Here are six quick resources on wage issues for educators:

Professional Pay – NEA Web area on pay issues for teachers and ESP.

Rankings & Estimates: Rankings of the States 2005 and Estimates of School Statistics 2006 (, 1MB,  130pp.) - NEA's latest report on school statistics, facts about the extent to which local, state, and national governments commit resources to public education.

Starting Salary Information Listed State by State - State-by-state chart for finding out average starting salaries for new teachers and state needs for more teachers in certain subject areas. 

Teacher Pay 1940–2000: Losing Ground, Losing Status - An NEA researcher's analysis of compensation for teachers vs. other professionals.

Pension and Retirement Security Resources from NEA - Six publications to help you understand, defend, and strengthen the quality and level of retirement benefits for yourself and other public education employees.

Teaching Tips with Reg Weaver

In new video segments, NEA President Reg Weaver delivers tips to help teachers be more successful. (You must have the free Real Player application to view the video segments.)

Implementing High Standards and Accountability

Having a specific plan to implement high standards and accountability makes classrooms more effective for you and your students. The teaching profession is more data driven every year. In this latest Teaching Tip from NEA President Reg Weaver, hear some of the strategies to measure what we do.
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Resources

• Accountability & Testing
• State Curriculum Standards 
• Works4Me: Reporting Grades to Parents
• Accountability in Education - High Hopes and False Promises

More Teaching Tips

• Make Parents Your Ally

"We've all heard the expression that parents are their child's first teacher. Well, they can also be your greatest ally," says NEA President Reg Weaver. As the school year begins, take a minute to watch this Teaching Tip on working with parents.

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• Ending the School Year on a Positive Note

How you end the school year can be just as important as how it begins. NEA President Reg Weaver presents tips to help you end the school year right.
(A full text script is also available.)

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• Professional Development

As summer draws near, it’s time to start planning new ways to strengthen your teaching skills.  NEA President Reg Weaver tells how.  
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The End is Near

by Reg Weaver, President
National Education Association

Whether you’re a beginning teacher or a veteran, we can all benefit from reviewing what we’ve done in the past and looking for new ways to strengthen our teaching skills.

I’m Reg Weaver – President of the National Education Association – And this teaching tip is about:  Ending the School Year on a Positive Note.

Be sure all paperwork is done and submitted on time.

Thank students, parents, and colleagues for a good year – in person or with a quick personal note.

Sort and file materials for use next year. If you’ll be teaching the same subject or same grade level, take the time now, while it’s still fresh in your mind, to review lesson plans and sequencing and make notes about things that were especially successful – or things that you need to work on before you try them again.

Make sure you understand what can and what cannot be left in the classroom over the summer. Nothing’s worse than returning to school in the fall and finding paint all over your materials.

Over the course of the school year, you’ve probably identified areas of classroom instruction, content, or even personal relations skills that you feel could be improved. After reflecting on things that went well – and those that didn’t – develop a plan on how to address identified needs during the summer recess 

Remember – how you end the school year can be just as important as how it begins.

VO:  Teaching Tips is a production of the National Education Association. Teaching Tips appear on the NEA Website throughout the school year.

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