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International Schools Salary Scale
Teacher pay is based on years of experience (steps) and education (lanes) 
By Mansour Baker, SHRM-CP
Posted 01 April 2017     |     ​Revised 10 January 2020
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
Exhibit 1: 
Set of assessments to help student's develop
Set of assessments to help student's develop
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:
  1. Pay for the value of jobs in the relevant markets in which schools compete for teachers;
  2. Ensure proper positioning against the relevant market; and
  3. 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. The 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.
Exhibit 2: 
Sample teacher pay scale for an international school
Sample teacher pay scale for an international school

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