Topic: Teacher Compensation
Teacher Salaries
SREB publishes data, analyzes policies and tracks state proposals for increases to K-12 teacher salaries.
Teacher Licensure Governance by State
February 2020
In 15 of 16 SREB states, the state education agency governs teacher certification. In in Georgia, a professional standards commission governs licensure.
Salary and Retirement Benefits
Teachers and Administrators, SREB States, 2019
| State | Average Starting Teacher Pay | Average Teacher Pay | Average Administrator Pay |
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Teacher Salary Increases, SREB States
2019-20
December 2019
Legislatures in many SREB states took action to increase teacher salaries for the 2019-20 school year. This table summarizes those actions across the region.
State Efforts to Promote Teacher Leadership
In the face of teacher shortages, state leaders have an opportunity to explore ways of remaking the teaching profession from the inside out, rather than relying solely on short-term solutions. One strategy: teacher leadership and mentorship initiatives. This brief highlights how education leaders in six states used three levers ─ certification, pay and recognition ─ to identify and retain teacher leaders.