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Aldine ISD staff and union urge board to revisit new pay scale for specialists
Summary
Instructional specialists, diagnosticians and the Aldine AFT told the board on Aug. 19 that a new administrative professional pay scale reduces compensation for several specialist roles, risks staff loss and warrants an immediate, transparent review.
Dozens of Aldine Independent School District employees and union leaders told the board of trustees on Aug. 19 that a recently adopted administrative professional pay scale reduces compensation for instructional specialists and related roles and should be reexamined. Dr. Shakita Sanders, a math instructional specialist, and Candace Houston, president of Aldine AFT, urged the board to review the compensation manual and restore pay parity.
Dr. Shakita Sanders, a math instructional specialist at an Aldine middle school, said the change “felt like the system was telling me that my time, my sacrifice, my commitment weren't worth this much.” She told the board she and colleagues accepted extra work and longer hours for the role but that the new scale moved some positions off the teacher pay…
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