to 181 new teachers, a spokesperson for the K-12 district said.
The hiring bonuses in Newark and Camden are limited to teachers in five subject areas and remain ongoing, according to officials in both districts.response to a high number of teacher vacanciesBy June 30, when it ended, 181 of the 215 new teachers hired under the incentive program had been approved for the $7,500 bonuses, district spokesperson Dan Juan said. The bonuses are being paid out in two annual installments and are contingent on working at least two years in Paterson.
A survey by Education Week in February 2022 found that teacher bonuses mostly ranged between $1,000 and $5,000 and were subsidized by pandemic-related federal relief funds. Paterson funded its $7,500 hiring bonuses using its allotment from federal Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief funding.
As of Friday, 218 teachers had received the bonus, said Nancy Deering, a spokesperson for the school district.
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