2012-13

ADMINISTRATOR PAY PLAN COMMITTEE

COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP:

• Chris Freund, Director of Facilities• Deborah Ketring, Coordinator of Technology• James Wipke, Executive Director of Secondary Education• Katie Reboulet, Director of Human Resources• Kim Cranston, Chief Communications Officer• Michael Seppi, Director of Community Education• Lorinda Krey, Elementary Assistant Principal• Matt Miller, Elementary Principal• Linda Miller, Middle School Principal• Michael Anselmo, Middle School Principal• Carl Hudson, High School Assistant Principal• Renee Trotier, High School Principal• Kelvin McMillin, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources

COMMITTEE CHARGE

• The committee is an advisory committee that will review the current administrator salary plan and make recommendations to the Board regarding its use.

• Committee members will represent and advocate for all administrators not just their own position.

• The committee may bring forth general recommendations regarding the structure or development of a pay plan, but should not bring forward specific recommendations regarding individual salaries.

• The committee should research methods that result in both competiveness in St. Louis County and parity within Rockwood (external and internal equity) in base salary.

COMMITTEE CHARGE

• The committee can research methods that recognize experience, education and merit (evaluations, scorecards, or other measures).

• The plan should address the need to benchmark salaries annually to remain competitive in St. Louis County, and should include an easily communicated system of salary progression from year-to-year.

• The committee should research the average length of an administrative career, with both plans moving administrators to the middle of the plan by the middle of their careers and the end or top of the plan by the end of their career.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Students to Administrator Ratio

• Rockwood ranks 20th in St. Louis County for its students to administrator ratio• Mehlville and Lindbergh are the

only St. Louis County school districts with a higher ratio of students per administrator

• Rockwood schools have a ratio of 282 students per administrator• The state average is 195 students

per administrator

St Louis County Students to Administrator Ratio 2010‐11

St Louis County Students to Administrator Ratio 2011‐12

District Ratio  District Ratio 

1Brentwood

96 1Maplewood‐Richmond Hts. 92

2Maplewood‐Richmond Hts. 103 2

Brentwood106

3 Valley Park 146 3 University City 1394 University City 151 4 Valley Park 1445 Jennings 153 5 Jennings 1526 Pattonville 166 6 Bayless 1577 Ritenour 181 7 Hancock Place 1638 Hancock Place 183 8 Pattonville 1709 Bayless 188 9 Ladue 19210 Ladue 190 10 Affton 19611 Clayton 193 11 Ferguson‐Florissant 20112 Hazelwood 207 12 Hazelwood 20613 Ferguson‐Florissant 210 13 Clayton 21014 Normandy 215 14 Webster Groves 21115 Webster Groves 219 15 Riverview Gardens 21216 Kirkwood 237 16 Parkway 23617 Parkway 239 17 Ritenour 23717 Riverview Gardens 239 18 Normandy 26119 Affton 242 19 Kirkwood 26220 Lindbergh 270 20 Rockwood 28220 Rockwood 270 21 Mehlville 30422 Mehlville 277 22 Lindbergh 364

Average 199 Average: 204

HOW DO ADMINISTRATORS COMPARE?

St Louis County Average Administrator Compensation 2010‐11 (DESE)

St Louis County Average Administrator Compensation 2011‐12 (DESE)

District Compensation District Compensation 1 Kirkwood $132,621  1 Brentwood $140,458 2 Brentwood $129,367  2 Kirkwood $132,922 3 Clayton $125,293  3 Lindbergh $125,063 4 Lindbergh $114,941  4 Clayton $122,311 5 Ladue $113,962  5 Ladue $113,034 6 Webster Groves $110,878  6 Webster Groves $112,486 7 Valley Park $109,480  7 Valley Park $111,996 8 Bayless $109,274  8 Parkway $111,511 9 Parkway $108,916  9 Affton $108,704 10Mehlville $105,647  10 Pattonville $108,616 11 Affton $105,500  11 Hancock Place $106,751 12 Pattonville $105,277  12 Normandy $105,856 13Maplewood‐Richmond Hts. $104,529  13 Ferguson‐Florissant $105,378 14 Hancock Place $104,142  14Mehlville $105,251 15 University City $103,594  15 University City $104,630 16 Ferguson‐Florissant $102,290  16Maplewood‐Richmond Hts. $104,606 17 Rockwood $100,726  17 Ritenour $103,985 18 Jennings $100,562  18 Jennings $101,652 19 Hazelwood $99,075  19 Bayless $100,813 20 Ritenour $97,109  20 Hazelwood $100,362 21 Normandy $97,061  21 Rockwood $99,479 22 Riverview Gardens $91,225  22 Riverview Gardens $94,308 

Average $107,794.05  Average $110,007.82 

In 2010‐2011, the average compensation of Rockwood administrators ranked toward the bottom of St. Louis County school districts at 17th out of 22. In 2011‐12 this ranking dropped to 21st out of 22.

Some Rockwood School District administrators are leaving Rockwood to take lateral positions in other school districts.

Rockwood struggles to recruit experienced administrators from other school districts, as this often requires them to take a salary cut to consider employment in Rockwood.

HOW DO TEACHERS COMPARE?

In 2010‐2011, the average compensation of Rockwood teachers ranked 13th out of 22 St. Louis County school districts. In 2011‐12 this ranking dropped to 14th out of 22.

Though the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education does not collect similar data on support staff, the salary ranges for support staff positions would suggest that on average we are approximately 14th out of 22 in support staff salaries.

District Compensation District Compensation1 Clayton 68,367$             1 Clayton 68,838$            2 Kirkwood 66,271$             2 Kirkwood 67,600$            3 Brentwood 63,775$             3 Brentwood 63,884$            4 Ladue 61,722$             4 Webster Groves 61,590$            5 Webster Groves 60,349$             5 Pattonville 61,502$            6 Pattonville 60,286$             6 Normandy 61,058$            7 Jennings 60,201$             7 Ladue 60,481$            8 Normandy 59,645$             8 Jennings 59,310$            9 Ritenour 58,353$             9 Parkway 59,134$            10 Parkway 56,828$             10 Ritenour 58,532$            11 Affton 56,464$             11 Ferguson‐Florissant 57,684$            12 Ferguson‐Florissant 56,364$             12 Hancock Place 57,563$            13 Rockwood 55,463$             13 Affton 56,944$            14 Lindbergh 55,183$             14 Rockwood 56,701$            15 Valley Park 55,176$             15 Lindbergh 55,450$            16 University City 54,387$             16 University City 54,811$            17 Hancock Place 53,220$             17 Valley Park 54,133$            18 Mehlville 53,098$             18 Mehlville 53,483$            19 Riverview Gardens 51,197$             19 Hazelwood 52,879$            20 Maplewood‐Richmond  50,159$             20 Maplewood‐Richmond  50,800$            21 Hazelwood 49,422$             21 Riverview Gardens 50,597$            22 Bayless 45,429$             22 Bayless 44,612$            

Average 56,879.95$        Average 57,617.55$       

St. Louis County Average Teacher Compensation 2010‐11 (DESE)

St. Louis County Average Teacher Compensation 2011‐12 (DESE)

COMPENSATION

Rockwood administrators are $10,528 below the St. Louis County average administrator salary (2011-12 DESE data).

Rockwood teachers are $916 below the St. Louis County average teacher salary (2011-12 DESE data).

Including insurance costs, Rockwood is 21st out of 22 in “total compensation” for administrators.

The average number of years of experience among Rockwood administrators in their current administrative position is 5.2.

WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT?

• Leadership matters. The ability to attract, hire and retain the most highly qualified and talented administrators has a direct impact on the success of teachers and students. Talented administrators attract and retain talented teachers.

• The need to hire and retain outstanding teachers and administrators was a feedback theme from the Picture Rockwood community engagement process.

• We are beginning to lose administrators to other school districts (lateral positions) because of salary.

• Though the number of administrator applicants for open positions has increased, the number of experienced applicants has decreased. For example, with the recent Uthoff Valley Principal’s opening only one St Louis County assistant principal applied and no sitting principals from St. Louis County applied at all.

• In the past four years, the District has restarted the administrator interview and selection process eighteen times due to a lack of acceptable candidates.

• Facing the above crisis, Rockwood has increasingly been promoting from within their own ranks (roughly 70% of administrative positions). Though this rewards loyal Rockwood employees, promotion to the next level does not bring experience in that position with it. Of the 120 Rockwood administrators 80 have been placed in their current position in the past 3 years.

COMMITTEE PROCESS

Over a three month period the Administrator Pay Plan (APP) Committee analyzed four differing pay plan types which included:

• Base salary with indices• Ranges (similar to our current system)• Step salary schedules (similar to our current teacher’s salary

schedule)• Negotiation

COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION

The APP Committee recommends the Board of Education consider a salary plan that is transparent, internally consistent, and externally competitive, adjusted annually to the St. Louis County marketplace. We suggest a base salary with indices plan based upon these six factors:

• Responsibility – credit given for the position’s level of responsibility• Education Level – credit given for level of educational attainment (BA to

Ph.D.)• Experience – credit given years of relevant administrative experience – 1.5%

per year• Merit – credit for outstanding performance• The base salary would be 90% of the St. Louis County median administrator

salary, benchmarked annually. Would require a 2-3 year phase in period.• If above the formula, 2% guarantee until the pay plan catches up to the

administrator.

A SAMPLE SYSTEM

• 2013-2014 Certified Administrator Salary Worksheet•• Name•• Position•• Building Level/Responsibility: 2013-14• HS Principal 1.16• MS Principal 1.06• HS Associate Principal 1.06• ES Principal 1.01• HS Assistant Principal/Coordinator ILC 0.92• HS Activities Director 0.92• MS Assistant Principal 0.84• ES Assistant Principal 0.79•• Years of Previous Administrative Experience:

• .015 per year of previous, relevant administrative experience (coordinator or above)• Incoming principal: one (1) year for one (1) year of principal/associate principal experience.• Incoming principal: one (1) year for two (2) years of assistant principal/activities director/administrative intern experience when entering district

or when moving from an AP/AD/AI position within the district.•• Level of Educational Attainment:• Doctorate .06• Specialist .04• Master .02• Bachelor .01•• Merit [ ] .005 for: ___________________________________________________________________• [ ] .01 for: ___________________________________________________________________•• Factors: Responsibility 0.00• Experience 0.00• Education 0.00• Merit 0.00• Total Factors 0.00•• Base salary for 2013-14: $90,600 X 0.00 factors = $000,000.00 (Base salary is 90% of the median St. Louis County administrator salary)• Other (Extra Duty/Stipend) 0.00 •• Total 2013-14 Salary: $000,000.00

STAFFING CHALLENGES

• Rockwood has the third highest students to administrator ratio in St. Louis County.

• Rockwood is losing experienced teachers and administrators to other St. Louis County school districts with better compensation.

• Research is clear that continuity of leadership is important to a school’s success. When an administrator leaves Rockwood, the position is typically filled from within, resulting in another vacancy.

• Recruiting high quality administrators is a challenge given current compensation constraints.• Limited applicant pool (competing with districts that pay

higher)• Applicants have less experience• Applicants from lower performing districts

HUMAN RESOURCES RECOMMENDATION

• We are seeking a commitment to bring teacher, support staff and administrator salaries to the St. Louis County midpoint over the next two to three year period.

• We suggest continual benchmarking to see that each employee group reaches the St. Louis County midpoint in the same year, if possible. This will require some employee groups to receive greater than average raises to bring them closer in ranking to other Rockwood employee groups.

• Though we have budget reserves, we are also deficit spending, and deficit spending cannot be continued indefinitely without staff cuts or a funding increase.

BUDGET IMPACT

Increase to the current amount budgeted to fund the pay plan:• Approximately $242,000

Cost above last years pay plan (after restructuring/ retirements/etc.):• Approximately $350,000

DEADLINES

• Administrators must be notified by April 15th if the Board is going to re-employ them in their current position.

• Contracts must be in administrator’s hands prior to May 15th.

QUESTIONS?