On the topic of teacher shortages - Carroll County
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Anonymous
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As the County planning for a hybrid learning model, 300 teachers plan to take some form of leave.
https://www.wbaltv.com/article/carroll-county-faces-teacher-shortage-amid-coronavirus-pandemic/34210043# |
Anonymous
| Seems like the natural consequences of people telling teachers they should "either go back or quit" is that teachers teachers chose to quit. |
Anonymous
| So, we get on with it. We replace them, eventually. |
Anonymous
Did your read the article? They plan to hire substitutes but they hard to come by. It is not ideal. |
Anonymous
No, you cannot just "get on with it." Teachers do.not.want.to.put.their.lives.in danger. They decide. Not idiots. |
Anonymous
Disney is laying off workers. They can come to CCPS to entertain your kids since all that matters in getting them back in a school building. https://www.ocregister.com/disneyland-and-disney-world-lay-off-28000-employees-amid-pandemic-struggles |
Anonymous
| Just hire some bums off the street. |
Anonymous
definitely easier to do hybrid when you have fewer staff and more kids..oh wait no. |
Anonymous
| How much leave do teachers get? They can take potentially an entire school year off? A semester? |
Anonymous
It’s an unpaid leave of absence for the year. They will have a job to return to next year but not at the current school or position they are vacating. |
Anonymous
This. In some ways the vitriol (on both sides) is besides the point. There are all sorts of reasons, from truly life-or-death to frivolous, why a teacher would not want to work in-person in these circumstances. But if you cannot or will not do your job, you resign. That's just how it is. The employers find new workers, change criteria for the job, offer more $, or whatever, to find replacements. |
Anonymous
Yes, theyll just make teachers appear even though there are shortages all over the country. Short programs like Teach for America have a horrible success rate when it comes to them staying in the classroom. You need people who can manage a classroom, have at least a Bachelors degree, willing to work 60 hours for less than 50k for the first year, pay for all of their classroom supplies, and lets not forget CAN ACTUALLY TEACH TO DIFFERENT KIDS. Yall act like all they need is a body in there then youll complain that the teachers arent teaching. Well this is what you get. |
Anonymous
| Fire them. There are plenty of Americans who need employment. |
Anonymous
Yeah rando unemployed waiters and theme park mascots as teachers, that’s the final nail on public education coffin |
Anonymous
The vast majority of unemployment folks are front staff for dining and entertainment. Very few professional employees were laid off and won’t be until things like airlines go belly up. |