European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 10, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 2 the stars and stripes tuesday May id. 1908 Dodds teachers will get 4.9% to 5.2% pay raises Bidav Walczak education writer teachers in the military s overseas school system will receive pay raises averaging 4.9 to 5.2 percent for the1937-88 school year raising the mini mum salary to 119,270 and the Maxi mum to j3b,270. Army finance officials said teachers in West Germany and Belgium will receive the first portion of the raise in their May 19 paychecks. Lump sum payments retroactive to the first Day of the school year will be Given to teachers june 17, according  pfc rfcs acting director of civilian payroll operations at the army finance Center in Leiden West Germany. Teachers in other european coun tries normally tire paid through individual finance offices. By Federal statute. Department of defense dependents schools teacher salaries Are set by averaging those of stateside teachers in the 174 school districts Iti it have 100,000 students or More. Dodds claims an enrolment of More than 152,000. The defense department wage fixing authority does t begin compiling teacher payroll data until Jan. I resulting in an annual revision of the payrolls late in the school year. A spokeswoman for the overseas education association in Washington said the delay is necessary to reflect the latest round of contract settlements in stateside districts including those made after the school year begins Jack Rollins the sea president estimated that the avenge Dodds teacher salary reflects the National average of about 128,000. The sea rep resents the majority of Dodds teach ers and is affiliated with the National education association which com piles average teacher salaries on a state by state basis. But a school system spokesman in Washington maintains that the aver age lecher salary in Dodds is higher we Don t keep in average salary figure he said but the average of All the pay Scales ii $29,732, and we think that s about the average  under the new pay schedule teacher salaries will Range from 119,270 for first year teachers with a Bachelor s degree to $38.270 for those with Doc tors degree and More than 25 years experience in the Dodds system social workers school psychologists and guidance Counselor Are covered by separate pay Scales and will receive pay raises Between s and 6 percent a Union official said. The finance office in Leiden which services about 7,000 teachers was the target of numerous complaints by oeland Dodds officials earlier in the school year following teacher claims of missing and inaccurate pay. That prompted the Dod inspector general s office in Wiesbaden to coordinate an inquiry into practices at the finance Center. The inquiry led to a report listing ways the school system and the finance Center could improve payroll opera Lions. The report pointed to the up coming pay adjustments As the key indicator in determining How Well the Leiden office has succeeded in eliminating delays and payroll errors. Average teacher salaries state by state Alaska leads . In teachers pay South Dakota is of Bottom of class Washington Iarj Alaska is the pacesetter and South Dakota brings up the rear when it comes to salaries for Public schoolteachers the National Edu cation association says. Classroom teachers earn an average of $28,031 nationally the Union said with salaries ranging from 540,424 in Alaska to $ 19,750 in South Dakota. Alaska is one of nine slates plus the District of Columbia where Ibe typical teacher earns More than 130,000 a  South Dakota fell below 120,000. The average classroom teacher with i years of experience got a 5.6 percent pay raise last year that boosted his or lick salary by 11,477 from the 1986-87 level ofj2