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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Experienced principal here. The teacher shortage is real. It keeps getting worse. Whoever is saying there is no shortage  doesn’t know what they’re saying.[/quote]

If there are enough certified teachers to fill these position but choose not to, it's not a shortage. Public education is losing teachers left and right. Not just unprepared teachers either. But the school districts only care about filling the positions, not why the teachers left. I have half a dozen friends that I can think of off the top of my head who are certified and could step into a classroom at any time but they don't want to. [/quote]

Stop being ridiculous. If they are open jobs that cannot be filled because there's not enough people to fill them (no matter the reason), there is a shortage.[/quote]

If there is a shortage and there aren’t enough applicants, then the school district needs to raise pay until they do get applicants. It is the law of supply and demand. And yes I know the county won’t like it. But if you have a labor shortage, that’s what you do. [/quote]

5th year teaching. 60k. I feel like a peasant. [/quote]

Then you’re looking at this the wrong way.  That’s 60k for probably 200 contract days?  That’s equivalent to 78k for a 12 month employee.  After 5 years that isn’t so bad! [/quote]

Uh, your hypothesis don’t work. I only see 60k in my account (not even cause you need to substract the robbing sorry taxes) 
After 12 months. Not 78. [/quote]

DP. Almost every teacher I know gets a summer job.

Or, if you've got school-age kids, you end up saving a substantial amount of money on child care.[/quote]

Who hires for 8 weeks? Serious question.[/quote]
Summer camps, parents who need nannies, pools, restaurants.[/quote]

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