Tips to get into a higher salary scale

The Education magazine conducted research into higher salary scales for six months. More than 1500 people who work in education responded to a call to share experiences. Numerous unsuccessful attempts to get into a higher salary scale were shared. These attempts are frustrating and demotivating, resulting in burnout, departure to other schools or even leaving education.

Eight reasons why climbing doesn't work

The conditions for moving to a higher scale are unclear
The process is often long and grueling
The opportunity to climb rarely arises
Reasons for rejection are vague
The procedure causes bad blood among colleagues
Assertiveness is more important than quality
Staff lose the motivation to go the extra mile
A failed climbing attempt sometimes leads to burnout or departure

Tips for a higher salary scale

The video below gives four suggestions for working out a solution together with your employer.

Submit examples for objection

Do you work in primary education, secondary education or secondary vocational education and are you having trouble reaching agreement with your employer? Then you can go to the National Objections Committee for job evaluation. In this objection procedure, you must object to the evaluation of your position within six weeks after “the decision” of your manager. When the job increase takes place insidiously, Roelf van der Ploeg, fuwa expert and director at the AOb, to enforce a formal decision, as it were. There are then two routes:

Example 1: Your position has already been described and valued

Start the conversation and then send an email along the lines of: 'Herewith the request to place me in the position of … (to be filled in) as this is the most suitable position given my work.'

Example 2: Your position has not yet been described and rated

Start the conversation and then send an email along the lines of, "As announced in the conversation, hereby formally request to re-describe and rate my position."

If all goes well, both routes will provide a written answer from your employer. With this formal decision you can go to the hospital within six weeks complaints committee to step.

Need help? Join the AOb. The union can assist you. Join the AOb

Publications Fighting for your scale

March 7 2023 - Why are many employers unable to pay their staff as desired or properly? Read: the battle for higher scale also puts executives in a bind. A rector who does provide clarity will also speak.
January 27 2023 - Ten tips to get into a higher salary scale
January 9 2023 - Fighting for your scale is the cover article Onderwijsblad, AObmembers receive the magazine in the mail. The responses from employers' organisations are online.
December 9, 2022 - Educational staff are often told the same reasons why a higher scale is not possible. Check the six most common excuses and why this often concerns non-arguments.
December 6, 2022 - The fastest and most successful way to move up the scale is to change schools. Read the background and interviews.
19 September 2022 - HBO teacher Diana Wittendorp was determined, fought her way to a higher scale and also helped colleagues in the process. Check: "Do not be afraid."
November 1 2022 - Nearly a thousand testimonies of attempts to climb, in all educational sectors, paint a picture of arbitrariness, trainers and favoritism. The first results of the Onderwijsblad research at a glance.
November 8 2022 - Teacher and AObdirector Simone Fomenko blogs about her journey to a higher scale and how she managed to avoid a battle with her superior.
November 16, 2022 - In primary education it appears that fuwasys - the job evaluation system used by the government is correct in terms of content, but that implementation does not always go well.
November 21 2022 - Many speech therapists in education are dissatisfied with their classification. During the years-long process in which their position was revised, they don't feel taken seriously.

Webinars job evaluation

In the fall of 2022, the AOb eight webinars on job evaluation. AOb-members received explanations and tips on what to do if you think you have been classified too low. Activities related to classification are also planned for 2023 the planning.