HOUSTON — More than 1,300 candidates attended two Houston Independent School District hiring fairs this past Saturday and HISD extended 479 same-day job offers for open, campus-based positions in the 2024-2025 academic year, according to district officials.
“The extremely high number of applicants we are seeing this recruitment season shows that people want to be a part of the high-performing, student-centered culture we are building here at HISD,” Chief Human Resources Officer Jessica Neyman said. “In HISD, staff members commit to excellence for our students, every day. And, in turn, the District commits to valuing and supporting its employees. I’m thrilled to help welcome so many talented individuals to Team HISD and am energized for our 24-25 school year ahead.”
The hiring fairs were held simultaneously at the Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center and Delmar Fieldhouse to provide information on open positions at HISD’s New Education System (NES) and non-NES schools. Many of the 479 job offers that HISD extended on Saturday were for critical teaching roles in hard-to-fill areas, including special education, bilingual education, and secondary math and science. In addition, the district made offers to candidates applying for roles as Art of Thinking teachers, Career and Technical Education teachers, teacher apprentices, learning coaches, teacher assistants counselors, nurses, core subject teachers and support staff.
HISD is continuing to recruit teachers and other staff for next school year and offers some of the highest teacher compensation in the nation. The average starting teacher salary at the non-NES schools is $64,000 for the 24-25 academic year. At the NES campuses, average starting teacher salaries are $75,335 for elementary school; $80,059 for middle school; and $82,816 for high school. Special education teachers in HISD earn, on average, $80,000 at the non-NES schools and $86,000 at the NES schools. HISD also provides a $5,000 stipend for bilingual education teachers.
The district will hold its next hiring fair—for open positions at the non-NES campuses only—on Saturday, May 18, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Delmar Fieldhouse (2020 Mangum Road, Houston, TX 77092). To register for the fair—or to learn more about career opportunities with HISD—visit the district’s website. To read HISD’s new Employee Value Proposition outlining the commitments that employees and the district make to each other, click here.
Source: Houston ISD
