Salary and Research

MSTA’s skilled finance consultants are experts in school finance — each with more than 30 years of experience in working with school budgets, the foundation formula, school boards and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

MSTA’s finance consultants can tell you exactly what the financial condition of your school district is. Our experts will take you beyond the raw numbers and show you what it all means. They can provide a CTA with:

  • An assessment of new revenue available for salary and fringe benefit enhancement.

  • Suggested ways in which district revenue can be increased.
  • Ways to cut expenditures without sacrificing programs and salaries.
  • Recommended fund balances and ways to reduce excessive fund balances.
Member Benefit

Salary and Benefits Report

his invaluable publication summarizes the salary schedule practices of Missouri schools — district by district. It also includes financial facts about Missouri schools, with information on teacher salaries, tax levies, student data and much more.Contact salary@msta.org with any questions.

Download the pdf.

School Finance Workshops

MSTA offers in-person and online school finance workshops across the state. At this workshop, you will receive a financial analysis specific to your school district. Our consultant will give a presentation on legislative issues, state budget issues, and a quick overview of how to use your financial analysis. After the presentation, the presenter will take the time to discuss this document with you individually at in-person workshops. Those that attend online events will have the opportunity for this at a later time if requested.

Our hope is that this helps your CTA have the information to be successful in working with your district.

It is important to register early so MSTA staff has the time to prepare your analysis. Registration ends one week prior to each event.

School Finance Videos

Salary Negotiations Workshop

These videos are designed to teach you how to have a productive salary committee that will hopefully get results. Our goal is to help you get a jump-start on the process and prepare for the negotiations with your administration and the school board.

These are great training videos for your Salary Committee members to watch on their own or together at your next meeting. Contact Salary Consultant, Sid Doerhoff, at sdoerhoff@msta.org for any questions!


 

 

School Finance 101

In these videos, we break down the formula and other school finance issues into something that everyone can understand.  Whether you are new to school finance or just need a refresher, these videos are for you. We will educate your Salary Committee members by giving them a basic understanding of school funding sources and how they might impact your district. It is helpful to have this understanding before attending one of our Salary Workshops in February or March. Contact Salary Consultant, Ed Vest, at evest@msta.org for any questions!

 

Understanding Financial Information

This video can be used to help you better understand the Financial Analysis that is provided to you at the Salary Workshops in February or March.  We go through the analysis page by page so that you gain a better understanding of what the information on your analysis is telling you.  This video is intended to be especially helpful to those that received a financial analysis from us, but were unable to attend one of our Salary Workshops in which one of our Salary Consultants would sit down with you to discuss your individual analysis.