplement changes in the district and how important it was to maintainthe status quo [Latin, The existing state of things at any given date.] Status quo ante bellum means the state of things before the war. The status quo to be preserved by a preliminary injunction is the last actual, peaceable, uncontested status which preceded the pending controversy. so as not to upset his constituents. "It was not aseasy as it might be for somebody who has spent their entire career inpublic education," he says. Nontraditional superintendents generally seem to be paid on thesame level as those with education backgrounds, stay in their jobs thesame length of time, and develop the same mixed track records astraditional superintendents, Casserly says. He adds that it appears thatschool boards--at least in large cities--remain receptive receptive/re��cep��tive/ (re-cep��tiv) capable of receiving or of responding to a stimulus. to consideringcandidates from all fields. "THIS JOB IS A PAY CUT" [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] CARLOS GARCIA, SUPERINTENDENT OF the San Francisco (Calif.) UnifiedSchool District, returned to what he loved. After previous positions as superintendent in Fresno, Calif., andClark County Clark County is the name of twelve counties in the United States of America: Clark County, Arkansas Clark County, Idaho Clark County, Illinois Clark County, Indiana Clark County, Kansas Clark County, Kentucky Clark County, Missouri , Nev., he detoured to the corporate sector as vicepresident of urban markets for McGraw-Hill. But when the San Francisco job beckoned, Garcia was interested. Asa onetime principal in the district, he knew the system. "Being asuperintendent is like a hobby A hobby is a spare-time recreational pursuit. Origin of termA hobby-horse was a wooden or wickerwork toy made to be ridden just like the real hobby. From this came the expression "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, to me," he says. Still, he wanted to be satisfied that he and the San FranciscoBoard of Education could get along. "They weren't working as ateam and even kind of liked it that way," he recalls of the boardmembers. "I told them, 'Look, I have a really great-payingjob, and for me to take this job is a pay cut. I'm coming herebecause I think I can help you do what you want to do. I don'tnecessarily need the job.'" The board hired him last summer. "Establishing trust is probably the most fundamental thing asuperintendent and board have to do," he says. "If youdon't trust each other, you shouldn't be working with eachother. Boards all think you work for them. I always tell them rightupfront that my job is to work for the kids, not the adults." Garcia's salary is $255,000, which he describes as a"very significant" pay cut from his former job in the privatesector. Garcia says the biggest issue he faces is inadequate funding to dothe job. "Basically, I think America is too cheap to fund itschildren," Garcia says. "We know what works," he says."The problem is that we don't have the resources to implementthe things we know work. That's by far my number onefrustration." RESOURCES ArtsiteNet www.artsitenet.com Artsonia www.artsonia.com Bellevue School District Bellevue School District No. 405 is a public school district in King County, Washington, USA and serves the communities of Bellevue, Clyde Hill, Medina, Hunts Point, Yarrow Point, Beaux Arts Village, and portions of Renton, Newcastle, Issaquah, Kirkland and Redmond. www.bsd405.org Crayola www.crayola.com Hoover City Schools www2.hoover.k12.al.us Indianapolis Museum of Art The Indianapolis Museum of Art is an art museum in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. HistoryThe Indianapolis Museum of Art is among the largest and oldest general art museums in the United States. www.mamuseum.org The Metropolitan Museum of Art www.metmuseum.org The National Art Education Association www.naea-reston.org The National Gallery of Art www.nga.gov Ontario Public School District www.ontario.k12.or.us San Diego Unified School District www.sandi.netGIVE ME THE MONEYMean of Average SalariesAverage salaries have been rising steadily, but deputy and associatesuperintendents have-seen the greatest percentage increase since2001-2002. 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05Superintendents $121,794 $126,268 $125,609 $128,770Deputy/Associate $107,458 $112,104 $113,790 $116,186SuperintendentsAssistant $96,627 $98,623 $100,808 $103,212SuperintendentsDirectors/Supervisors $82,418 $84,640 $84,866 $88,950of Instructional ServicesDirectors/Supervisors $80,132 $81,451 $82,269 $83,678of Finance/ BusinessDirectors/Supervisors $729,620 $73,931 $76,139 $76,308of TechnologyGuidanceCounselors $50,022 $51,706 $52,303 $52,500Library/MediaSpecialists $48,741 $49,611 $50,403 $50,720 2005-06 2006-07 % changeSuperintendents $134,436 $141,191 15.9%Deputy/Associate $122,078 $128,307 19.4%SuperintendentsAssistant $106,492 $111,963 15.9%SuperintendentsDirectors/Supervisors $91,094 $95,025 15.3%of Instructional ServicesDirectors/Supervisors $86,390 $91,718 14.5%of Finance/ BusinessDirectors/Supervisors $78,249 $81,809 12.1%of TechnologyGuidanceCounselors $53,744 $55,930 11.8%Library/MediaSpecialists $53,331 $54,881 12.6%Data reflect the mean of average salaries paid by public schoolsystems in Educational Research Service's 34th national survey ofsalaries and wages in public schools. "Salaries and Wages PaidProfessional and Support Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007."Copyright [c] by Educational Research Service. All rights reserved.Used with permission.LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATIONRegional Salary DifferencesGenerally, mean of average salaries for 2006-2007 show that Mid-Eastand Far pay better than districts in other regions. New England Mid-East SoutheastSuperintendents $148,398 $151,163 $144,461Deputy/AssociateSuperintendents N/A * $154,344 $119,176AssistantSuperintendents $108,427 $119,617 $104,685Directors/ Supervisorsof Instructional Services $104,815 $101,354 $89,290Directors/Supervisorsof Finance/Business $94,166 $102,628 $87,043Directors /Supervisorsof Technology $84,898 $86,831 $79,710GuidanceCounselors $58,696 $63,007 $51,130Library/MediaSpecialists $58,467 $63,007 $50,156 Great Lakes Plains SouthwestSuperintendents $130,463 $131,935 $139,571Deputy/AssociateSuperintendents $125,526 $131,552 $111,867AssistantSuperintendents $109,980 $110,927 $100,317Directors/ Supervisorsof Instructional Services $98,697 $86,168 $85,690Directors/Supervisorsof Finance/Business $88,921 $88,871 $87,364Directors /Supervisorsof Technology $80,232 $78,309 $78,309GuidanceCounselors $59,235 $49,008 $50,851Library/MediaSpecialists $58,954 $49,598 $49,598 Rocky Mtns Far WestSuperintendents $113,851 $156,354Deputy/AssociateSuperintendents $121,848 $145,003AssistantSuperintendents $107,953 $124,606Directors/ Supervisorsof Instructional Services $86,942 $108,326Directors/Supervisorsof Finance/Business $80,817 $99,418Directors /Supervisorsof Technology $73,185 $91,410GuidanceCounselors $51,105 $63,699Library/MediaSpecialists $47,892 $63,219New England: CT, ME, MA, N H, RI, VT; Mid-East., DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA;Southeast: AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV; Greatlakes:IL, IN, MI, OH, WI; Plains: IA, KS, M N, MO, NE, NO, SO; Southwest:AZ, NM, OK, TX; RockyMountains: CO, ID, MT, UT, WY; Far West:AK, CA, HI, NV, OR, WA. * Insufficient data reported.Data reflect the mean of average salaries paid hypnotic school systemsin Educational Research Service's 34th national survey of salariesand wages in public schools. "Salaries and Wages Paid Professionaland Support Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007." Copyright [c]by Educational Research Service. All rights reserved. Used withpermission.SUPERINTENDENTSGenerally, the more students in a district, the higher the pay forsuperintendents, but per-pupil expenditures don't always correlatewith salaries. On average, urban superintendents tend to be thehighest paid. This chart shows the mean of average salaries andthe daily rates for each. SALARIES BY ENROLLMENT 25,000 or more 10,000 to 24,999Mean of average $204,766 $160,505 salariesMean of average $853.07 $671.99 daily rates 2500 to 9,999 300 to 2,499Mean of average $138,497 $107,943 salariesMean of average $582.37 $449.40 daily rates SALARIES BY PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE LEVELS $10,000 or more $9,000 to $9,999Mean of average $149,788 $132,555 salariesMean of average $618.73 $552.92 daily rates $8,000 to $8,999 $7,000 to $7,999Mean of average $136,528 $141,947 salariesMean of average $574.61 $605.03 daily rates Less than $7,000Mean of average $136,432 salariesMean of average $570.61 daily ratesSALARIES BY COMMUNITY TYPE Large urban Medium urban Suburban Small townMean of average $202,969 $169,034 $159,109 $117,306 salariesMean of average $856.82 $709.33 $667.52 $490.91 daily rates RuralMean of average $94,179 salariesMean of average $386.55 daily ratesLarge urban: metropolitan area with a population greater than 400,000;medium urban: metropolitan area with a population less than 400,00;suburban: residential area or community outlying a city; small town:population center not within a metropolitan area; rural: farming oragricultural area with lessthan 2,500 people.Data reflect the mean of average salaries paid by public school systemsin Educational Research Service's 34th national survey of salaries andwages in public schools. "Salaries and Wages Paid Professional andSupport Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007." Copyright [c] byEducational Research Service. All rights reserved. Used withpermission.DIRECTORS/SUPERVISORS OFINSTRUCTIONAL SERVICESInstructional services directors in schools are paid better inschools with larger enrollments, but per-pupil expendituresdon't necessarily mean bigger paychecks. On average, suburbs payslightly better than medium-size urban areas, though not as muchas urban areas. SALARIES BY ENROLLMENT 25,000 or more 10,000 to 24,999 2,500 to 9,999Mean of average $108,617 $101,962 $90,909 salariesMean of average $454.75 $430.66 $387.58 daily rates 300 to 2,499Mean of average $79,974 salariesMean of average $351.73 daily rates SALARIES BY PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE LEVELS $10,000 or more $9,000 to $9,999 $8,000 to $8,999Mean of average $101,543 $92,803 $94,607 salariesMean of average $427.79 $393.33 $403.97 daily rates $7,000 to $7,999 Less than $7,000Mean of average $91,262 $90,092 salariesMean of average $395.34 $384.73 daily rates SALARIES BY COMMUNITY TYPE Large urban Medium urban Suburban Small townMean of average $108,532 $102,822 $103,990 $83,181 salariesMean of average $461.57 $433.25 $442.62 $360.19 daily rates RuralMean of average $72,951 salariesMean of average $307.28 daily ratesLarge urban: metropolitan area with a population greater than 400,000;medium urban: metropolitan area with a population less than 400,00;suburban: residential area or community outlying a city; small town:population center not within a metropolitan area; rural: farming oragricultural area with less than 2,500 people.Data reflect the mean of average salaries paid by public schoolsystems in Educational Research Service's 34th national survey ofsalaries and wages in public schools. "Salaries and Wages PaidProfessional and Support Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007."Copyright [c] by Educational Research Service. All rights reserved.Used with permission.DIRECTORS/SUPERVISORSOF FINANCE/BUSINESSBusiness officers, on average, are paid better in bigger districtsand urban areas, though higher per-pupil expenditures don'tnecessarily mean greater compensation. SALARIES BY ENROLLMENT 25,000 or more 10,000 to 24,999 2,500 to 9,999Mean of average $111,492 $99,259 $89,077 salariesMean of average $465.93 $415.04 $373.00 daily rates 300 to 2,499Mean of average $75,623 salariesMean of average $311.98 daily rates SALARIES BY PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE LEVELS $10,000 or more $9,000 to $9,999 $8,000 to $8,999Mean of average $98,424 $87,118 $91,152 salariesMean of average $406.49 $361.46 $382.42 daily rates $7,000 to 57,999 Less than $7,000Mean of average $86,721 $88,334 salariesMean of average $367.18 $370.46 daily rates SALARIES BY COMMUNITY TYPE Large urban Medium urban Suburban Small townMean of average $114,780 $97,989 $101,890 $81,065 salariesMean of average $486.26 $404.74 $428.39 $337.37 daily rates RuralMean of average $63,892 salariesMean of average $260.59 daily ratesLarge urban: metropolitan area with a population greater than 400,000;medium urban: metropolitan area with a population less than 400,00;suburban: residential area or community outlying a city; small town:population center not within a metropolitan area; rural: farming oragricultural area with less than 2,500 people.Data reflect the mean of average salaries paid by public school systemsin Educational Research Service's 34th national survey of salaries andwages in public schools. "Salaries and Wages Paid Professional andSupport Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007."Copyright [c] by Educational Research Service. All rights reservedUsed with permission.DIRECTORS/SUPERVISORS OF TECHNOLOGYTechnology directors are paid more in schools with largerenrollments. And average, suburbs pay slightly better thanmid-size urban areas. SALARIES BY ENROLLMENT 25,000 or more 10,000 to 24,999 2,500 to 9,999Mean of average $106,225 $90,224 $78,049 salariesMean of average $441.26 $378.82 $330.10 daily rates 300 to 2,499Mean of average $58,904 salariesMean of average $256.38 daily rates SALARIES BY PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE LEVELS $10,000 or more $9,000 to $9,999 $8,000 to $8,999Mean of average $85,641 $79,439 $80,584 salariesMean of average $356.57 $336.18 $340.94 daily rates $7,000 to $7,999 Less than $7,000Mean of average $80,604 $79,236 salariesMean of average $346.16 $337.81 daily rates SALARIES BY COMMUNITY TYPE Large urban Medium urban Suburban Small townMean of average $105,130 $92,151 $90,944 $67,291 salariesMean of average $440.96 $386.53 $385.11 $286.87 daily rates RuralMean of average $53,726 salariesMean of average $230.23 daily ratesLarge urban: metropolitan area with a population greater than 400,000;medium urban: metropolitan area with a population less than 400,00;suburban: residential area or community outlying a city; small town:population center not within a metropolitan area; rural: farming oragricultural area with less than 2,500 people.Data reflect the mean of average salaries paid by public schoolsystems in Educational Research Service's 34th national survey ofsalaries and wages in public schools. "Salaries and Wages PaidProfessional and Support Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007."Copyright [c] by Educational Research Service. All rights reserved.Used with permission.GUIDANCE COUNSELORSCounselors are not necessarily paid more in schools with largerenrollments or with higher per-pupil expenditures. But suburbs,on average, pay better. SALARIES BY ENROLLMENT 25,000 or more 10,000 to 24,999 2,500 to 9,999Mean of average $557,448 $57,922 $57,043salariesMean of average $293.90 $299.09 $294.53daily rates 300 to 2,499Mean of average $52,647salariesMean of average $271.41daily rates SALARIES BY PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE LEVELS 510,000 or more $9,000 to $9,999 $8,000 to $8,999Mean of average $60,025 $53,491 $54,887salariesMean of average $313.11 $270.63 $285.17daily rates $7,000 to $7,999 Less than $7,000Mean of average $55,556 $49,775salariesMean of average $282.72 $252.98daily rates SALARIES BY COMMUNITY TYPE Large urban Medium urban Suburban Small townMean of average $58,728 $56,614 $62,565 $53,481salariesMean of average $304.55 $295.54 $325.94 $274.36daily rates RuralMean of average $47,489salariesMean of average $244.35daily ratesLarge urban: metropolitan area with a population greater than 400,000;medium urban: metropolitan area with a population less than 400,00;suburban: residential area or community outlying a city; small town:population center not within a metropolitan area; rural: farming oragricultural area with less than 2,500 people.Data reflect the mean of average salaries paid by public school systemsin Educational Research Service's 34th national survey of salaries andwages in public schools. "Salaries and Wages Paid Professional andSupport Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007."Copyright [c] by Educational Research Service. All rights reservedUsed with permission.LIBRARY/MEDIA SPECIALISTSLibrary/media specialists are not necessarily paid more in schoolswith larger enrollments, and per-pupil expenditures show littlevariation in salaries when they range from $7,000 to $9,000. Butsuburbs, on average, pay better. SALARIES BY ENROLLMENT 25,000 or more 10,000 to 24,999 2,500 to 9,999Mean of average $56,760 $55,306 $56,405 salariesMean of average $295.96 $289.83 $297.09 daily rates 300 to 2,499Mean of average $51,756 salariesMean of average $274.46 daily rates SALARIES BY PER-PUPIL EXPENDITURE LEVELS $10,000 or more $9,000 to $9,999 $8,000 to $8,999Mean of average $59,714 $52,440 $54,476 salariesMean of average $316.25 $271.60 $288.49 daily rates $7,000 to 57,999 Less than $7,000Mean of average $53,217 $46,745 salariesMean of average $278.60 $244.08 daily rates SALARIES BY COMMUNITY TYPE Large urban Medium urban Suburban Small townMean of average $58,339 $54,703 $62,139 $52,697 salariesMean of average $306.56 $289.23 $328.78 $277.55 rates RuralMean of average $44,827 salariesMean of average $236.12 ratesLarge urban: metropolitan area with a population greater than 400,000;medium urban: metropolitan area with a population less than 400,00;suburban: residential area or community outlying a city; small town:population center not within a metropolitan area; rural: farming oragricultural area with less than 2,500 people.Data reflect the mean of average salaries paid by public schoolsystems in Educational Research Service's 34th national survey ofsalaries and wages in public schools. "Salaries and Wages PaidProfessional and Support Personnel in Public Schools, 2006-2007."Copyright [c] by Educational Research Service. All rights reserved.Used with permission.