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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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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It is absolutely true in my district. It is unusual for new teachers to come from a teacher prep program in college.[/quote]

With such a teacher shortage, new teachers coming from college teacher prep programs have the pick of the litter...many years ago....new teachers were usually relegated to teaching in less desirable Title 1 schools and had to put in the "trench work" before moving up and out. My DD was being recruited by so many good schools within a 10 mile radius of home that she didn't even consider interviewing for any schools where her commute would have been more than 20 minutes.

She was warned that while the administration at her new school is great, it's the parents that can be difficult to work with. Also, the attrition level for teachers is also at an all-time low of 3 years -- another result of the huge teacher shortage...any teacher not happy could quit after 1-3 yrs and even during the middle of the school year and almost immediately get hired in another school. [/quote]

It is true.[/quote]

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