Teacher Resident - no teaching qualifications required?

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/13/teacher-requirements-shortage-jobs/

Concerning trend to reduce qualifications and just fill classrooms this year

Luckily not a problem at our school this year.

It's September. You have no way of knowing what it will look like after winter break.

I’m back. It’s March and our school composition looks exactly the same as it did in September. Not a single teacher has left during the year at any of my kids’ schools. We had two teachers on maternity leave with long term subs in place too, but the teachers are back now.

You get a cookie I guess? We’ve lost 2 teachers and 1 teacher resident, with a semi-admin person on the way out soon.

I was told to come back and report after winter break. Just reporting

No changes at our school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/13/teacher-requirements-shortage-jobs/

Concerning trend to reduce qualifications and just fill classrooms this year

Luckily not a problem at our school this year.

It's September. You have no way of knowing what it will look like after winter break.

I’m back. It’s March and our school composition looks exactly the same as it did in September. Not a single teacher has left during the year at any of my kids’ schools. We had two teachers on maternity leave with long term subs in place too, but the teachers are back now.

You get a cookie I guess? We’ve lost 2 teachers and 1 teacher resident, with a semi-admin person on the way out soon.

I was told to come back and report after winter break. Just reporting

No changes at our school.

Don't you know that you're not supposed to report anything positive here? Because otherwise it messes with the 'these are dark days' narrative everyone's working on. (Everyone not on board with that is slowly jumping ship from this forum).

[Anonymous]

We had two at our school and they both quit after winter break. They were both very young, fresh out of college, and clearly convinced to do this by their parents. It was not their calling. I bet the people who chose to do this, with more experience, are willing to stay the whole year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had two at our school and they both quit after winter break. They were both very young, fresh out of college, and clearly convinced to do this by their parents. It was not their calling. I bet the people who chose to do this, with more experience, are willing to stay the whole year.

I don't know how you tell this, but I know several college recent grads who were/are interested and I have to say some of them say "oh I'll try that" because it saves them the bit of anxiety of going out into the world they don't know--schools are familiar. They are just really, really naive about what it entails to be on the teaching side. Most of their parents are skeptical but supportive.

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Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/13/teacher-requirements-shortage-jobs/

Concerning trend to reduce qualifications and just fill classrooms this year

Luckily not a problem at our school this year.

It's September. You have no way of knowing what it will look like after winter break.

I’m back. It’s March and our school composition looks exactly the same as it did in September. Not a single teacher has left during the year at any of my kids’ schools. We had two teachers on maternity leave with long term subs in place too, but the teachers are back now.

You get a cookie I guess? We’ve lost 2 teachers and 1 teacher resident, with a semi-admin person on the way out soon.

I was told to come back and report after winter break. Just reporting

No changes at our school.

Don't you know that you're not supposed to report anything positive here? Because otherwise it messes with the 'these are dark days' narrative everyone's working on. (Everyone not on board with that is slowly jumping ship from this forum).

+1 so true

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had two at our school and they both quit after winter break. They were both very young, fresh out of college, and clearly convinced to do this by their parents. It was not their calling. I bet the people who chose to do this, with more experience, are willing to stay the whole year.

I don't know how you tell this, but I know several college recent grads who were/are interested and I have to say some of them say "oh I'll try that" because it saves them the bit of anxiety of going out into the world they don't know--schools are familiar. They are just really, really naive about what it entails to be on the teaching side. Most of their parents are skeptical but supportive.

You don't know how to tell me that? Both of these kids had parents who work for FCPS, so yeah, you know it all, girl.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We had two at our school and they both quit after winter break. They were both very young, fresh out of college, and clearly convinced to do this by their parents. It was not their calling. I bet the people who chose to do this, with more experience, are willing to stay the whole year.

I don't know how you tell this, but I know several college recent grads who were/are interested and I have to say some of them say "oh I'll try that" because it saves them the bit of anxiety of going out into the world they don't know--schools are familiar. They are just really, really naive about what it entails to be on the teaching side. Most of their parents are skeptical but supportive.

You don't know how to tell me that? Both of these kids had parents who work for FCPS, so yeah, you know it all, girl.

Well, you said the "people who chose to do this" will be better and I was adding that there are very naive kids who are choosing to do this who likely won't. I was saying even recent grads who weren't clearly convinced to do this by their parents are often way in over their heads and not that likely to finish the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had two at our school and they both quit after winter break. They were both very young, fresh out of college, and clearly convinced to do this by their parents. It was not their calling. I bet the people who chose to do this, with more experience, are willing to stay the whole year.

Both of ours have already told admin they will be leaving at the end of the year.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/13/teacher-requirements-shortage-jobs/

Concerning trend to reduce qualifications and just fill classrooms this year

Luckily not a problem at our school this year.

It's September. You have no way of knowing what it will look like after winter break.

I’m back. It’s March and our school composition looks exactly the same as it did in September. Not a single teacher has left during the year at any of my kids’ schools. We had two teachers on maternity leave with long term subs in place too, but the teachers are back now.

You get a cookie I guess? We’ve lost 2 teachers and 1 teacher resident, with a semi-admin person on the way out soon.

I was told to come back and report after winter break. Just reporting

No changes at our school.

Don't you know that you're not supposed to report anything positive here? Because otherwise it messes with the 'these are dark days' narrative everyone's working on. (Everyone not on board with that is slowly jumping ship from this forum).

There have been no fentanyl overdoses at my school. I guess that means it’s not a problem! Cool.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had two at our school and they both quit after winter break. They were both very young, fresh out of college, and clearly convinced to do this by their parents. It was not their calling. I bet the people who chose to do this, with more experience, are willing to stay the whole year.

I don't know how you tell this, but I know several college recent grads who were/are interested and I have to say some of them say "oh I'll try that" because it saves them the bit of anxiety of going out into the world they don't know--schools are familiar. They are just really, really naive about what it entails to be on the teaching side. Most of their parents are skeptical but supportive.

You don't know how to tell me that? Both of these kids had parents who work for FCPS, so yeah, you know it all, girl.

Well, you said the "people who chose to do this" will be better and I was adding that there are very naive kids who are choosing to do this who likely won't. I was saying even recent grads who weren't clearly convinced to do this by their parents are often way in over their heads and not that likely to finish the year.

You missed the "with more experience" part, but whatever, keep arguing with a stranger for no reason.

[Anonymous]

Seeing the lack of support for resident teachers at my school is embarrassing. They don't get paid the same but are expected to do it all....I'd be running for the door. There is one at my school who looks close to tears daily. I've tried to help but only have limited time. The way teaching is these days is NOT sustainable!

[Anonymous]

We had over 500 open positions one week before school started. It was a no experience needed job for anyone with a college degree and there were no real interviews. Admin need to make this a real teacher training program for next year with requirement to pass Praxis before school starts or it will be joke again.

HS Teacher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had over 500 open positions one week before school started. It was a no experience needed job for anyone with a college degree and there were no real interviews. Admin need to make this a real teacher training program for next year with requirement to pass Praxis before school starts or it will be joke again.

HS Teacher.

+ 1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had two at our school and they both quit after winter break. They were both very young, fresh out of college, and clearly convinced to do this by their parents. It was not their calling. I bet the people who chose to do this, with more experience, are willing to stay the whole year.

I don't know how you tell this, but I know several college recent grads who were/are interested and I have to say some of them say "oh I'll try that" because it saves them the bit of anxiety of going out into the world they don't know--schools are familiar. They are just really, really naive about what it entails to be on the teaching side. Most of their parents are skeptical but supportive.

You don't know how to tell me that? Both of these kids had parents who work for FCPS, so yeah, you know it all, girl.

Well, you said the "people who chose to do this" will be better and I was adding that there are very naive kids who are choosing to do this who likely won't. I was saying even recent grads who weren't clearly convinced to do this by their parents are often way in over their heads and not that likely to finish the year.

You missed the "with more experience" part, but whatever, keep arguing with a stranger for no reason.

I really wasn't arguing with you--I'm not sure why you read it that way. That's why I was explaining myself in the follow-up post. I was more implying that I thought you might be overly optimistic about other teacher residents. The recent grad cases I knew had wanted to do it and had "more experience" (e.g. they tutored or worked in summer camps) but still either were--or I pictured they will be-- (one person is planning to do it this year) very naive and in over their heads.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a nationwide issue. Paying the current teachers more will NOT solve the problem. Rooms will still be without teachers. I say, bring the warm bodies and then train them. At this point, we just need bodies. Let’s be honest, it’s not difficult to teach. You are given a curriculum which is a guide book. Plus, everything is available to you online.

Hahaha - you go in and do it. Won't last the 1st quarter.

"Paying the current teachers more will NOT solve the problem." - hmm, let's try that out and see how it goes. Who knows, it could maybe work?!

If I decide to go teach tech in a classroom, your kid will be learning practical life skills. They will be learning about how to manage their future lives in an online world by creating scenario where they are married with a couple kids, with end goal being learning how to completely manage balancing their budgets, buying/renting housing, etc. In a more proficient classroom, they will be learning how to design a website and how to use free tools out there to code it, because those tools are now pretty much drag and drop, and lots of fun. Kids can focus on ‘prettying’ up their site. Companies do not usually re-invent the wheel and use these tools, and they are often free to educators. My goal will be to give your kids practical skills that are useful in the real world, using technology as a resource to get there.

Too much teaching these days is of abstract concepts and do not prepare a kid for their future. That’s true of college as well. If you can’t manage your LIFE, you can’t succeed.

My ES kids have learned how to design websites, do powerpoint presentations etc. in their 1x a week computer class. There are tons of voc ed tech classes at MS and HS. You just don't know what is actually going on in schools.

Then why don't these kids succeed at life? Instead, they are chasing 'the best colleges' and taking classes in gender studies. My kids were in the publics and there were no classes that taught them anything practical. I pulled them to privates.

What life skills did they get in the privates?

They learned the importance of choosing the correct parents, as well as the much-needed skill of learning how to punch down and always play the victim.

Well you've certainly demonstrated the latter two. Which private school did you attend?