In an effort to address the high cost of living in the Bay Area and recognize the expertise and vital contributions of its teachers, Gateway’s Board of Trustees voted unanimously to increase salaries for all Gateway faculty by an average of 10%.
In addition to making teacher compensation Gateway’s most immediate strategic priority, the Board of Trustees will begin to draft a long-term plan which articulates Gateway’s commitment to revolutionizing salaries through advocacy and policy work, partnership development, and revenue generation.
Gateway’s Executive Director, Sharon Olken, hopes this initiative will start a trend in keeping more teachers in the Bay Area. “We not only want to ensure a better future for Gateway’s teachers, but for all Bay Area teachers. I’m looking forward to engaging in policy discussions and activating our community as advocates for public school teachers.”
San Francisco has the highest median rents in the country, but its 3,292 teachers earn less, on average, than those in most other California public school districts, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
To learn more about Gateway’s teacher compensation initiative, tune into Sharon Olken’s recent interview with KCBS.