The U.S. secretaries of education and labor visited Reno on Wednesday and announced plans for the Biden administration to expand high-quality, affordable programs, increase salaries, and strengthen working conditions across early childhood education, K-12, and higher education. He emphasized his efforts.
“We are prioritizing what I call the ABCs of progress: educator autonomy and ownership, improved working conditions, and competitive pay,” said U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona. ” he said.
The collaboration between the two institutions will focus on: The Good Job Principle in Education.
“We need to improve hiring to attract workers in that environment. And we know that Nevada, like Nevada, has a problem with teacher retention. Part of it is in teacher pay. President Biden has been clear that we need to increase teacher pay,” and part of that is making sure workers have a real voice in their jobs. “This is true,'' said Julie Su, Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor.
The Department for Education receives funding to fund teacher apprenticeships.Currently there is only one Registered Teacher Apprenticeship Program It is offered by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and is available throughout the state. Nevertheless, the goal is to expand the offering of high-quality, affordable educational programs throughout Nevada.
“When you graduate from university, you go to work as an apprentice teacher and work as an apprentice teacher for free for four months. You can't do that. If you want jobs for them, how do you attract people to the profession? Can I do it?’ 4 months free? That doesn’t happen in other professions.we have to change it, and under her [Julie Su] With leadership, we are now allowing these teacher interns to receive a salary through their practicum,” Cardona said.
On Wednesday, clerks organized a roundtable discussion with the Washoe County Board of Education, educators, state and local leaders, and union representatives. The main topic discussed was recent union negotiations that resulted in the state providing additional matching funds. The negotiations resulted in a Washoe County School District teacher's salary increase of about 20% over his two years.
“Here in Washoe County, we saw teachers achieve historic pay increases after negotiating at the bargaining table,” Sue said.
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