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It really depends where your moving from and what stage of
your career your in. If your in NY or CA and making $80,000 a
year Texas will very likely disappoint you.

In general:
Texas pays pretty well, big city schools like San Antonio,
Austin, Houston, Dallas for an entry level Sp.Ed teacher with
stipends, your looking at $50,000 a year, and Texas has NO
state income tax. You do see a lot of rural schools paying the
mandated "state minimum salary", which is $27,540 for an entry
level teacher. Sp.Ed usually has a stipend of $1000, and ESOL
adds another average of $2000, add on average another $500
each for math and ELAR certified (for Sp.Ed teachers).

A lot of Sp.Ed students are mixed ELL, which is FAR easier to
get kids moved into.

We have high stakes testing and LOT of pressure is on Sp.Ed
teachers to get their kids to pass. Many schools succeed or
fail based on their Sp.Ed students.

We dont have unions and no collective bargaining. We have
associations which do some of the same things but most
everyone agrees that they are pretty weak. Texas doesnt really
have tenure anymore, they do, but no one gets it.

10/23/14, CD wrote:
> I am a special education teacher and
> contemplating a move to Texas. What can I
> expect? What are the pros/cons??? Much
> appreciated.

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