Commentary: In addressing the teacher shortage, districts should start with pay raises.
Currently at Northside Independent School District, teachers with 14 years of experience make just over $5,000 more than first-year teachers.My son’s 4th grade dual language class in San Antonio’s Northside Independent School District is currently sitting at 26 students, a byproduct of an overburdened and under-resourced educational system that has recently seen a mass exodus of educators.
In my son’s classroom alone, his teacher is expected to provide the same amount of attention and care to 26 different children — all with varying needs. Essential components of a teacher’s lesson plans, like meaningful time with small groups, cannot be efficiently managed or executed and sadly children begin to fall behind. This isat a Title I campus like my son’s where almost 75% of the population is economically disadvantaged and over 85% are children of color.
As both the parent of a student and the husband of a veteran elementary school teacher, I understand the frustration overcrowded classrooms cause for all parties involved. And as someone who has held various leadership roles in both the nonprofit and for-profit worlds, I empathize with the struggles the NISD administration faces with teacher shortages.
. This meager difference tells the veteran educator they are not truly valued while also communicating to prospective teachers that they can expect a year-over-year salary increase of half a percent. That is not reasonable or sustainable in any profession or industry; it is shameful. , if either of these teachers has even one child of their own, neither person is earning a living wage. And with the current shortage, they are often covering the duties of two teachers while also being underpaid.
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