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Thank you so much for the interesting responses to my questions about whether dept. chairs at the sec. level teach a full load of classes, are given extra release time, whether a suppliment is given and if so, how it is calculated. There were many letters. I will try to briefly cover the ones that were not posted on the net, but sent only to me. Again, and again!....thank you for this wonderful resource!!! Katie Bailey Seabreeze High School Daytona Beach, FL baileyk@mail.firn.edu (all spelling errors are mine...due to finger tangle disease! :-) Alicia M. Astorga aastorga@ccantares.wcupa.edu: We are a 7-12 girls independant school. Our dept. chairs. teach the same number of classes (5) as everyone else. ...stipend of $400. Marianne Haase haase-m@hcca.ohio.gov ...depart heads (1 for each curriculum area and 1 for unified arts), all receive a supplement based on years of service. Dept. meetings held after school. Librarian is not acknowledged dept head..but expected to attend meetings. Gloria Duritsa duritsa@genesis.dug.edu Dept. heads free of homeroom assignments. ..receive one period per day designated a dept head period. Suppliment - $295.50 Shelley Lochhead S-Lochhead@mentor.unh.edu $2000 stipend. Flat rate. Susan Baker sbaker@orca.esdil4.wednet.edu No release time, teach full load, receive a $3000 yearly stipend regardless of dept size. Library Media Specialist also is considered part of the group, but without the stipend. Julie Burwinkel burwinkel_j@hcca.oecn.ohio.gov Supplement based on number of teachers in the dept. Minimum around $550. Valorie C. Ritenour ritenour@umd5.umd.edu Dept. chair teach fullloads and get pay based on number in dept. Chairs are on "administrative duty roster" staying late and locking up the building. Pope popeda@heidelberg-emh2.army.mil ..teach overseas for DOD. Salaries are based on the average of data from large districts but are considered good in most stated other than CT or Alaska. Dept. heads get no free period, but all teachers have two of seven periods free. Suppliment of $400 - $500 depending on dept. size and budget for the year. ..expected to log around 80 extra hours per year. Mark Williams marwill@eis.calstate.edu Dept. Heads are paid by the number of positions in the dept. Teach a full load. "As a librarian I am a dept. head, but do not get a suppliment, as I have no teachers in my dept." Sandal Lynn Stephenson sandal@tenet.edu Dept. heads get an additional period of "free" time, plus their confernce period. All dept. heads have the 1st period of the day free, either as conference or supervisory period. They use this time to meet with the principal once a week (It is called staff meeting and is EXTREMELY helpful for a school as large as ours 2,200 students, about 145 teachers. Also get a monetary supplement...flat rate...about $1500 a year. Sharon Murray murrays@dover.d12.ar.us 3 years ago they recieved a period off to meet and handle responsibilities. 2 years ago they recieved $500 each and no extra time. Last year they were told that they would recieve the $500 but it didn't happen. This year we are waiting to see... The job is passed around to diff. members of the dept. each year. Suppliment is a flat $500 across the board. Barb stover bknelson@csn.org Our dept. chairs either are paid or receive a period off every day. The pay is a flat rate. Sure would be nice if pay was pro-rated. Connie Wright connieW078@aol.com ..given one extra period "free" used to not have study hall or detention duty either....but we ran out of staff to do these jobs , so now dc's may do these AND recieve a stipend. Given a fee supplemented by the number of teachers in the dept. and whether or not they are tenured or not....all depts. and/or grade levels have chairpersons except the library (4persons in the districe...two of which are noncertified librarians but are certified teachers.) Lee D. Gordon lgordon@nevada.edu teachers teach 5 periods and have one prep period. DC's teach 4 classes and have 2 preps, one for dept. business. No extra money, just an extra period off, which if yu ask them usually isn't enough. Carol Kohnen cC518567@Mizzou1.missouri.edu Regular FT teachers have 5 classes for each of two semesters. Dept. heads have 5 classes one sem., and only 4 classes for the other.If not poss. for a dept. chair to be relieved of a class for a sem., s/he is given a small stipend..flat $200. Mary V. Jameson mjameson@services.dese.state.mo.us Dept. heads teach full loads. Primary function is to keep track of purchase orders and communication between admin. and teachers. Stipend is $300 per year...flate rate. Sandra M. Barron sbarron@tenet.edu One extra "conference" period for "dept." planning for dept. chairs. This year they received an extension of contrace--two more days. Also receive a stipend..believed to be flat rate. They meet twice a month (at lunch) with curriculum dean and once a month (before school) with principal. Gerry Clare gclare@cln.etc.bc.ca Dept. heads teach full load in most cases. Bonus $ same for all -- a % of top teacher salary in district. Carol Orlandi corlandi@omnifest.uwm.edu By contract, dept. chairs are given 1 period of rleased time for ever 25 sections taught in the dept., or major portion thereof. So, with 40 sections of English I get one period released. (That is not enough!) Sometimes chairperson of small dept. like art or music, cannot be given a released period. ..they are given a supplement of one hour's pay per day. Rone Pastecki vpast@llwmht.ll.pbs.org In the district where I am employed as the Chair. of the Lib. Med. Dept., I teach for 1.5 days a week or equivalent of 2 pd.s per day. Other chairs ahve sim. teaching assignments. Remainder of the work day is spent on daily operations of the dist. dept. (I am responsible for 18 K-12 LMCs, 16 LMS, 1 aide, and 7 clerks. ..also expected to attend admin. meetings. I am expected to work for about a week during the summer (I do get paid extra for this.) Dept. heads are part of the teacher's union at present. We receive a flat rate for our services (which is less thatn what the coaches for the football team receives!). Bonnie Fulmer gbf1@maristb.marist.edu NY Until 3 years ago, our 9-12 high school had heads of depts. of 6 members or more. They were released from one class and were peid a flat stipend of $1000 a year. Responsibilities included mostly dissemination of paperwork, organizing dept. meetings, textbook and supplies ordering, etc. At the beginning of our last contract, the position of dept. head was eliminated in a cost-cutting move. Redpons. were supposed to be divided between the principal and asst. principal, but of course their interest in the resp9onsibilities was not the same. We have effectively shot ourselves in the feet by doing our best to pick up the responsibilities by divvying them up within depts., ensuring the positions will not be reinstated. But there is a real breakdown in effective communication and organization, and the cohesiveness that made for an effective program is definitely lacking. **** Thank you again for all of the responses!!! I would be happy to forward the complete individual responses to anyone who wants them. My adminstrator is THRILLED with this net! Keep smilin'!!! Katie