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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DCUMs answer has been that school systems will just need to hire any warm body, quickly certify them, and move on.

There’s such a public misunderstanding of the certification process, even for emergency certification.

It basically means expanding TFA-quality instruction and staff churn to 20% of schools. And those schools might be DCUM schools because W teachers are also afraid of catching the coronavirus.

It also means this: A lot of teachers are able to keep teaching because they are subsidized by a high earner spouse who offsets the low pay and the spending OOP for classroom supplies. I think a big percentage of the 1 in 5 will be those teachers since they can afford to leave in this economy. Who will be left: the teachers working a second job to make ends meet and the brand new teachers. This group is already stressed and likely to leave the profession.

The rush to reopen schools F2F will impact the profession for decades. I would not be surprised if public schools simply moved to one year contracts in the future and treated employees the way many retail and fast food places do. [/quote]

Accurate analysis. However, as a teacher I must say that CURRENTLY we sign 1 year (10 months really) contracts and believe me we are not treated any better than retail and fast food employees. If anything,  coronavirus will exacerbate the teacher shortages. Thus, our children’s education will plummet (even more than it already does) and then the country will resort to (need to) hire foreigners to do the job.

Don’t has me for the last sentence. I am an immigrant.  [/quote]

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