Years ago, school leaders began to explore the concept of a career ladder or a banding system as an alternative to individually negotiated salaries or lock […]
Over the past 30 years, as part of Littleford & Associates work with schools on salary system design, benefits and evaluation protocols, John Littleford has interviewed […]
“Best practice”, right? Not in the opinion of this Consultant who has seen firsthand the damage that these two practices can bring about for schools, heads […]
Most independent and international school have dated salary systems such as a public school, lock-step longevity base scale with options to move laterally with more graduate […]
All faculty salary systems, no matter how they are constructed originally, become corrupt over time. The signs of rigidity and inflexibility are obvious: “work arounds” that […]
No one should argue that teachers do not need and deserve salary increases because of both inflation and the demands of parents and school leadership during […]
The demand for teachers is high and the number of teachers in the pool is shrinking. It is challenging to recruit teachers from an increasingly competitive […]