The new base pay is higher than starting salaries for teachers in Nevada state’s second- and third-largest school districts, Elko and Washoe counties, where entry-level educators earn between $38,000 and $43,000, according to salary schedules posted on their websites. The district will also spend tens of millions more for bonuses for other types of employees. The union pegs the total value of the agreement at more than $109 million. It’s part of the new starting salary - announced last week and subject to a school board vote Thursday - negotiated by the district and the Clark County Education Association, the bargaining unit that represents the district’s licensed educators. The soon-to-be seventh-year teacher is scheduled to receive a raise next school year that will take his annual base salary to $50,115.īut starting next school year, incoming teachers with less experience than Shealy will also receive that same salary amount that it took him six years to reach. “It's experience that makes a teacher so effective and so good at what they do.”Īs Shealy’s level of experience has grown, so has his pay. “I'm 100 times better as a teacher almost every year,” Shealy said.
Shealy, a casino dealer turned educator, also thinks his own skills grow each year he’s in the classroom. Andrew Shealy loves watching how much his high school students’ writing skills improve from the beginning of the school year to the end.
