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• Great News on Teacher Hiring

  • Districts Have More Resources than Expected; Employment Season to Run Longer and Later

    Districts around the state are currently hiring thousands of teachers to properly staff their classrooms just as the constitution requires. Earlier this year, districts were anticipating a worst case scenario which never came to be. Instead, districts all across Texas do have the resources to hire teachers and they are doing just that. Districts, like the state’s largest, Houston ISD, will additionally hire back hundreds of teachers who were prematurely laid off earlier in the summer. Other districts, like Austin ISD, even have surplus money to give bonuses to teachers and maintain small class sizes. “The resources are obviously much better than anyone would have thought, now we just need to communicate that message to the public,” said Stephaney Kennedy, Deputy Executive Director of Texas Teachers. Although many districts are in fact going back and re-hiring some of the previously laid off teachers, they are not re-hiring all of them in order to open up some of those positions for new teachers who many consider to be better suited for the new challenges in today’s classroom. This year’s hiring season got off to a late start due to the budget hold up, but now most districts are saying the hiring season will run much longer than normal.

    • Favorable School Budget Passes! Districts Funded to 97% of Last Year: Let the Hiring Begin!

    • Teacher Hiring Boom is Coming: Lead by Phenomenal State Growth, Revenue

    • Teaching Jobs are Coming Back!

    • New Money to Help Fully Fund Texas Schools

    • Good News! Schools Funded, Budget to be 80% Better than First Predicted

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• Texas Teachers Commentary

  • A Strong Hiring Season is Now Fully Underway

    Now that the uncertainty is gone and the money is there, districts can do what they normally do this time of year—hire teachers. And that is exactly what is happening. Thousands of people all across Texas are currently being hired to teach at districts, charter and private schools. Read More

  • Understanding the Impact of the Texas State Budget Shortfall for Teachers

    Texas Teachers President, Vernon Reaser, addresses the economic climate and impact of the Texas state budget shortfall on the teaching profession. Read More

  • Districts Expect Uptick in Teacher Hiring Next School Year

    As the economy starts to improve, many recruiters in school district HR departments believe that the upcoming 2010 – 2011 school year will see stronger hiring than experienced in the current year. Read More

  • Teacher Professionalism Creates Success on Campus

    It is important to take the initial development of your image for your new teaching profession very seriously.  New teachers do not have any history with their co-workers or supervisors and therefore are creating their reputation for the very first time, and doing so in the challenging first year of teaching. Read More

  • Federal Money Boosts State Special Education Departments

    The federal stimulus money to school districts is dramatically helping to fund the Special Education departments more than ever.  Some districts are seeing their budgets increase by five fold or more. Read More

  • Clearly Defined Grading System Will Start Your Year off with an “A”

    As teachers we are constantly assessing our students. Informal questions, class participation and daily work let us get a picture of what our students know before the quiz and test grades do. Read More

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• Press Releases

  • Round Rock ISD secondary math teacher announced 2010-2011 Texas Teachers “Teacher of the Year”

    The winner exemplifies the potential of alternate route teachers and the success they achieve during their first year in the classroom. Read More

  • Texas Teachers Announces 2009-2010 “Teacher of the Year” Winners

    More and more, teachers from the alternate route are gaining recognition as many of the best teachers in the state Read More

  • TexasTeachers.org Relaunches, Reaches New Level

    Launch of updated website incorporates creativity, sophistication to deliver value. Read More

  • Committed to Personalized Service With Addition of New Program Advisors

    Texas Teachers has recently added three new professional staff and is looking for one more as it continues to grow. Read More

  • Texas Teachers Builds Internal Quality Control System Second to None

    Quarter-million-dollar system to provide reliability for every situation and ensure customer success. Read More

  • Texas Teachers Bucks Economy by Continuing to Grow, Helping Thousands to Start Teaching Careers

    Despite sluggish year for the industry, Texas Teachers only ACP to grow. Read More

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• Legislative & Regulatory Updates

  • Improving Access and Quality of Educator Certification in Texas

    At Texas Teachers, a critical part of our mission is to engage lawmakers and state agency policymakers to advocate for regulations and laws that contribute to a stable, effective and transparent alternate route to teaching. We make this advocacy a priority for us so that new teachers will continue to have every opportunity to start their teaching careers. Read More

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