{"id":21035,"date":"2026-06-02T13:26:41","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/?p=21035"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:26:41","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T19:26:41","slug":"youre-invited-what-teachers-actually-earn-a-real-conversation-about-teacher-pay-benefits-and-career-growth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/2026\/06\/02\/youre-invited-what-teachers-actually-earn-a-real-conversation-about-teacher-pay-benefits-and-career-growth\/","title":{"rendered":"You\u2019re Invited! What Teachers Actually Earn: A Real Conversation About Teacher Pay, Benefits and Career Growth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching is both a calling and a career. This event will dive into how educators can thrive in both.<\/p>\n<p>Join us for a transparent and empowering discussion on teacher compensation, benefits, and long-term career advancement. Experts and educators will unpack how salary structures work, what benefits and incentives are available, and how to plan for a financially sustainable future in education. This session will reframe the conversation about teaching as not only meaningful work but also a viable and rewarding profession with room to grow.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>What Teachers Actually Earn: A Real Conversation About Teacher Pay, Benefits and Career Growth<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Thursday, June 18, 2026<\/b><br \/>\n4 PM MT \u00a0\/ 6 PM EST<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teachcolorado.us21.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=e438b0f259b931dfeae91d626&amp;id=754ed5d4d2&amp;e=fc767ab241\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><u>Register<\/u><\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0for this event now!\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>We will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unpack how teacher salary structures work and what you can actually expect to earn.<\/li>\n<li>Break down the benefits, incentives, and long-term career growth available to educators.<\/li>\n<li>Equip attendees with the knowledge to build a financially sustainable and deeply fulfilling career in teaching.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We will be joined by:<\/p>\n<p><b>Emily Camarena<\/b>, Ed.D., Executive Director of Talent Management: Fort Worth ISD<\/p>\n<p><b>Guillermo Carmona<\/b>, Director of Communications: Gadsden Independent School District<\/p>\n<p><b>LaMorris Smith<\/b>, Ed.D., Assistant Professor &amp; Director of Teacher Recruitment: UNC Pembroke<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve created\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us.list-manage.com\/cS2J22DGDa6?e=fc767ab241&amp;c2id=ee17f18ab57d4d2aa0dc3a3bb95c8fea\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><u>this toolkit<\/u><\/b><\/a>\u00a0with email language, graphics, video, and social posts to let your prospective educators know about this webinar. Please share this far and wide!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teaching is both a calling and a career. This event will dive into how educators can thrive in both. Join us for a transparent and empowering discussion on teacher compensation, benefits, and long-term career advancement. Experts and educators will unpack how salary structures work, what benefits and incentives are available, and how to plan for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/93"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21035"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21035\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21036,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21035\/revisions\/21036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sehd.ucdenver.edu\/impact\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}