Youngkin reduces teacher qualifications

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Anonymous wrote:I still think a far better solution is hiring teachers from other countries, helping them with housing and any professional development to help with cultural adjustment issues.

They have done this in other cities with great results. It’s far better than hiring unqualified teachers to address the shortage. Many teachers in other countries have been happy to have the chance to come here ( not sure America has the same draw it used to, though).

Other school districts recruit from other countries using special work visas. Still need same experience, training, credentials, and licensing as domestic teachers in a particular state. Raising salaries is something the whole state needs to vote on - not easy to convince enough voters to approve. I would love for an experienced teacher from Afghanistan, the Philippines, India, to teach my kids over an inexperienced and provisionally-licensed teacher without experience or sufficient schooling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still think a far better solution is hiring teachers from other countries, helping them with housing and any professional development to help with cultural adjustment issues.

They have done this in other cities with great results. It’s far better than hiring unqualified teachers to address the shortage. Many teachers in other countries have been happy to have the chance to come here ( not sure America has the same draw it used to, though).

Other school districts recruit from other countries using special work visas. Still need same experience, training, credentials, and licensing as domestic teachers in a particular state. Raising salaries is something the whole state needs to vote on - not easy to convince enough voters to approve. I would love for an experienced teacher from Afghanistan, the Philippines, India, to teach my kids over an inexperienced and provisionally-licensed teacher without experience or sufficient schooling.

Youngkin’s base certainly DOES NOT want more Afghan or Filipino people in this country…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thoughts on this article. Youngkin reducing teacher requirements. So he wants unqualified people to teach our children after he drove away all the qualified, experienced and licensed teachers. Way to go everyone who didn't vote in the governor's election!

The Washington Post: Youngkin criticizes trans rules, eases path to becoming a teacher in Va..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/09/01/youngkin-virginia-teacher-shortage-gender-policy/

OP you are a fool troll. There is a teacher shortage --- we need teachers. Every state is doing what he did. There is not evidence that he drove away anyone. What you are seeing is a good job which is all he has done since elected.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still think a far better solution is hiring teachers from other countries, helping them with housing and any professional development to help with cultural adjustment issues.

So basically you want indentured servitude. Thanks for at least being honest, even if you are a monster.

What an ignorant reply. How is that indentured servitude?? People would come here on their own accord/choice, with a contract to earn a paycheck.

The PP has a bit of a point in some cases. A Filipina who taught with my mom arrived in August that year, taught all September, and in October was diagnosed with kidney cancer. She did not yet qualify for health insurance and needed to return home for treatment. She was told that her return ticket was contingent on finishing the school year and that moreover, she owed the district the cost of her flight to the US because she didn’t finish the first semester. Luckily, the Filipino community raised the funds for her trip back home.

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Haha… Youngkin has done anything but a good job. All he does is photo opps and campaign stops, including many for extremist republicans candidates in other states. Dude forgot he has a job already and is busy running for President.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still think a far better solution is hiring teachers from other countries, helping them with housing and any professional development to help with cultural adjustment issues.

So basically you want indentured servitude. Thanks for at least being honest, even if you are a monster.

What an ignorant reply. How is that indentured servitude?? People would come here on their own accord/choice, with a contract to earn a paycheck.

The PP has a bit of a point in some cases. A Filipina who taught with my mom arrived in August that year, taught all September, and in October was diagnosed with kidney cancer. She did not yet qualify for health insurance and needed to return home for treatment. She was told that her return ticket was contingent on finishing the school year and that moreover, she owed the district the cost of her flight to the US because she didn’t finish the first semester. Luckily, the Filipino community raised the funds for her trip back home.

Normal country

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Yes that is the problem and brand new teachers who have all the education and credentials don’t know how to do that either. They don’t do a good job of teaching it during college so they have to learn in the job from experienced teachers (and it’s freaking hard so a lot of them never do it well).

And don’t tell me a new teacher has never cried because they were overwhelmed. That is a normal thing to do.

But the new teachers who have been through a licensure program have the theoretical understanding and the child development knowledge as a starting point. They have also had months of student teaching to learn the very basics. Someone with none of that is going to be a trainwreck and the experienced teachers are not going to do a single thing to support unlicensed and untrained people in teaching positions.

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Anonymous wrote:All states with Republican governors are doing this because they know it will fail. When peoples kids receive subpar “education” from random adults with zero content expertise or knowledge of pedagogy or child development, they’ll want to leave public school. Imagine Nancy Kerrigan having her own bodyguard bust her knee with a pipe. It’s that.

-actual licensed teacher with a masters degree in what I do

MD R Governor didn't pull this sh1t. Neither did Mitt Romney when he was MA governor.

Why? Because neither of those two governors are uber right wing Trumpsters.

This is what VA voted for because so many hated the covid restrictions.

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Anonymous wrote:Distract the uneducated with the CRT bogeyman, then lower standards so you can pay teachers less. Looks like the plan is working beautifully.

Precisely. Keep the people ignorant, keep them wasting their lives voting against their interests.

Youngkin is such an embarrassment but he’s exactly who the right wanted.

Ignorance is a business for them.

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Listen many people change careers to be teachers, but they go back to school, take the classes, get experience, and pass the tests. They then get licenced.

You really want someone completely unqualified, with a high school degree, no license, and no experience working with children, or knowledge of child development teaching your child?

This man is doing his best to ruin the profession of teaching and destroy Virginia's public schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Listen many people change careers to be teachers, but they go back to school, take the classes, get experience, and pass the tests. They then get licenced.

You really want someone completely unqualified, with a high school degree, no license, and no experience working with children, or knowledge of child development teaching your child?

This man is doing his best to ruin the profession of teaching and destroy Virginia's public schools.

Some posters here dig it. Because it may make teachers feel bad (the ones that are left). The cruelty is the point

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still think a far better solution is hiring teachers from other countries, helping them with housing and any professional development to help with cultural adjustment issues.

So basically you want indentured servitude. Thanks for at least being honest, even if you are a monster.

What an ignorant reply. How is that indentured servitude?? People would come here on their own accord/choice, with a contract to earn a paycheck.

The PP has a bit of a point in some cases. A Filipina who taught with my mom arrived in August that year, taught all September, and in October was diagnosed with kidney cancer. She did not yet qualify for health insurance and needed to return home for treatment. She was told that her return ticket was contingent on finishing the school year and that moreover, she owed the district the cost of her flight to the US because she didn’t finish the first semester. Luckily, the Filipino community raised the funds for her trip back home.

Normal country

If Virginia was a state that allowed for collective bargaining, I cannot imagine how this teacher could be excluded from health coverage immediately or at least be covered under an exchange plan. She might have a discrimination (on the basis of national origin) claim in state court - but of course that does not solve the immediate problem, which is access to health care.

[Anonymous]

What about the directive that schools should develop personalized plans for every student who is not on grade level? On the surface, this seems like a good idea - even if it adds a paperwork and administrative burden. But it seems to be a little more than a regular report card, requiring that there are quarterly goals that each student who is falling behind must work toward. Tell me what is wrong with this proposal? I don’t agree with a lot of what Youngkin has done but not every idea from his admin can be automatically bad.

[Anonymous]

Hey foreign educators! Come fill the jobs that American educators are finally realizing are too toxic!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I still think a far better solution is hiring teachers from other countries, helping them with housing and any professional development to help with cultural adjustment issues.

So basically you want indentured servitude. Thanks for at least being honest, even if you are a monster.

What an ignorant reply. How is that indentured servitude?? People would come here on their own accord/choice, with a contract to earn a paycheck.

The PP has a bit of a point in some cases. A Filipina who taught with my mom arrived in August that year, taught all September, and in October was diagnosed with kidney cancer. She did not yet qualify for health insurance and needed to return home for treatment. She was told that her return ticket was contingent on finishing the school year and that moreover, she owed the district the cost of her flight to the US because she didn’t finish the first semester. Luckily, the Filipino community raised the funds for her trip back home.

This is just one of the many ways you may be treated! Lmaoooo

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What about the directive that schools should develop personalized plans for every student who is not on grade level? On the surface, this seems like a good idea - even if it adds a paperwork and administrative burden. But it seems to be a little more than a regular report card, requiring that there are quarterly goals that each student who is falling behind must work toward. Tell me what is wrong with this proposal? I don’t agree with a lot of what Youngkin has done but not every idea from his admin can be automatically bad.

I hadn't heard of this proposal, but what you are describing sounds like an IEP.