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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sign me up for being furloughed. I hate teaching online and with the ****y plans my school has in place, I'm pretty sure we'll be back online by October.

Sadly, it won't happen. Every school district I know is trying to hire (especially in core subjects and special ed). I also don't think you need fewer teachers for online. I found teaching online more time consuming and difficult than face-to-face. It was harder to make personal connections with students and to help them if they were struggling. Good video lessons are very challenging to make, and my subject involves a lot of written scientific communication - so giving students feedback on their writing is very important. AI isn't going to do that.

I was actually in a district that implemented furloughs (in CA, 2009-2015) before I moved here. They cut 3 weeks out of the school year (and reduced our pay). I actually didn't mind because we got 2 weeks spring break, full week at thanksgiving, and 3 weeks at Christmas. Lots of people were upset because they had budgeted for the full salary and this wasn't just one year... it went on for years. It really did hurt the district though- it's hard to retain teachers in a difficult environment. 
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Supposed to moving to Maryland in July, what is the latest on teaching in MD as I'm currently looking for work in the DMV! What traiing, if any did you get in online teaching and are they hiring?[/quote]

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