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Miami-Dade County Public Schools employee salaries, 2008-2011
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools employee salaries are public records under the Florida Sunshine Law.
Salaries
According to The News-Press, Miami-Dade County Public Schools superintendent Alberto Carvalho received a salary for the budget year 2008-2009 of $275,000.00. Total compensation totaled $330,502.00.[1]
A full list of salary schedules by position can be found on the Miami-Dade County Public School website.[2] The salary schedule for teachers is as follows:
| UTD A0/C0 | 10-month schedule | UTD A0/C0 | Adult/vocational schedule | UTD A0/C0 | 12-month schedule (250-day work year) |
| Step | Bachelor's Base Salary | Step | Bachelor's Base Salary | Step | Bachelor's Base Salary |
| 1 | $38,500 | 1 | $46,200 | 1 | $44,422 |
| 2 | $38,750 | 2 | $46,500 | 2 | $44,710 |
| 3 | $39,000 | 3 | $46,800 | 3 | $44,999 |
| 4 | $40,000 | 4 | $48,000 | 4 | $46,152 |
| 5 | $40,300 | 5 | $48,360 | 5 | $46,499 |
| 6 | $40,602 | 6 | $48,723 | 6 | $46,848 |
| 7 | $40,907 | 7 | $49,089 | 7 | $47,200 |
| 8 | $41,214 | 8 | $49,457 | 8 | $47,553 |
| 9 | $41,523 | 9 | $49,828 | 9 | $47,910 |
| 10 | $41,834 | 10 | $50,201 | 10 | $48,269 |
| 11 | $42,148 | 11 | $50,578 | 11 | $48,631 |
| 12 | $42,464 | 12 | $50,957 | 12 | $48,996 |
| 13 | $42,782 | 13 | $51,339 | 13 | $49,363 |
| ** | ** | ** | |||
| 15 | $47,000 | 15 | $56,400 | 15 | $54,229 |
| ** | ** | ** | |||
| 17 | $50,300 | 17 | $60,360 | 17 | $58,037 |
| ** | ** | ** | |||
| 19 | $53,100 | 19 | $63,720 | 19 | $61,267 |
| 20 | $54,350 | 20 | $65,220 | 20 | $62,710 |
| 21 | $58,350 | 21 | $70,020 | 21 | $67,325 |
| 22 | $68,225 | 22 | $81,870 | 22 | $78,718 |
| Master's Credential Supplement | $3,100 | Master's Credential Supplement | $3,720 | Master's Credential Supplement | $3,720 |
| Specialist Credential Supplement | $5,150 | Specialist Credential Supplement | $6,180 | Specialist Credential Supplement | $6,180 |
| Doctorate Credential Supplement | $7,200 | Doctorate Credential Supplement | $8,640 | Doctorate Credential Supplement | $8,640 |
District teacher contracts are negotiated with United Teachers of Dade. Recent agreements with the union implemented $14 million in performance pay for teachers, along with new teacher evaluations to test performance.[3] The merit pay plan allowed top performing teachers to earn one-time stipends of up to $25,000. The largest awards went to the 20 teachers whose students had the largest improvement on state standardized test scores. Teachers who saw 90% of their students improve in a given year earned up to $500.[4]
The district's 2011 budget filled a $108 million gap without any teacher layoffs.[3]
Benefits
Employee benefits differ by employee type. As of 2011, benefits included:[5]
- Healthcare
- Dental care
- Life insurance
- Vision
- Disability
- Flexible spending accounts
- Retirement
Salary records project
In 2011, Sunshine Review chose 152 local governments as the focus of research on public employee salaries. The editors of Sunshine Review selected eight states with relevant political contexts (listed alphabetically):
1. California
2. Florida
3. Illinois
4. Michigan
5. New Jersey
6. Pennsylvania
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin
Within these states, the editors of Sunshine Review focused on the most populous cities, counties and school districts, as well as the emergency services entities within these governments. The purpose of this selection method was to develop articles on governments affecting the most citizens.
The salary information garnered from these states were a combination of existing online resources and state Freedom of Information Act requests sent out to the governments.
A study published by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia said the city of Philadelphia faced challenges owing to the cost of public employee pensions.[6] The report claimed the amount that Philadelphia paid to pension recipients limited the city’s ability to use its budget effectively.
The report said there were more individuals receiving pension benefits—33,907 claimants in 2006—than workers in the city—28,701.[6] The authors recommended three steps towards addressing the problem of high costs in pensions: improved data collection, expanded transparency initiatives, and reductions to the city's overall budget.[6]
Salary schedules can be published as ranges, not as specific compensation figures, and may leave out compensation received through health and retirement benefits, as well as benefits such as commuter allowances and cell phone reimbursements. This project aimed to close the gap and provide a more accurate picture of public employee salaries for the sake of public education and transparency.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Florida school superintendents' salaries, News-Press.net
- ↑ Miami-Dade County Public Schools Salary Schedule
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Dade School Board OKs Budget, Miami Herald, September 7, 2011
- ↑ "Dade Teachers Will Get Merit Pay, state says; Broward up in the air," Miami Herald, June 21, 2011
- ↑ 2011 Benefits Notebook
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 '’Philadelphia’s Quiet Crisis: The Rising Cost of Employee Benefits, Pew Charitable Trusts and the Economy League of Greater Philadelphia, January 23, 2008
