[Counselors] Counselor Salaries

Thu Jun 1 08:25:48 CDT 2017

We are a 4A school.  All counselors are required to work 10 days before teachers report as well as 10 days after.  We get one month's pay for those 20 days and 10% of our base teacher pay ($43,900 for 25+ years) so $4390 for being a counselor.  Adds up to roughly $9K for extra days and stipend.

I get $1000 above base for extra time I have to put in. Like you I come in before the teachers  and leave a week or two after everyone else is gone. I do also have to make trips to school (25 miles one way) during the summer to help with various reports and other issues that come up frequently. Also on 24 hour call for any problems with students or parents or whoever needs help.  I know other districts pay 5-10,000 above for counselors but not at my school. It took 6 years to get the extra pay for the extra days.  Good luck.

We have a union to negotiate our salaries but we get paid for 196 days a year. Teachers get paid for 181 days.  I would get your daily rate of pay and ask for those extra days you work. We do not get stipends either. But we get paid  for during study hall  $26.50 an hour or the rate that Title 1 pays teachers. If your health insurance isn’t included, ask for that instead of payment.  Our annual salary is divided by 24 pays so we get paid 2  times a month. 
Good luck!

I am on a 12 month contract just like other administrators.  They added two months pay to my annual salary, plus I get stipends for any extra duties I have (i.e. DTC, GT, administrator for MAS etc.).  My base salary is figured by year’s exp with Master's.  I've heard that some schools do year’s exp with Master's plus 5% like Ag teachers and others get.  Good luck with your negotiations.

My contract is 10 days before and 10 days after the teachers. I get paid 20% above what I would make in my district as a teacher with a Master’s.

In our contract we have a specific # of days we work before and after teachers and are paid for those days only. We are interested in hearing how other districts do this because we've heard that some other districts do this as well as give a stipend on top of that.

I make teacher pay plus years of experience.  I work 5 days before and 5 days after the teachers.  I do get paid for those 10 days.
Good Luck

You are working 10 months on a 9 month contract You are working for them for free for a month. We work the 10 month contract here too but get $3400 in addition to step for the extra months worked (5A school). I am not sure where the random number came from but I do know that it has not changed in 15 years regardless of experience. At my last school, 11 years ago, I received $5000 above step as counselor and was not required to stay a certain number of days nor come early, only enough to complete my tasks at the end of the year and before school started in August (Class A school.)

I asked years ago at my previous school to be paid per day the extra days I was expected to be at school or I would not work or be available during summer. It was 20 days so they just decided to pay me another month, a 10 month contract, August 1-May31. My new school (as of five years ago) does something similar.

I receive base master's pay plus one month's average, because of the extra days I come in.
Hope this helps.

I'm in exactly the same position. I thought last year I'd get the nerve to ask to be paid for the extra time I work before school begins and after it ends since I have to stay and teachers don't.  However, I chickened out because I am thankful for the job but when my teacher friends are all camping and on vacation already I get a little grumpy about it.

I am a Middle School counselor (550 students) who is paid according to the regular teacher’s contract.  My additional pay comes from working 5 days before and 5 days after the contract time.  No additional pay for the counselor.

I get teachers’ pay plus extra for the extra days.  Do you have to be assistant principal also?

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 4:08 PM OSRHE EPAS PK-12 Counselor Discussion Board <counselors at lists.onenet.net<mailto:counselors at lists.onenet.net>> wrote:
Good afternoon,
Currently, I have been debating on whether or not to negotiate my contract a little.  I understand the state is in a budget crisis, but we have been very lucky to have gained almost 40 students last year and we will hold steady this year as well.  This is a personal question, so I COMPLETELY understand if counselors do not wish to disclose how much extra above a teacher salary they make, but I only make years experience at a teacher based salary with my Master’s.  I do not get any extra pay or stipends.  When the teachers go home, which this year it was the 19th, I have to stay until the 31st.  I am also expected to return August 1st and the teachers will not report this year until August 9th.  I want to be fair to my district and fair to myself.  Any responses will be appreciated!
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