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What a crock bs pay...no wonder there are multiple
openings in severe developmentally delayed programs. I
would not do it within a 5-mile radius much less than a
block from home.

On 4/24/15, 27k BS wrote:
> 27K is garbage pay and you'll attract garbage teachers at
> that salary... if that. You could make more in a call
> center or cubical farm without the BS involved with
> teaching.
>
> On 4/21/15, PsyGuy wrote:
>> Well yes and no. It is likely that your district/school
>> is adapting the state minimum salary schedule which is
>> $27,540 for step 0, however the salary schedule does
>> increase on average about $500 per year of
experience.
>> You can find the state minimum salary schedule here:
>>
>>
tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Salary_and_Service_Reco
rd/M
>> inimum
>> _Salary_Schedule/2014-
2015_Minimum_Salary_Schedule/
>>
>> Anything more than that is whats referred to as "local
>> supplemental" salary, which your district can change or
>> eliminate entirely.
>>
>> As to why, there could be a number of reasons. First, is
>> to incentivise teachers to retire or resign, without
>> going through long and expensive grievance
procedures.
>> Second, is if your district is implementing a "pay for
>> performance" or "bonus" salary program. You get the
state
>> minimum and depending on your student pass
(satisfactory)
>> and commended (advanced) numbers you get bonus
pay, which
>> may or may not exceed your conventional salary. Third,
>> your district may be experiencing a financial or
>> budgetary crises, perhaps they are anticipating a loss
of
>> federal funding, etc. There could be a number of other
>> reasons.
>>
>> On 4/18/15, Aeiou wrote:
>>> Can someone explain this? Does this apply to all
current
>>> employed teachers? What are they doing to do? Drop
my
>>> pay to 27,000 after I made 40,000 a year? That is BS
if
>>> so.....

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