Eight of the 20 public schools still have acting principals.
“I learned that there are many staff in acting capacity like our school principals,” Sablan said. “They’ve been serving under this capacity for quite a period of time and it’s a concern for me.”
PSS regulation states that those in acting capacity will get the salary for the permanent position after 90 days.
Once PSS names a permanent appointee, the employee in acting capacity will return to his or her former position along with its salary structure.
PSS has four principals and one vice principal who are getting the maximum annual salary of $60,000 after they complied with the requirements for highly qualified personnel.
Sablan, however, said that the “too many actingships” have nothing to do with the “lack of requirements or compensation.”
“The re-announcement of the positions will allow PSS to get permanent individuals and we are extending the invitation to all interested and qualified individuals including our classroom teachers,” Sablan said.
The acting principals are also qualified to turn in their applications, she added.
Based on the compensation plan approved by the Board of Education in 2006, school principal 1 gets $50,000 a year. These are those with master’s degree in education and six years experience — at least three years as administrator and three years as teacher. These principals must also have a valid administrator’s certificate.
School principal 2 and school principal 3 get $55,000 and $60,000 in annual pay. They must have a master’s degree in education and seven-year experience as administrator and teacher as well as the required valid certification.
