With starting salaries of $60,000, the Dallas ISD is working to fill hundreds of open teacher positions before all campuses return from the summer break.
“We have quite a few different methods and opportunities currently under the district of innovation to be able to bring in teachers who may not officially have certification, but certainly have the acumen, the potential and with our support can be great teachers in the classroom,” Elizalde said.
Rena Honea, president of Alliance/AFT, the local teachers union, says it’s a program proven successfully among Dallas ISD's high schools, particularly for recruiting teachers for vocational or specialty classes. But she's worried about expanding it to elementary schools. “You’ll start day one just like everybody else, but not have as big of a toolbox to use with those kiddos,” Honea said. “This is on-the-job training and I would hope [the district] would notify the parents of those children.”
Honea said the last two years have been extremely difficult to retain and attract teachers amid the pandemic, attacks on educators and low pay. “I can tell you the last couple of years have just been exhausting, Honea said. “It’s difficult to get people to come in and Dallas is doing everything it can.”
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