The Texas Education Agency says there is no statewide definition for what constitutes a teacher shortage, but it knows the state is going through one.
Since the 2011-12 school year, Texas’ attrition rate has hovered around 10%. That number dipped to about 9% during the 2020-21 school year but is going back up — rising to almost 12% during the 2021-22 school year. Oeser also said most of Texas’ educators get certified through alternative programs and are more likely to leave than teachers who went to more traditional four-year schools.
In the same poll, teachers said they felt undervalued and underpaid. The average pay for teachers did not increase between 2010 and 2019; instead, it decreased from $55,433 to $54,192, according to aIn 2019, Texas lawmakers mandated raises for teachers in a $11.6 billion overhaul of public school finance. The bill also included a merit raise system aimed at helping rural and high-need school districts attract talent.
“Why am I going to worry about 25 or 30 kids when I have my own family to worry about?” Mock said. “The existential anxiety there is really kind of what drove me away.” Before then, the State Board for Educator Certification, which sets the standards for teacher certifications, will continue to hold talks about the Educative Teacher Performance Assessment, know as edTPA, a more rigorous teacher certification exam developed by Stanford University.
But the SBOE did not want to forgo the test altogether and instead sent it back to SBEC to see if that group can iron out the kinks or if there are other test options on the table. SBEC had a workshop on edTPA on Thursday and will return with options and feedback for its September meeting.
“Biden-flation” . Proof Democratic policies don’t work. Just look what MayorAdler has done to Austin! Disgraceful! DemocratsAreDestroyingAmerica DemocratsAreTheProblem HellNoBeto
Most Texas teachers also don’t qualify for social security income. So this pension is all they have to live off of.
Time to pay them up!
Teacher who entered the profession through an alternate route here… I entered through the Massachusetts Institute of New Teachers program. We who have worked on the outside have other options and something to compare teaching too. My program had high attrition as well.
So should we solve the issue of inflation or just continue to try to put band aids on it?
Teachers, vote for Beto and Dems across the ticket if you want folk in office who care about you - VOTE
Republicans don’t want to pay them, don’t want to give them benefits, and want to censor what they teach. Why would anyone want to be a teacher right now? It sounds like hell.
Welcome to Greg Abbott’s Texas!
BetoforGovernor would turn this around.
TEXAS LAWSUIT AGAINST BECERRA HAS NO STANDING. TEXAS, THIS MEANS YOU. “This could not be more straight-forward,” Garland said. “Where that stabilizing treatment is abortion, [hospitals] must provide the abortion.” FEDERAL LAW TRUMPS STATE LAW.
Gee I wonder why no one wants to be underpaid and risk COVID while the entire state legislature says you're a gay commie groomer
It’s rigged, the goal of the leaders in power is to privatize system. They know that affluent areas will have the tax base to support what they need to do, but poor schools do not and suffer, then get pointed to as an example of the failure of the public school system
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