money to pay for tuition at
private schools Governor Abbott
name school choice is one of his
top priorities when the session
started. There is a new
partnership in town combining
football with teachers so the
college football playoff
foundation is launching a
million dollar campaign to
recruit teachers here in Houston
the city also and getting ready
to host next year's big
championship game. So here with
us this morning is a documents
to tell us all about this
program that good to see you on
wake up thanks for waking up
early with as- how is that
championship foundation
supporting teachers. Good
morning guys and thanks for
having me- you guys sit on it-
as as part of the here's County
Houston sports authority- and
the college football playoff
host committee here our mandate
isn't just to bring these events
to Houston but to create a
lasting impact warm. And we work
at the college football playoff
foundation there there five one
C. three and good reason Houston
a nonprofit here in town- to
create this campaign Houston
loves teachers. To lift up
teachers misdemeanors salt when
others many challenges for
teachers right now it's a tough
job in the best of
circumstances. We want to
celebrate them left them up the
goal of the campaign is really
to improve- not only recruitment
of new teachers but also
retention of but current
teachers keep them in the
profession give them the
resources they need. What like I
said left them up and- and give
Americans need to be as
successful as possible I we
kicked it off on Monday. This is
teacher appreciation week but I
think we all agreed- that really
for us. Every week should be
teacher appreciation week and
that's part of it all this
how do teachers get involved or
how did they find out and take
advantage of the resources
you're offering. I'm very I to
the web used loves teachers dot
org- that's going to the central
hub for this entire campaign-
gonna have career resources form
whether you're an aspiring
teacher looking to get into the
profession. Are your somebody
already in your career looking
to maybe make it. A pivot into
becoming a teacher or a current
teacher trying to decide what
your next step is- one of the
challenges that good reason
Houston helped us identify is
that Houston such a- a diverse.
many different school districts
it's hard to even find the
opportunities that are out
there. So we're creating a job
board all have jobs from all
over the city- out all the
districts in the city so that.
Teachers have one. Central place
they can go they can post their-
their resume and we can help I
disseminate or from their-
development resources as well-
so that we can again give them
as many opportunities as
possible. And that Houston
what's teachers dot org website
is going to the central hub for
all of that. Well we want to
vacancies thanks for spreading
the word. We need good teachers
we need to keep our teachers and
I see there's giveaways online