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Depends where you are, most public school districts in large
cities start their salary scale in the mid $40,000 some rural
areas offer state minimum which is about $27,000. You get
health insurance as a basic plan and TRS retirement.

On 5/16/15, ash wrote:
> 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?
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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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