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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think all our TA's are going to lose their jobs.  And the coaches.  And the librarians.  And a bunch of people at central office.  And some of the front office secretaries. I don't think any of the specials teachers will survive or if they do, it'll be 10% of normal staffing.  I also think class sizes are going to increase and many young teachers are going to lose their jobs.  I suspect that if not this fall, then next, school districts will lose 50% of their funding.  
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You say many young teachers will lose jobs... why the younger ones? my thought would be the older teachers because they cost ore, are more at risk for illness, and traditionally are less apt to change and using technology[/quote]

Why the younger ones?  Because, at least in my state, people keep their job based on ratings first, within their certification, and seniority second.  Younger teachers are much more likely to have significant trouble with classroom management and in producing results.  Therefore, their ratings are likely to be lower.  When cuts have to happen, the teachers with the lowest ratings get let go first within their certification area.  So, for example, if there are 10 general education teachers, and 2 have ESL certifications, those teachers will likely stay even if their rating is low, because the district needs teachers with that certification.  Then, the other 8, assuming no one has a sped certificate or bilingual or something, then the lowest rated teachers would be let go.  It's possible in my state that this could be an older teacher, but not likely.  A few years ago, one veteran teacher with 30 years in did get let go, but that was a total outlier.  You can't let teachers go because "they cost more".  It doesn't work like that in education.  And letting someone go for risk of illness would get the district sued to kingdom come, because that's illegal.  Yes, some older teachers do struggle with tech.  True.  But that isn't going to be a factor because we have contractual protections.  And, this virus is going to last, what, maybe another 18 months?

Now, a charter or a private school has more freedom to fire people at will.  Some folks like that and choose those schools for their kids.  I have seen those new teacher factories in action as a former charter school teacher myself and I'd never let my kid attend one.  My experience has taught me that experience is vital.  Other folks are free to do otherwise, of course, no judgement from me.

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