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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's our area's way of "fully staffing" schools with folks who have no training. [/quote]

I give it 10 years until the majority of teachers come in alternatively. Nobody is majoring in it anymore. [/quote]

Not true. My DD just graduated with her Elementary Education Degree with SPED - of course she had no problem getting a job.

There are fewer majors in it, for sure, and she'll be living at home until she saves up some money to move out, but I wouldn't say "nobody."

The problem is it's a national problem—and with many states such as VA offering universal licensure by reciprocity—if my DD had wanted to, she could have gone anywhere to teach. Schools are so desperate that they are doing Zoom interviews and hiring pretty much on the spot. Even though DD's degree was in ES and her student teaching was all ES focused, she was being actively recruited by HS principals who were calling her directly to convince her to teach HS SPED.

What they really need to do is focus on WHY there is such a teacher shortage....and it's not just about salary. My DD refuses to teach anything higher than ES and prefers lower grades just so she doesn't have to deal with all the political/cultural war BS in schools nowadays. And I won't say how I feel about it, but I'm so glad my kids are not in school today, and will be homeschooling any future grandchildren to ensure they learn to respect all beliefs equally and that there is no true or false, right or wrong belief. 
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