If you read one thing: Some Houston ISD teachers at schools in Superintendent Mike Miles' New Education System were upset Monday morning to wake up to contract offers with lower salaries than what they expected, and, in some cases, lower than what they earned before.
How are the salaries different?
Miles has said since he arrived June 1 that teachers at the 28 NES schools will make an average of about $85,000 per year, a statement that appears to hold true after salary tables were released over the weekend.
A wide pay range, however, will see some educators, such as elementary elective teachers, make $63,000 while a third-grade reading teacher at the same school will earn at least $20,000 more. The previous, traditional salary schedule did not differentiate teachers' pay based on grade level or subject matter.
Miles explains why teachers' compensation will differ based on position and grade level…
"I can look at an elective teacher in third grade and say reading is more important to our students right now, and the value that teacher brings is higher than the value a P.E. teacher brings. Nobody wants to say that, but I'm saying it and I'm saying it pretty clearly, that what we do is based on the value that a different position brings."
Read Sam González Kelly's full story here.
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