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CalSTRS.com. The California State Teachers' Retirement System ( CalSTRS) provides retirement, disability and survivor benefits for California's 965,000 prekindergarten through community college educators and their families. [1] CalSTRS was established by law in 1913 and is part of the State of California's Government Operations Agency.
Teacher pay in California rose modestly last school year — but not as fast as inflation. Average teacher pay in California public schools rose to $88,508 in the 2020-21 school year, an increase ...
In 2016, California's K–12 public school per-pupil spending was ranked 22nd in the nation ($11,500/student vs. $11,800 for the US average). For 2012, California's public schools ranked 48th in the number of employees per student, at 0.102 (the US average was 0.137), while paying the 7th most per employee, $49,000 (the US average was $39,000).
Paraprofessional educator. A paraprofessional educator, alternatively known as a paraeducator, para, instructional assistant, educational assistant, teacher's aide or classroom assistant, is a teaching -related position within a school generally responsible for specialized or concentrated assistance for students in elementary and secondary ...
Dorothy Bailey, a substitute teacher, teaches a class at La Jolla Elementary School in Moreno Valley, Calif., on Sept. 23, 2021. Credit - Terry Pierson—MediaNews Group/Press-Enterprise/Getty Images
The mission of The Teacher Salary Project is to address the concerns and issues facing our education system through the eyes and experiences of teachers. It proposes that teacher salary reform is an effective method of attracting and retaining top-quality teachers to the field of education. The project began with the New York Times best-selling ...
The California Teachers Association (CTA), initially established in 1863, is one of the largest and most powerful [2] teachers' unions in the state with over 300,000 members and a high political profile [3] in California politics. The teachers' union is based in Burlingame, and its current president is David B. Goldberg. [4]
Merit pay. Merit pay, merit increase or pay for performance, is performance-related pay, most frequently in the context of educational reform or government civil service reform (government jobs). It provides bonuses for workers who perform their jobs effectively, according to easily measurable criteria.