![]() The number of Texas teachers quitting is rising. ![]() “The recommendations, I think, that are coming out of here are thoughtful and supported and I hope that the people coming behind us, the legislature and our state boards and our districts and in our state will come along beside us and recognize that those are well-thought-out recommendations and come to the table with us and help make that happen for our teachers. “Our next step, and we got partway there this time, is to then figure out who can make that change,” Streepy said. The group is set to release its final list of recommendations to lawmakers, the Texas Education Agency, and local school districts in February. “We will not wait till March if we actually have something ready to go before then even if it’s on a certain topic,” Streepy added.Īlready, the task force has split into four working groups, including two focused on educator preparation programs and compensation. “My understanding is that we will have representatives at the public education hearings and then if we have recommendations that are ready to go, that we will release those or at least the topic of those as they are ready,” task force member and Highland Park ISD teacher Jean Streepy said. The House Committee on Public Education is inviting the Teacher Vacancy Task Force‘s chair, Dallas ISD teacher Josue Torres, to speak before lawmakers next month, according to the committee. AUSTIN (KXAN) – While Texas public schools start the year with vacancies and permanent substitutes, the group charged with addressing the state’s teacher shortage met again, this time to begin crafting recommendations for lawmakers.
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