TEACHERS' SALARY SCHEDULE

Office of Human Resources • Personnel Management Branch

Hawaii State Department of Education

P.O. Box 2360 • Honolulu, Hawaii 96804

An Equal Opportunity Employer

RS 18-1157, April 2018 (Rev. of RS 18-0985)

Entry LEvELs for nEw EmpLoyEEs

Effective School Year 2018-2019

TEACHERS’

SALARY

SCHEDULE

GENERAL SALARY PROVISIONS

This salary schedule is based upon the 2017-2021 Collective Bargaining Agreement between

the State of Hawaii Board of Education and the Hawaii State Teachers Association.

Annual salary for 10-month employees is earned at the daily rate for each scheduled work

day, paid holidays and paid Winter and Spring vacation days. Salaries shall be paid over

24 equal semi-monthly pay periods except when adjustments are necessary because of

absence without pay or partial work year or other good reason. Summer salary earnings

shall be paid over the summer salary period according to School Code Regulation #5201.

Employees may be paid at Class II or III – Step 1 when ofﬁcial documentation of completion

of a state approved teacher education program is not submitted to the HIDOE in a timely

manner.

MAXIMUM ENTRY CLASS

Teachers may enter the Salary Schedule at Classes II, III, or VII. Teachers who have not

completed a state approved teacher education program shall enter at Step 1, and teachers

who have completed a state approved teacher education program shall enter at Step 5, Step

6, or Step 7. Teachers may enter Class VII provided they have a Doctorate degree from an

accredited institution recognized by the HIDOE, teach subject(s) in or related to the major

of the Doctorate degree, and hold a valid Hawaii State teacher license. All requirements for

initial salary classiﬁcation must be met prior to the effective date of employment.

MOVEMENT TO A HIGHER CLASS (Reclassiﬁcation)

Teachers on initial HIDOE appointments must remain in the entry level class for two

(2) semesters prior to eligibility for movement to a higher class. After the initial two (2)

semesters, teachers must serve one (1) semester time-in-class and complete the additional

15 credit requirement as determined by the HIDOE for the next higher class. These 15

credits must be earned after initial HIDOE employment and must be in education, and/

or in the teacher’s area of preparation, and/or in the subject area of teaching assignment.

At least seven (7) of the 15 PD and/or academic credits applied for reclassiﬁcation shall be

related to the Standards Based Instruction aligned to the school’s Strategic Plan. A valid

Hawaii State teacher license is required for Classes V, VI, and VII.

EXPERIENCE CREDIT

Experience must be ofﬁcially veriﬁed before being credited and must have been in a

recognized K-12 public or private school. Certain military experience, up to four (4) years,

may also be used in combination with acceptable teaching experience for salary credit up

to a maximum of six (6) years. The veriﬁcation of experience credit must be by the former

employer and must be received within the current school year.

MAXIMUM EMPLOYMENT FOR NON-LICENSED TEACHERS

Teachers who do not meet teacher licensing requirements may be employed on a temporary,

year-to-year basis, for a maximum of three (3) school years, provided they actively pursue

licensing requirements in each school year.

PROBATION PERIOD

Teachers must serve a minimum of six (6) semesters as a probationary period. Every

probationary teacher must complete at least two (2) consecutive annual overall ratings

with a rating of Effective or better in their last two (2) years of probation in order to gain

tenure within the six (6) semester probationary period. Teachers with a National Board

Certiﬁcation shall serve a probation of two (2) semesters in order to gain tenure. Teachers

will become tenured teachers on the ﬁrst working day after successfully completing their

probation. To be eligible for probationary status, teachers must have an effective date of

employment and a Hawaii State teacher license issued on or before the 24

working day of

a semester, may not have more than 23 days of unpaid leave in a semester and must be on

paid status at the end of a semester.

TEACHERS’ GROSS ANNUAL SALARY SCHEDULE

Entry Level for Newly Hired Teachers to the Hawaii State Department of Education

Effective School Year 2018-2019

Teachers’ Salary Schedule

This teachers’ salary schedule applies to all newly hired teachers for the Hawaii State Department of Education (HIDOE). All salary steps are updated in

accordance with the negotiated Collective Bargaining Agreement. Effective the ﬁrst working day of the second quarter, salary amounts will reﬂect an across-

the-board increase of 3.5% as shown in the table below.

Years of Teaching Experience Class II Class III Class VII

Prior to HIDOE Bachelor’s Bachelor’s + 30 or Master’s PhD or EdD

Steps 1

Quarter 2

Quarter 1

Quarter 2

Quarter 1

Quarter 2

Quarter

* No SATEP 1 $35,962 $37,218 $38,838 $40,195

** SATEP 5 (0-3 yrs) $47,443 $49,100 $51,238 $53,028 $61,094 $63,228

6 (4-5 yrs) $48,866 $50,574 $52,775 $54,619 $62,928 $65,126

7 (6 yrs) $50,333 $52,091 $54,359 $56,258 $64,815 $67,079

* No SATEP: Teachers who have not completed a state approved teacher education program (SATEP) enter into Step 1.

** SATEP: Teachers who have completed a state approved teacher education program (SATEP) enter into Step 5 (0-3 yrs) or Step 6 (4-5 yrs), or Step 7 (6 yrs).

A maximum of six (6) years of ofﬁcially veriﬁed non-HIDOE teaching experience in a recognized K-12 public or private school may be used

towards step placement.

NOTE: Requirements for initial salary classiﬁcation must be met prior to the effective date of employment.

No SATEP Salary Classiﬁcation

• Class II – Step 1: Hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution recognized by the HIDOE.

• Class III – Step 1: Hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution recognized by the HIDOE plus 30 semester credit hours earned subsequently

or a Master’s degree as determined by the HIDOE from an accredited institution recognized by the HIDOE. The 30 semester credit hours and/or the

Master’s degree must be in the subject area of teaching assignment.

SATEP Salary Classiﬁcation

• Class II – Step 5, Step 6, or Step 7: Hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution recognized by the HIDOE and shall have completed a SATEP.

• Class III – Step 5, Step 6, or Step 7: Hold a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution recognized by the HIDOE and shall have completed a SATEP

plus 30 semester credit hours earned subsequently or a Master’s degree as determined by the HIDOE from an accredited institution recognized by the

HIDOE. The 30 semester credit hours and Master’s degree must be in education, and/or in the teacher’s area of preparation, and/or subject area of

teaching assignment.

Please note the SATEP could have been earned within the Bachelor’s degree or subsequently. If earned subsequently, the credits or degree

completed may be used to meet the 30 semester credit hours or Master’s degree criteria.

• Class VII – Step 5, Step 6, or Step 7: Hold a Doctorate degree from an accredited institution recognized by the HIDOE, teach subject(s) in or related to

the major of the Doctorate degree, and hold a valid Hawaii State teacher license.

Please note a Doctorate degree is deﬁned as a degree that is higher than a Master’s degree and the highest possible degree within the education profession.