Jordan School District announced Wednesday that it plans to increase its annual salary for starting educators to $48,000 — which comes as the latest countermove in an arms race to raise teacher pay.
That hike still leaves it behind nearby Canyons School District. But the package would include a $4.5 million grant pool that teachers could apply to for bonuses, boasted Bryce Dunford, president of Jordan’s board of education.
“Our framework is different than anyone else’s,” he said. “We’re rewarding excellence. We’re rewarding innovation. We’re rewarding those who go above and beyond.”
The teachers who win the grant money get to keep it.