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Payscales vary for subs and long-term subs in different districts.
But teachers who ARE certified have to be paid the same level -,
no matter what district / position you're in per Texas law. Schools
with difficulties in filling hard to fill positions most likely will hire
uncertified and not-yet certified teachers as short and long-term
(year-long) with a promise of large sum payoff at end of contract
as if they're certified teachers. This is a way of keeping contracts
'money attractive' to applicants instead of searching and paying
already certfified teachers $40K annually at year zero.

On 5/14/15, anon wrote:
>
> Rules about supply and demand do NOT apply in public
employment
> because they are non-profits.
>
> It would be highly unfair to pay somebody more money
because
> they are math or science teachers than kindergarten, which is a
> LOT harder work and which helps lay the groundwork for future
> academic success.
>
> The ONLY fair compensation in the public sector is in the step
> system.
>
> Your post is idiotic on its face.
>
> On 5/13/15, 27K No Way! wrote:
>> There is a shortage of teachers in some fields that are
>> willing to work for low teacher pay, like Spanish speaking
>> ELL, STEM, sped... the list is pretty well known and it is
>> similar around the country. These "shortages" would be
>> cleared up if they raised the pay for these fields.
>>
>> Texas doesn't have collective bargaining for teachers, but it
>> still makes the same mistake collective bargaining states
>> make in simply having one salary for all teachers. Yes, some
>> of it is based upon performance, but there is no recognition
>> of the fact that there are sub-sets of teachers that have a
>> very different labor market. There is simply a lack of
>> intelligence when it comes to understanding supply and
>> demand. A Spanish-speaking, HS Math teacher has a lot of
>> other career options than a regular old elementary teacher.
>> Not to say the elem teacher doesn't work hard, but hard work
>> is not (typically) what results in higher pay in a free
>> market...
>>
>> If the supply of teachers outstrips demand for their labor,
>> then you must increase the supply by attracting more people
>> into the field on a macro-level. That Spanish-speaking Math
>> teacher, who has other options in, say: IT or engineering,
>> might then be attracted to the field. The general ed
>> elementary teacher... probably doesn't have that skill set
>> and therefore their labor is not as scarce.
>>
>> On a micro-level, an individual district should increase it's
>> pay for the type of teacher that is in short supply to
>> attract what supply of labor does exist. A district
>> superintendent at one ISD probably can't affect change that
>> will bring more Math or Sped teachers into the overall labor
>> pool, but they can pay more to attract the scarce labor to
>> their classrooms. The problem is that they don't think about
>> teachers in sub-sets. They think think they need to pay a
>> "shortage" area teacher the same as a non-shortage area
>> teacher, which makes pay increases insufficient to attract
>> people in the shortage fields. You don't need to pay a gym
>> teacher more..., there are already a hundred applicants for
>> every position, but you might need to pay a STEM or sped
>> teacher more because those classrooms could go unfilled.
>>
>> Regardless: I wouldn't teach any subject for 27K per year.
>>
>> On 5/01/15, PsyGuy wrote:
>>> The presentation that there is a shortage of teachers is a
>>> myth, there are a lot of teachers that will accept any job
>>> that pays more than substituting (which at $80 a day for
>>> 150 days is $12,000).
>>>
>>> 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_Record/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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