“This year represents the most teachers ever hired in the state of Texas.”Īccording to TEA data, Texas saw 42,973 new teacher hires in 2021-22, an increase of 11.6% from the previous year and the highest number of any academic year tracked by the TEA beginning in 2007-08. “If you keep hearing about the teacher shortage, it is because Texas is funding new positions at a record pace,” Creighton said. He said he believes the state is committed to funding and hiring new teachers. “Over the last few months I have met with school districts across the state to develop the most innovative and effective policies for Texas educators and students,” Creighton said in an email. They feel the teaching profession has been under attack for years from being underfunded, they don’t get paid nearly enough,” Puente said.
they want to leave they want to get out of the profession. “Colleagues who represent teachers are all saying. Jamie Puente, public policy analyst with Every Texan, an Austin-based public policy organization, said these issues of funding and salaries are central to teachers’ concerns. The task force could not be reached for comment through its website before press time. 25, the group discussed multiple avenues for increasing teacher retention and hiring, benefits, expanding access to high-quality instructional materials and conducting a time audit. The task force meets every other month until February, when it will announce its final recommendations, according to the TEA website.Īccording to materials from its most recent meeting Aug. The group comprises teachers and administrators from districts all over the state. Greg Abbott directed the TEA to form the Teacher Vacancy Task Force with the purpose of making recommendations to address the teacher shortage by March 2023. Until all positions are filled, campus and district staff will cover any open positions as was done throughout the height of the pandemic,” Blakelock said. “Many of the vacancies are due to our enrollment exceeding projections by over 900 students and the need for additional staff. The average fill rate in 2021-22 was 73% in 2020-21 it was 77% and in 2019-20 it was 86%, according to the district. For the 2022-23 school year so far, the district has had a 71% average fill rate for all positions. Substitute fill rates are also lower than previous years. 26, higher than in previous years, Blakelock said. “To help attract qualified applicants, we increased the starting salary to $60,000 and offer a variety of stipends for select positions.”ĭespite pay increases, the district had over 50 teaching vacancies as of Aug. “Conroe ISD is proud to be the largest employer in Montgomery County with over 10,000 employees including substitutes,” Blakelock said in an emailed statement. A statewide Teacher Vacancy Task Force created by the TEA is working on recommendations to increase teacher retention.ĬISD Director of Communications Sarah Blakelock said the district aims to remain competitive and fairly compensate its employees. To address turnover locally, CISD implemented pay increases and stipends for the 2022-23 academic year.
Statewide teacher turnover for the year was 14.3%. In the 2020-21 school year, the most recent available from the TEA, CISD’s teacher turnover rate-which measures the percentage of teachers who leave the district or move to another position-was 12.1%. Meanwhile, the percentage of teachers statewide that left the profession in 2021-22 was 11.57%, compared to 9.34% the prior year-the highest percentage since the data was first tracked in 2008.
In the 2020-21 school year, that number was 6,771. According to the TSTA, the number was the highest recorded in the survey’s 40 years and an increase of 17 percentage points from the last survey conducted in 2018.Īt the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, the state saw an addition of 134 teachers to the workforce, Texas Education Agency data shows. Texas teachers and school districts, including Conroe ISD, are feeling the effects of the nationwide teacher shortage during the pandemic with experts citing teacher pay, students’ well-being and a lack of state support as contributing factors.Īn August survey conducted by the Texas State Teachers Association and Sam Houston State University indicated 70% of 688 teachers surveyed said they were considering leaving the profession following the 2021-22 school year.
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