TEA Report: Increasing pay, training, improving work conditions would strengthen teacher retention, recruitment in Texas

EDITOR’S NOTE: The video above was originally published in Aug. 2022.

Texas teachers could see an adjustment and improvement due to the recent Teacher Vacancy Task Force (TVTF) report regarding the retention and recruitment of teachers across the state.

In March 2022, Gov. Greg Abbott created the TVTF with teachers and school system leaders to improve Texas’ teacher retention and recruitment. 

Over the past year, the TVTF met every other month to examine challenges teachers faced and to make policy changes through the Texas Education Agency and the legislature to support the needs of teachers.

The TVTF concluded in order to reduce teacher vacancies, there has to be an increase in compensation, quality training and support, and improving work conditions for teachers across Texas. In order for these changes to be implemented, additional funding has to be allocated for every district in Texas.