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EDUCATIONAL P UBLICA TION

No. 51

DIVISION OF FINA CE S A N D ST.A.TI TICS

No. 3

The Salary Schedule and Cassif·cation
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of Schools

P UBLIS H ED BY T HE
STAT E S UPERI N TEN DEJ N T OF P UBLIC I NSTRUCTIO N
R AL E IGH ,

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A GRADUATED SALARY SCALE FOR WHITE
. TEACHERS
HIGH SCHOOL TEJACHERS' CERTIFICATES,
GRAMMAR GRADE CERTIFICATES,
PRIM!ARY CERTIFICATES:
M onthly Salary Bas ed on Length of Service
4 yrs.

3 yrs.

2 yrs.

1 yr.

Class A ------ ----·--·-···---·--·- $133.33

$120 .00

$110.00

$105.00

$100.00

Class B ------·-··-·----·-·---·-·- 110.00

105.00

100.00

95.00

90.00

Class C -------------------------- 105.00
Provisional Class c._._ 95 .00

100.00

95.00

90.00

85.00

90.00

85.00

80.00

75.00

90.00

85.00

80.00

75.00

80.00

75 .00

70.00

65.00

70.00

65.00

60.00

55.00

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EJLEMENTARY TEACHERS'
CERTIFICATES:
Class A -·---·-··-··----·-·-----·· 95.00
Class B -------------------------- 85.00
Provisional Elementary -------- --------------------

75.00

CERTIFICATIDS BELOW STANDARD:

Temporary ----·---··--·--·-----·-----··-·-·---··-·--·-··-·-··-········ ·······-···-·-·········-·········-······-···$60.00
Provisional A --·····-··-·····-······-··················--·-··········-·-····-···············-·····-·-········-··- 55.00
Provisional B ···-······--·······-···--·····--····-··············-······--·-····----·---····-············-········ 50.00
County Second Grade .... ·-·-······---···--·····--·············-···-················-·-·-············-·-···-- '45.00

VALUE OF EXPERIENCE IN RATING CERTIFICATES
PRIMARY AND GRAMMAR GRADE CERTIFICATES SECURED BY
RAISING FR.OM ELEMENTARY

A Primary or Grammar Grade Certificate secured by raising from an Elementary by summer school or reading circle credits, or both, entitles the
holder to the salary in the Primary or Grammar Grade Class, which is next
higher than that to which she would have been entitled under the El-€mentary
Certificate.
Exarnvl e : A teacher w ho holds an Elementary Certificate of Class B and
h as had four years of experien ce, would be entitled under the Salary Schedule
to $85 per month. If this certificate is raised to a Grammar Grade of Class C,
this teacher would be entitled to a salary the first year of $90 per month,
w hich is the next highest salary. The salary theIJ. advances with each additional year of experien ce until the maximum salary for the Grammar Grade
of Class C is reached.
CERTIFICATES RAISED BY EXAMINATION

A teacher w ith experience on a certificate of one class, who secures a higher
certificate by exam ination ,, is entitled to the next higher salary attaching to
the certificate of the higher class than that to which she would h ave been
entitled under the lower certificate.
Exaniple: A teacher h olding a High School T eacher's Certificate of Class C
stands the examination and secures a H igh School Principal's Certificate.
If sh e h ad four years of experience on the lower certificate, she would have
been entitled to $105 per month. Her salary (if teaching) under the higher
certificate w ill pass the first year to $110, and w ill increase with each additional year of experien ce until t he m aximum is reached.
CERTIFICATES RAISED BY ADDITION AL TRAINING

A t each er with experien ce on a certificate of one class, who secures a
higher certificate by add itiona l academic training (summer schools, extension
• work) is, under the Salary Schedco urses, or r egular college or normal school
ule, entitled to the salary attaching to the certificate of the higher class, w hich
is n ext higher than that to which she would have been entitled under the
lower certificate.
Exa1np l e I: A t each er holds the E lementary Certificate of Class B, issued
on the basis of High School Graduation an d County Summer School credits.
She has h a d four years of experien ce . T h e salary attaching would be $85
per month. She secures credit for fotir approved summer schools, and raises
the certificate from the Elementary of Class B to Class A. The salary would
pass to $90.00, which is the n ext higher r ating than that under the former
certificate. W ith additional experien ce, there is an accr ual in the salary each
year until the maxim um for the class is reached, and there it remains until
the class of the certificate is _again raised, when the same regulation again
.applies.

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T HE SAL ARY SC HEDU L E A ND CLAS SIF ICATIO N OF SCHOOLS

E xamp le II : A person completes two full years of college work, including
the professional requirements, and is issued the High School Teacher's Certificate of Class C. This person teaches on this certificate four years, reaching the m aximum salary for this class of certificate, which is $105 per month.
She t h en returns to college for two more years, completes the course for the
r egular degree, and is issued the High School Teacher's Certificate of Class A.
The salary passes to $110 , which is the rating attaching to the Class A Certificate next higher than that under the Class C Certificate.
EXP ERIENCE ON SECOND GRADE CERTIFICATES

One year's experience on a Second Grade County Certificate shall not be
counted in rating teachers as any experience whatever, and such teacher £hall
receive the lowest salary. in the class in which the certificate falls.
Two years experience on a Second Grade County Certificate shall be counted
the equivalent of one year's experience on a State Certificate of the class
which the teacher secures, and salary rating shall be fixed accordingly.
Teachers of three or more years experience on a County Second Grade Certificate shall be rated as having had two years experience, and such teacher
shall be entitled to the average salary in the class in which the certificate
falls .
EXPERIBNCE ON OUT-OF-STATE CERTIFICATES
Teachers with out-of-State experience, on a certificate issued by another
st ate a nd recognized by the State Board of Education as a sufficient basis for
issuing the North Carolina State Certificate; or, if without such a certificate,
having had academic training sufficient to entitle them to a North Carolina
State Certficate, will be given full credit for such experience.
Teachers with out-of-State experience, not on a certificate recognized by
this State, nor with sufficient academic training for securing a North Carolina
State Certificate, will be rated on such experience as set out above for Second
Grade teachers; that is, one year's experience will count as no experience;
two years experience, will count as one .year; three or more years will count
as two years, and bring · the salary to the average salary for the class.
EXPERIENCE ON LO,V'ER STATE CERTIFICATES

Teachers having had experience while holding certificates of the following classes will receive credit for such experience the same as if it has been
on a Second Grade Certificate (unless the certificate was issued on the basis
of academic credits sufficient for the Elementary Certificate): Provisional B,
Provisional A, and Temporary.
EXPER IENCE IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS

T'e aching experience in private schools is accepted as being of the same,
value as teaching in the public schools. This does not .apply to private
tutoring, but only to regular teaching in well organized private institutions.
PRACTICE TEACIDNG I N COLLEGE OR NORMAL COURSES

This is considered as a part of the professiop.al credits required, and · is not
accepted as experience.

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DEPARTl\iENTAL ASSISTANTS IN COLLEGE

An undergraduat e, assisting in some department of the college while pursuing the usual course for a degree, will be given no experience credit for
this work.
EXPERIENCE AFTER SEGURING ACADEMIC CREDITS
It sometimes occurs that persons h aving the academic and professional
credits for a certificate have h ad experience, and yet h old no State certificate.
Two common examples of this are sufficient : First, teachers in private
sch ools; second, teach er s in oth er states whose training does not permit the
issuance of a State certificate under th e laws of that state, but who may
secure a certificate under the r egulations in No r th Carolina. Many states
recognize nothing in the way of training short of grad uation. They issue, for
instan ce, valid certificates to graduates of their two-year normal schools, but
will issue no certificate except by examination to a person finishing three and
one-half years in the State University. In such cases, the rule to follow is
that any experience, since the original credits on which t h e certificate was
issued, were complet ed, may count for full value under the Salary Schedule.

CLASSIFICATION OF SCHOOLS
I.

CITY SCHOOLS

The city schools are divided into two classes as follows:
Class A:
A city school, having thirty or more teachers and maintaining a Group I
High School ,, may be designated as Class A, and may be allowed a Superintendent of Class A. Maximum salary, $3,500.
For every additional twenty teachers one supervisor or principal may be
allowed. Principals and supervisors employed in city schools of this class,
in accordance with the above , are classified as follows:
P RINCIPALS :

H i gh School.-Ten full-time high school tea.chers. Devotes full time to
Administration and Supervision. Holds High School Principal's Certificate.
Salary-not t o exceed $2,400 per annum.
Elem entary School.-School unit of twenty or mo r e t eachers. Full time to
Supervision and Administration. Holds at least Primary, Grammar Grade
or H igh School Teacher's Certificate of Class A. Salary-not to exceed $2,000
per annum.
A part-time supervisor or principal may be allowed if the number of t eachers in the system is between thirty a nd fifty, at a salary not to exceed $1,800.

Cla ss B:

A town or city school system h aving not less than t wenty nor more than
twenty-nine teachers and maintaining a high school of Group I may be
designated as Class B, and may be allowed a superintendent, at a salary not to
exceed $3,000.
No supervisor or principal will be allowed for schools of this class. However, t eachers in ch a r ge of buildings may be allowed 10 per cent more tha n
salary as a teacher because of the extra administrative duties.
SUPERVISORS :

A supervisor is defined as one who may be employed to supervise all the
t each ers of a section of a school system, such a s the Primary or Grammar
grades.
PRIN CIPALS:

A principal is defined i:ts one who may have the supervision and administ
tration of a school unit, such as the high school or an elementary school unit
of one or more buildings.
SPECIAL T EACHER S :

T each ers who supervise the instruction
in special subjects, such as writing,
--,
public school music, drawing, etc., will be classified as teachers of specal subjects, and may be employed, provided they come within the total number of
teachers permitted under the attendance requirement.

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PHYSICAL EDUCATION:

Counties are not req uired to provid e for dir ectors of Physical Education in
city schools unless arrangements are made for the director to supervise
Physical Education in the county schools.
II.

IDGH SCHOOLS

D efinition.-A school unit not qualifying as a city school under the above

classification, but maintaining a standard high school, may be designated as
a high school unit; that is, a system containing both Elementary and High
School departments, and the principal of the high school should be the administrative officer of the entire school unit.
Attendance R eqi1,irnments.-Three teachers may be employed in the H igh
School Department for the first forty-five pupils in average daily attendance:
Provide cl, a four-year high s chool course is to be maintaned. One additional
high school teacher may be employed for every add itional twenty-five pupils
in average daily attendance.
In providing for high school in struction in the future it will not be wise
for superintendents to plan for two high schools in the sa_!lle township or two
high schools within about five miles of each other, unless the number of pupils
in each is great enough to justify a sta ndard high sch ool of the highest class
in each. The cost of multiplying sma ll high schoois located close together
is too great. Superintendents can transfer high school pupils from schools
within a radius of five miles and more, reduce the cost of running the school,
and provide better high school instruc ion. While this does not apply to
counties not drawing from the Equalizing Fund, but only to those expecting
aid from the State, it would be wise for all counties to follow this rule at this
time when we are at the beginning of building rural high schools. If the
counties persist in locating small high schools close together with highsalaried principals, it may be necessary for the State to estimate the number
of teachers required to give proper high school instruction to all high school
pupils of a township or of a given area and allow salaries from the Equalizing
Fund for only one principal and a sufficient number of teachers based on the
number of high school pupils enrolled. This will not affect many counties at
present but it will be a guide to county superintendents in building high
schools for the future.
Certificate R equire1nents.-All principals of high schools of Groups I and II
must hold the High School Principal's Certificate in order to receive the salaries specified.
All principals of Group III must hold at least the High School Teacher's
Certificate of Class A.
High schools of Groups I and II employing principals holding the Temporary High School Principal's Certificate may r eceive the salary of principals
in the next lower group, provided that principals without experience may
receive not more than $1,800.
Annual Salaries Bas ed on School Tenn of Nine lvlonths.-All salaries of
principals and supervisors mentioned in this classification are based on a
school year of nine months. Where the school term is less, the annual salary
will be proportionately less.

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THE SALARY S c HEDU L:EJ A

D CLASSIFICATION OF ScHooLs

Group I:
CZass A is an accredited High School, maintaining a four-year course, hav-

ing not less than a nine months' term, with at least six high school teachers,
two of which may be teachers of vocational subjects, and requiring fifteen
units for g;rad uation.
One Principal--;-Class A-Salary not to exceed $2,400.
Class B is an accredited High School, maintaining a four-year course, having not less tha·n a nine months' term, with at least four whole-time high
school teachers, and requiring fifteen units for graduation.
One Principal-Class A-Salary not to exceed $2,400.
Group II:
Class A is an accredited High School, maintaining a four-year course, hav-

ing not less than an eight months' term, with at least four whole-time high
school teachers, one of which may be a teacher of vocational subjects, and
requiring fifteen units for graduation.
One Principal-Class B-Salary not to exceed $2,000.
Class B is an accredited High School, maint3:ining a four-year course, having not less than an eight months' term, with three whole-time high school
teachers, and requiring fifteen units for graduation.
One Principal-Class B-Salary not to exceed $2,000.
Group III:
· Class A , or a Nonst,a ndard School, is an unaccredited High School, having

at least three high school teachers, ·and maintaining a four-.year course for
a term of not less than eight months.
One Principal-Class C-Salary not to exceed $1,800.
Class B, or a Certified High School, is one employing two high school teachers, and maintaining a three-year course for a term of not less than eight
months .
One Principal-Class D-Maximum salary $1,600.
Class C, or a R ecognized High School, employing one high school teacher,
and maintaining a two-year course for a term of not less than eight months.
One Principal-Class E-Maximum salary $1,500.
III.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Classification.-Rural Elementary Schools not qualifying. as high schools
under above classification and conducted as independent units of a county
system, may be classified as follows:
1. One administrative unit of fifteen or more teachers and one principal.
Salary $1,800.
2. One administrative unit of ten or more teachers. One principal. Salary
$1,500.
3. On~ unit of from three ·-to ten .teachers. One principal. Salary 10 per
cent more than as teacher in tiie grades.
Attendance R equirements.-In apportioning the Equalizing Fund for
1922-23, two teachers will be allowed for forty pupils in average daily attendance (two teachers may be allowed for an average of thirty-eight pupils

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attending daily in counties drawing from the Equalizing Fund where the
average number of pupils per teacher is as high as the average in counties
not drawing from the Equalizing Fund) ; three teachers for sixty-five pupils in
average daily attendance; and four teachers for one hundred pupils in average daily attendance; and one additional teacher for every thirty pupils in
average daily attendance.
Moreover, in apportioning the Equalizing Fund for 1922-23, due regard will
be given to the number of pupils in average daily attendance per teacher
in those counties that do not participate in the Equalizing Fund, and, so far , as
practicable, the same standard shall be maintained as to the number of
teachers allowed in those counties that draw from the Equalizing Fund, and
the State funds will be apportioned accordingly.
By a proper classification of pupils and by transferring the students of the
sixth and seventh grades in the small one-room schools to some better
equipped school in the township, it is possible to make forty pupils in average
attendance the minimum basis for employing two teachers, and counties are
advised to adopt this policy.

CLASSIFICATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS
SUPJ.-i"JRINTEN DENTS

oiass A-Salary not to exceed $3,500 per annum.
A superintendent of a city school of Class A, who devotes his entire time to
supervision of teachers and administration of the schools. Certificate required-Superintendent's.
A superintendent of a county school system devoting his entire time to the
work. Certificate required-Superintendent's.
Glass B-Salary not to exceed $3,000 per annum.
A superintendent of a city school system of Class B, devoting at least one·
half time to supervision of teachers and administration of the school. Certificate required-_S uperintendent's.
·PRINCIPALS AND SUPERVISORS

Class A-Salary not to exceed $2,400 per annum.
Principal of a city high school of Class A. Certificate required-High
School Principal's.
Principal of an accredited high school of Group I, who supervises the entire
school unit. Certificate required-High School Principal's.
Class B-Salary not to exceed $2,000 per annum.
Principal of an accredited high school of Group II, who supervises the
entire school unit. Certificate required-High School Principal's.
Principal of an elementary school unit of twenty or more teachers in a
Class A city school system. Certificate required-Primary, Grammar Grade,
or High School Teacher's Certificate of Class A.
Supervisor in a city school system of Class A. Certificate requiredSupervisor's.
Giass G-Salary not to exceed $1,800 per annum.
Principal of a nonstandard high school. Group III, Class A. Certificate
required-High School Teacher's, Class A.
Part-time Principal of city school of Class A (See Classification City
Schools). Certificate required-High School Teacher's, Class A.
Principal of rural elementary school unit of fifteen or more teachers.
Certificate required-Primary, Grammar Grade, or High School Teacher's Certificate, Class A.
Glass D-Salary not to exceed $1,600 per annum.
Principal of a certified high school. Group III, Class B. Certificate
required-High School Teacher's, Class A.
Class E-Salary not to exceed $1,500 per annum.
Principal of a recognized high school. Group III, Class C. Certificate
required-High School Teacher's, Qlass A.
Principal of rural elementary school unit of ten or more teachers. Certificate required-Primary, Grammar Grade, or High School Teacher's of .
Class A.
Glass F-Principals of other schools having three or more teachers. Salary
not to exceed 10 per cent more than as teacher in the grades.
NOTE.-Annual salaries mentioned above are based on a school year of nine months.

CERTIFICATES TO GRADUATES IN SPECIALIZED
SUBJECTS
1. Graduates of standard colleges receiving the Bachelor of Music or other
specialized degrees, and presenting as much as sixty semester hours of regular academic work, including the required professional training for either the
Primary, Grammar Grade, or High School Certificate, shall be rated "A."
2. Graduates of standard colleges receiving the Bachelor of Music or other
specialized degrees, and not having sixty semester hours, but presenting the
required professional training for the Primary, Grammar Grade, or High
School Teacher's Certificate, may be issued the "B" Certificate.
3. Graduates of standard colleges receiving the specialized degrees without
sixty semester hours and without the required professional training shall
rate "C."

SALARY SCALE FOR COLORED TEACHERS
The schedule of salaries for Negroes is suggested in order to secure fair
compensation for them. In a majority of cases, if the superintendents follow
this suggested schedule, the Negroes will receive compensation equal to other
teachers whose training, service, duties, and responsibilities are the same as
theirs. On this account it is necessary that the best Negro teachers shall be
fully rewarded for their services, that all may have an incentive to improve
themselves professionally.
HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS' CERTIFICATES,
GRAMMAR GRADE CERTIFICATES,
PRIMARY CERTIFICATES:
Monthly Salary Bas ed on L ength of Service

4 yrs.

3 yrs.

2 yrs.

1 yr.

0

Class A ----------------------------------$100.00

$95.00

$90.00

$85.00

$80.00

Class B ----------------------------------

90.00

85.00

80.00

75.00

70.00

Class C --------·-------------------··-·--

80.00

77.50

75.00

72.50

70.00

Provisional Class c_ ____ _______

75.00

70.00

65.00

60.00

57.50

Class A ----------------------------------

75.00

70.00

65.00

60.00

57.50

Class B --------------------·-·-----··----

70.00

65 .00

60.00

57.50

55.00

Provisional Elementary __ __ 65 .00

60.00

55.00

52.50

50.00

ELEMENTARY

TEACHERS'

CERTIFICATES:

CERTIFICATES BELOW STANDARD:
Temporary ------------------.------------ --------- --- ------------ ---------------------- --------··--------------------$55. 00
Provisional A ____ __ __ ________ ______ __ _____ __ ______ ___ __ _________ ______ '. ______ ____ _____ ____ _________ ______________ 50.00
Provisional B __________ __ --··----··------------ ___________ __ . __________ __. ___ ____________________ ----- -------···· 4 7. 50
County Second Grade ______ ___ _______ _________ _____ ___ ____ __ ___ ______ ____ ___________ __ _________ $35 .00- 45.00
County Third Grade__ ____________________ __ __________ __ ____________ ________ __ ___________ __ _________________ 35.00

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