‘Their weight in gold’ — San Antonio school districts scramble for teachers by raising their pay

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‘Their weight in gold’ — San Antonio school districts scramble for teachers by raising their pay
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Last year, the pandemic left districts across the region understaffed and scrambling to...

But a noticeably smaller pool of applicants has forced school boards to boost teacher pay, and many did so well before finalizing their annual budgets this month.

Region 20 is creating a task force that will explore the supply vs. demand problem and develop strategic approaches to it, Goldhorn said. Gutierrez said the openings are being pitched as careers, not just jobs, so candidates can see themselves staying and growing.Teachers in San Antonio have a lot on their plate but can’t say, ‘Hold the evaluations’

In May, SAISD opened the bidding with a 3 percent raise for all full-time campus staff, a 2 percent raise for campus principals, assistant principals and associate principals, and a 1 percent raise for department staff whose base salaries are more than $100,000. “I think teachers should be paid their weight in gold,” Southside ISD Superintendent Rolando Ramirez said in a written announcement. “Teachers have faced the pandemic and have met other challenges, and they do so without hesitation.”Merit pay program for Texas teachers pushes salaries past $100,000. But is it fair?

“When I first started this budget process, never did I think that we could do it,” she added. “This is something to be proud of.”

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