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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]not very promising...

https://www.weareteachers.com/teachers-afraid-to-go-back/?utm_source=WAT_MDR&utm_medium=Enews&utm_campaign=WAT_Enews06112020

I have read many posters talking about there are no teacher shortages and that teachers would not resign.

Talk about uncertainty!

What could this really mean for our children?[/quote]

There are plenty of new teachers graduating from their programs desperate for a job. What it means is we will have a less experienced staff, but also likely more optimistic and less cynical about the profession. It will cost the school system less. Some will be stars who were meant for this, others will be green as can be. Some of who we lose will be true seasoned gems and a huge loss, a small subset of who leaves will be teachers who don't belong in the profession anyway.[/quote]

Actually, there aren’t. Teacher preparation programs failed to keep up with demand prior to this. That’s why alt cert and TFA were invented. And even with those measures, the supply still hasn’t kept up with demand. Teachers have been imported from other countries FFS. And there’s still a shortage. So you have positions go unfilled all year long with a long term sub, huge class sizes, and electives being cancelled for secondary students.

It won’t just be filling the holes with less experienced teachers. There will be many more holes.[/quote]

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