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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teaching isn’t rocket science so reducing the barriers to entry when it’s just one among many areas with a labor shortage currently makes sense.  Also good if if additional supply somewhat quiets the obnoxious teachers’ groups who have had way too much influence on local politics and decision-making.  [/quote]

This is the big misconception. Teaching well actually is quite hard. It’s NOT that easy. Is it easy to assign things to read and random assignments? Yes. That isn’t teaching. Let me put you in a classroom with 28 kids. Six of them need EL support so you need to modify their readings and assignments. 8 have IEPs so you need to provide their accommodations and support and monitor them constantly for data tracking. Three have behavioral needs so you must monitor them constantly to avoid meltdowns or outbursts and sometimes they still happen. Two of them are advanced so you need to provide additional tasks that challenge them and keep them learning. The remaining can do the assignment as created with some help. This is for ONE lesson.   ALL their needs have to be met. No, it’s not rocket science, but it isn’t easy to do that well either. [/quote]

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