Newsletter #2 - Did You Know? Teacher Information

Did You Know? (by Laura Lawson – President of the Scituate Teachers Association)
America’s public school teachers spend an average 50 hours per week on instructional duties, including an average of 12 hours each week above and beyond the contractual work day on activities such as grading papers, club advising, curriculum building, and mentoring new teachers. In addition, teachers spend an average of $443 of their own money each year to meet the needs of their students. Source: 2003 National Education Association survey.

Did You Know? – Out of the 280 teachers in Scituate….
99.5% of core academic teachers are identified as Highly Qualified
74% hold a master’s degree (compared to approximately 50% nationwide)
62% are Scituate residents

Did You Know? Scituate has the lowest teacher salaries among our competing schools on the S. Shore.
Avg Teacher Salaries
Cohasset - $57,957
Duxbury- 58,592
Hingham - 56,679
Marshfield - 55,049
Norwell- $59,550
Scituate - $51,726
Source: Mass Dept of Education website


Did You Know? Only one of the 4 elementary schools has a dedicated music room. The remaining elementary schools share space in the library or have ‘music on a cart’, where the music teacher visits the classroom with a push-cart of instruments. Instrumental music teachers have been known to use a closet or two to provide lessons to students.