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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am seeing 432 open teaching positions including long term subs.    Last year was pretty similar, and the number dropped to about 250 by the start of the school year.[/quote]
There's only 286 1.0 FTE (which eliminates the substitutes).
150 ES
78 MS
48 HS
10 other
This is a lot better than last year at this time.[/quote]

Why are there so many ES teacher positions vacant? That is surprising to me[/quote]

As an elementary upper grade teacher, this does not surprise me at all. Elementary schools are falling apart. Unlike middle and high schools, there are no security guards and classes have become dangerous. Kids are bringing weapons to school and fighting both verbally and physically. The county has decided that elementary kids are too young to face any consequences yet teachers (and students) are scared to be in classrooms with some of the kids.

We used to be able to send disruptive kids to the office while now we are scolded and told that any and all behaviors are due to our not forming deeper relationships. There are now considerably higher numbers of students with disabilities and kids with no English. Those kids we had used to be served by the sped teacher and ESOL teachers but now there are fewer staff to share and they are all scrambling so nobody’s needs get met.

On top of this, elementary teachers are expected to plan for every subject at every level imaginable.

Basically, all of the behaviors that people used to complain about from middle school have trickled down with none of the support available. It’s a mess. [/quote]

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