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[quote=Anonymous]I've only been teaching for five years, but it's happened every year at the two schools where I've worked.

In my DCPS school, two English teachers quit before Christmas break. I wasn't an English teacher at the time, but I have an English certification, so I was forced to switch subjects. I taught an elective class, which wasn't a priority compared to a core subject like English, so my students were all assigned to a different elective. I don't know if they handled the grades by the book or not. For the remainder of the second quarter, they were divvied up between different classes and told to not be disruptive. They received a "pass" grade in my old elective instead of a letter grade for that quarter. Starting with the third quarter, they were officially on the roster for the new class.

In my current MD school, we've lost maybe 2-3 teachers mid year every year for the last three years. My principal is trying to shape the school culture, so he seems more willing to let a position remain vacant than to hire "the wrong person." We completely dissolved a few electives. When it was a core class, he hired a long term sub and incentivized teachers from that department to help with grading and lesson plans. [/quote]

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