ARTICLE IV SALARY SCHEDULE

Portsmouth School Department

Section A Basic Salary Scale

Base salaries shall increase for 2022-2023 by 3% over the prior year. Base salaries shall increase for 2023-2024 by 3% over the prior year. Base salaries shall increase for 2024-2025 by 3% over the prior year.

 

 

2022-2023

2023-2024

2024-2025

Step 1

$47,449

$48,873

$50,339

Step 2

$49,840

$51,336

$52,876

Step 3

$52,839

$54,425

$56,057

Step 4

$55,133

$56,787

$58,491

Step 5

$58,526

$60,282

$62,091

Step 6

$61,934

$63,793

$65,706

Step 7

$65,146

$67,101

$69,114

Step 8

$68,556

$70,613

$72,732

Step 9

$75,224

$77,481

$79,806

Step 10

$80,433

$82,846

$85,332

Step 11

$87,170

$89,786

$92,479

 

Section B Advanced Increment Schedule

 

BA+36

 

$1,775

Masters

$2,625

Masters+30

$3,050

CAGS

$3,250

National Board Ce1tification

$4,150

Doctorate

$4,300

 

1. Any teacher starting work after September 1, 1990, shall not be entitled to the BA+36 stipend, but those teachers who began employment before September 1, 1990, and achieved the BA+36 shall be granted that stipend. Any teacher who has completed Masters +30 by September 1, 2016, shall continue to receive Masters + 30, but no other teacher shall be eligible to receive Masters+ 30. Any teacher starting work after September 1, 2022, shall not be entitled to an allowance in addition to salary and other supplements for National Board Certification, but those teachers who currently have National Board Ce1tification and began employment before September 1, 2022, and achieved National Board Ce1tification shall continue to claim two stipends. No other teacher employed after September 1, 2022 may claim more than one stipend.

2. Teachers requesting full payment of any advanced increment referenced above must make application and present credentials to the Superintendent of Schools by October 1st of the year they request payment. Teachers completing course requirements for any advanced degree or certification referenced above by January of the school year, may receive half (1/2) payment if application is made by October pt and credentials are presented by February 15th. A one-time bonus of $2,500 shall be awarded to a tenured teacher or a teacher who obtains tenure while employed by the PSD who obtains an initial master's degree while employed by the PSD.

Section C Longevity Schedule

An allowance in addition to salary and other supplements shall be paid to a teacher having obtained a master's degree or beyond and years of teaching in the Portsmouth School System in accordance with the following (teachers who reach fifteen (15) years of service or above during the 2021-2022 school year will continue to advance to a thirty (30) year maximum longevity stipend without a master's degree requirement):

Twenty Years

$1,500

Twenty-five Years

$2,000

Thirty Years

$3,000

Thirty-five Years

$4,000

 

Section D Professional Stipends

Middle School Curriculum Coordinators $1,600

Section E Pay Periods

1. Teachers shall have a choice of two payment options with the choice made prior to the start of the school year. The choices are as follows:
a. Salary paid in twenty-one (21) equal installments over the course of the school year; or
b. Salaty divided into twenty-six (26) equal installments and paid in twenty-one (21) installments during the year with the final five (5) installments paid in a balloon payment at the end of the school year.
The first pay day shall be issued no later than the second Friday after the start of the school year, and in accordance with the no1mal payroll schedule. Subsequent issuance shall be at two-week intervals.

2. All teachers will have their checks automatically deposited into a checking or savings account of their choice.