Here's some positive news from State Superintendent Ryan Walter's brief tenure that is getting overlooked:
Oklahoma City, Okla – The Oklahoma State Department of Education spoke today to representatives from across the nation on the success of Superintendent Walters’ first of its kind Teacher Signing Bonus program. This program is the gold standard for innovation, problem-solving, and solution-oriented approaches to address the teacher shortage nationally.
The Teacher Signing Bonus has far exceeded expectations, and the program recruited over 530 certified teachers who did not teach in an Oklahoma public school in the previous year. In combination with the across-the-board teacher pay raises and the Oklahoma Teacher Empowerment Program, this marks the beginning of a more aggressive approach to address Oklahoma’s growing teacher shortage.
