Where are they going to find the teachers?

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t VA require a master’s degree to teach? In my home state (a unionized, non-RTW state) you can teach with a bachelor’s in education.

No, a master’s degree is not required to teach in VA. I’ve never heard of that being a requirement in any state. It would create such a barrier to the profession given the educational cost in comparison to teacher pay.

Well then you don't get out much. It's been a requirement in NYS for decades.

Extremely high property taxes there

Sure but you get what you pay for. Much better schools. Much better teachers.

Check out spending on education in NYS vs VA.

Define “better.”

you don't know what you're missing

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Doesn’t VA require a master’s degree to teach? In my home state (a unionized, non-RTW state) you can teach with a bachelor’s in education.

No, a master’s degree is not required to teach in VA. I’ve never heard of that being a requirement in any state. It would create such a barrier to the profession given the educational cost in comparison to teacher pay.

Well then you don't get out much. It's been a requirement in NYS for decades.

Extremely high property taxes there

Sure but you get what you pay for. Much better schools. Much better teachers.

Check out spending on education in NYS vs VA.

There was better pay, better health insurance and better benefits because of the Union but the quality of teachers and education wasn’t different. - NY teacher who now lives and works in VA

I see big differences.

Parent who moved from NY to VA and has seen public ed in both states.

[Anonymous]

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looking at potentially six empty homeroom teacher openings at our public school in northern Virginia and the principal’s struggling to fill them. Lawd help us!

Which school, OP

I can’t say, but it’s not in the APS district.

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Which school, OP



I can’t say, but it’s not in the APS district.
report

Then why did you make it seem as if it was in APS

[Anonymous]

There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

Where are they? Not applying for jobs

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Which school, OP



I can’t say, but it’s not in the APS district.
report

Then why did you make it seem as if it was in APS

LOL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

LOL - clearly you are not in education

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

LOL - clearly you are not in education

a great supply of new teachers, huh?

ok let's break this down. even if we have enough new teachers to cover all the positions, you don't think it's a problem to lose so many experienced ones?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

LOL - clearly you are not in education

a great supply of new teachers, huh?

ok let's break this down. even if we have enough new teachers to cover all the positions, you don't think it's a problem to lose so many experienced ones?

It’s a HUGE, expensive problem and needs to be addressed at the National, state and local levels. The system is clearly broken. I guess the powers that be are being intentional about ensuring its demise.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

LOL - clearly you are not in education

Current teacher here: there is not a great—or even passable— supply of new teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

LOL - clearly you are not in education

Current teacher here: there is not a great—or even passable— supply of new teachers.

low supply and low quality/low experience

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

LOL - clearly you are not in education

a great supply of new teachers, huh?

ok let's break this down. even if we have enough new teachers to cover all the positions, you don't think it's a problem to lose so many experienced ones?

It’s a HUGE, expensive problem and needs to be addressed at the National, state and local levels. The system is clearly broken. I guess the powers that be are being intentional about ensuring its demise.

Do you mean the Illuminati?

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a great supply of new teachers. You are going bonkers, Op.

LOL - clearly you are not in education

a great supply of new teachers, huh?

ok let's break this down. even if we have enough new teachers to cover all the positions, you don't think it's a problem to lose so many experienced ones?

It’s a HUGE, expensive problem and needs to be addressed at the National, state and local levels. The system is clearly broken. I guess the powers that be are being intentional about ensuring its demise.

The people in power are passionately dedicated to this broken system. The last thing they want is its demise.

How else are you going to produce people with no logic or reasoning skills who believe that just because they are shouting the loudest, they are right.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know about VA, but I'm in a state further south. I've switched to a home/hospital setting and I work with chronically ill students either at their homes/hospital/the library/or virtually. It's full time and with my local district.

I don't think I have it in me to go back to the classroom, I love the autonomy and the ability to be a bit more creative.

I've also been encouraged to apply to a virtual school in a northern state. Union protection, which we don't have down here. It would pay me 15-18k more than I am making now. I'll be speaking to someone as early as next week.

*I read a stat last week-in 2012, Pennsylvania had close to 16k newly licensed teachers. In 2021 there were only 4500. There isn't anyone to fill these openings, and specialized positions like the one I'm in only want teachers with 6-8 years of experience.

What school?