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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a great supply of new teachers.  You are going bonkers, Op. [/quote] LOL - clearly you are not in education[/quote]

Current teacher here: there is not a great—or even passable— supply of new teachers. [/quote]
low supply and low quality/low experience[/quote]
NP. Our daughter just graduated with her masters in teaching.  She knows not one fellow graduate (bachelors or masters) who is coming to Northern Virginia to teach.  Reasons cited were the cost of living and the difficulty in dealing with the admins here and the parents.  Word’s out.  If folks want a pipeline of qualified teachers you have to pay more (in this expensive area) and build a culture that supports teachers in their primary mission.  In the school where she did her student teaching there are a number of FORMER Northern Virginia teachers - they viewed this area as place to survive in, not thrive in.  From advisors, colleagues, and fellow students not one was hot on coming to this area.[/quote]

My nephew graduated with his M.Ed. in secondary education. No one else in his graduating class was even actually going into classroom teaching. All were going into other areas of academics. I found that very interesting. He will begin fulltime teaching this fall but not in this area. [/quote]

Our admin said, not to worry, they would just fill the vacancies with subs. I guess they’ll just order them off of Amazon. 🤦  [/quote]

Our admin hasn't said it, but I think they're thinking the same thing. We could never fill sub jobs this year either. [/quote]

Two SPED teachers at my school resigned and the admin hired "resident" teachers for next year. That will be a fun year![/quote]

My spouse had 2 residents at his school this year. Neither made it past spring break and those classes now have a parade of long term subs.

But there are plenty teachers around![/quote]

What is a “resident”? Is that someone doing a career switcher program? What does it mean?[/quote]

Basically yes. It’s someone who’s not yet a certified teacher but has met some requirements and is verifiably working on the rest.

Sadly, many seem to have believed that teaching would be an easy, do-something-until-I-retire job.[/quote]

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