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On 5/16/15, Payscale differ wrote:
I am looking to relocate to Texas and I want to know what the
Net pay is for Texas teachers. Can anybody help me out?

> 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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