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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Since almost every student requires special services these days, maybe every teacher should be a special ed teacher. I think that's the only way to solve this given the way things are trending[/quote]

[b]The few teachers I know who are dual certified don’t ever let admin know that fact[/b][b]. They have zero desire to be moved into special ed. [/quote]

I'm a MCPS admin - we have a report we can pull that lists all of the certifications of our staff members. I know I pull it every spring when it's hiring season and consider moving teachers to different grade levels.[/quote]

Awesome but if you did that and expected gen ed teachers to switch to special ed, you’d run the risk of them quitting. Nobody I know would stay if that happened to them. There’s a good reason that special ed has such high vacancy rates. [/quote]

PP here who is an administrator. I would never force a classroom teacher certified in SPED into that job role. Just because someone has a certification doesn't mean they want to hold the position. It's a completely different animal and skill set to be a special education teacher. The last thing anyone wants is to have someone in a position they don't desire. [/quote]

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