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Not just for top athletes: the signing bonus lures in-demand teachers to Bay Area school districts

Often associated with the most sought-after athletes or top tech talent, the signing bonus is now becoming a mainstay of the Bay Area teacher-recruitment field.

Amid a statewide teacher shortage and the region's affordable housing woes, more school districts are offering bonuses that can range from $1,000 to $10,000 for hard-to-fill positions in special education, math, science, dual immersion language, and for speech pathologists and school psychologists.

One hot candidate was 30-year-old Cuauhtemoc Mixcoatl-Martinez, who scored $10,000 in signing bonuses for taking a job with Pittsburg Unified. He earned $5,000 for being a dual immersion language teacher and the rest as a special perk known as the "Pittsburg Pride" incentive, for any new or experienced teacher who graduated from Pittsburg Unified and decides to return to their alma mater to teach.

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_30243070/teacher-signing-bonus-bay-area-schools-california-shortage

 

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