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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Plan for it?” You’re joking, right? Do you think there is some stable of highly qualified teachers out there waiting to step in when someone gets sick, has jury duty, turns out to be incompetent…?

Welcome to the teaching shortage crisis. [/quote]

As a teacher I think "teacher shortage" implies there are not enough teachers. There are many qualified teachers out there. The statement is partly true but not truly reflective of the situation because there are plenty of qualified teachers in this country, many are choosing NOT to teach for various reasons.

If it was stated that there was a doctor shortage then what would you think? Not enough qualified doctors or plenty of doctors but just not wanting to do the job.

Teaching is a demanding job. Paying teachers more is a start, but it is the respect and time for planning and recovery. I spend about 30 - 60 minutes on emails every day. Surely this was not what was happening 20 years ago.[/quote]

I agree... paying teachers is a start. If you ask me whether I want more pay or more time, however, I'm going to pick time.

I work 60 to 70 hours a week. That wasn't the case 20 years ago when I started teaching. The job has gotten exponentially harder and I have fewer resources at my disposal to deal with all of the job's demands. And those on-duty hours are far more exhausting than they used to be.

I think we haven't hit bottom yet. School systems are going to be scrambling and begging for warm bodies to fill classrooms. This will be the case until districts take a hard look at the impossible load they are placing on teachers. If they fix it, we'll get somewhere and the many available teachers will come back to classrooms. [/quote]

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