International Schools Salary Scale
- Teacher pay scale is based on years of experience (steps) and education (lanes)
Posted by: Mansour Baker
Student Learning and Development
How to promote excellence in teaching and learning?
Creativity focused instruction
- Teaching focused on 21st century skills, emphasis on creativity and innovation
Open classroom
- Student-centered open classroom design to support "learning by doing"
Learning beyond classroom
- Focus on life and career skills
- Students to participate in gap semester
Personalized learning
- Tailored instruction
- Teaching pace and content adapted to students' levels
Advanced use of technology
- Technology fully integrated in teaching and learning
Formative assessment
- Check for understanding along the way, not only summative assessment
- Continuous feedback to and development of student
Network with top schools
- Offer students exchange programs and joint projects
- Facilitate teacher collaboration and exchange
Teaching and learning will focus on key skills, with emphasis on creativity and innovation.
Work creatively tools
- Students develop projects in groups
- Students exposed to real cases, where innovative ideas are needed
Implement innovations
- Have creativity labs where students can implement ideas
- Organize design projects, competitions
Thinking creatively
- Students and teachers to have free time to 'think'
- Students to develop own solutions
Set of assessments to help students develop
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Top Performance Teachers
Top performance teachers share nine (9) similar capabilities within four (4) domains.
Professional Knowledge Domain
- Knows students and how each student learns
- Knows the content and how to develop the curriculum
Professional Practice Domain
- Plans classes and implements effective teaching and learning
- Creates and maintains supportive and safe learning environments
- Assesses, provides feedback and reports on student learning
Professional Engagement Domain
- Continually builds and stays up to date with own knowledge of content
- Engages professionally with colleagues, parents and the community
Ethical Responsibility Domain
- Is respected by individuals within and outside school
- Presents a professional and well-respected image of herself / himself
International Schools Pay Approach
The compensation philosophy adopted by a school should reinforce the vision and mission. The below are examples of common areas of a compensation philosophy:
- Pay for the value of jobs in the relevant markets in which schools compete for teachers;
- Ensure proper positioning against the relevant market; and
- Enable and support opportunities for learning and growth development to ensure teachers are attracted and most importantly retained.
Steps & Lanes Salary Scale
Most international schools' salary scales are based on years of experience (steps) and education (bachelor & master's degree). Each step increment is based on experience. Some schools have capped newly hired teachers and recognize previous teaching experience.
The “steps and lanes” salary scale is a common way of determining teacher pay. Below is an example of a school salary scale (annual base pay) with 10 steps on the left side and 2 lanes across the top. Each step represents a year of service (seniority) at the school. The lanes represent increasing levels of education in the form of degrees (bachelor’s or master’s). A teacher’s salary is determined by locating the appropriate cell, years of experience and level of education.
The “steps and lanes” salary scale is a common way of determining teacher pay. Below is an example of a school salary scale (annual base pay) with 10 steps on the left side and 2 lanes across the top. Each step represents a year of service (seniority) at the school. The lanes represent increasing levels of education in the form of degrees (bachelor’s or master’s). A teacher’s salary is determined by locating the appropriate cell, years of experience and level of education.
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