Anonymous wrote:They will all move over to private and parachial schools next year. The Fcps beaucracy and the curriculum (or lack thereof) will be a wake up call and enough to drive them somewhere else.

They aren’t much better. I know many catholic schools with empty classrooms now.

Anonymous wrote:Three years ago my daughter’s 10th grade Spanish teacher did not know a word of Spanish. He was a Russian teacher from a private school who subbed from October to the end of the school year. He just gave out dittos the other Spanish teachers used but never gave them back to the students because he couldn’t read them.

I’m so tired of this. (You’d think that in Fairfax County they could have at least found a Spanish speaker.)

Silverbrook ES?

This is a nationwide issue. Paying the current teachers more will NOT solve the problem. Rooms will still be without teachers. I say, bring the warm bodies and then train them. At this point, we just need bodies. Let’s be honest, it’s not difficult to teach. You are given a curriculum which is a guide book. Plus, everything is available to you online.

Three years ago my daughter’s 10th grade Spanish teacher did not know a word of Spanish. He was a Russian teacher from a private school who subbed from October to the end of the school year. He just gave out dittos the other Spanish teachers used but never gave them back to the students because he couldn’t read them.

I’m so tired of this. (You’d think that in Fairfax County they could have at least found a Spanish speaker.)

Im a current HS teacher. I know the challenges, and am frankly offended “they” feel any warm body can do my job.

OTOH, when I was in HS in the early 00’s, in FCPS, we had a new history teacher. He was a career switcher and had previously been a lawyer. Didn’t make it to winter break.

I feel bad for the kids for (a) not being taught by someone who understands the pedagogy and (b) the transition and disruption this will cause.

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Anonymous wrote:500 teachers needed one week before school. FCPS will fill classrooms with unskilled workers who don’t know the subject they are hired to teach and pay them $48K/year instead of paying up for real teachers.

SB in a race to the bottom.

Hard to get lower than this SB. All students learning nothing is their idea of equity.

Gets tiring to hear you pushing this nonsense non-stop. FCPS is doing better on staffing right now than the other districts in Virginia.

They will all move over to private and parachial schools next year. The Fcps beaucracy and the curriculum (or lack thereof) will be a wake up call and enough to drive them somewhere else.

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Anonymous wrote:Does it require a passing score on the Praxis II test to teach the subject?

No experience, no subject area Praxis passing score, and no minimum GPA required for the subject area. They will be cheap to hire.

We have also hired more long term subs who will “teach” full classes with associates degree and barely passing grades. They were cheap to hire.

This year more full time teachers like me will take early retirement.

PP who mentioned other resident teacher programs. For those, I believe they did need passing Praxis 1 and 2 scores. So this is definitely a lower bar.

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The quickest way to get into the classroom is to (1) pass the praxis, either the elementary one, or a subject specific one for high school and (2) get hired by a school district - you then get a provisional license for 3 years. During that time you will need to complete your education classes and your subject matter classes (for instance if you have an English degree but are going for a Math license the VDOE will look at your college transcript and will let you know how many additional college math classes you will need to take in addition to the required education classes). This is also only open to people with at minimum 5 years of work experience. This provisional pathway is often referred to as the career-switcher path.

The new FCPS Teacher Resident program does not sound like this.

I don't think they will require the candidate to even pass the Praxis exam before working in the classroom. When you take the test it will take a few weeks to get your official score back. And a person off the street will generally not pass any Praxis exam without studying.

I don't think they will require the candidate to be older with work experience. The traditional provisional license assumes that an older person with work experience can make up for some of those missing education school learning.

If your child has a first year teacher on a provisional license this year you should be vigilant.

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Anonymous wrote:500 teachers needed one week before school. FCPS will fill classrooms with unskilled workers who don’t know the subject they are hired to teach and pay them $48K/year instead of paying up for real teachers.

SB in a race to the bottom.

Hard to get lower than this SB. All students learning nothing is their idea of equity.

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Anonymous wrote:Does it require a passing score on the Praxis II test to teach the subject?

No experience, no subject area Praxis passing score, and no minimum GPA required for the subject area. They will be cheap to hire.

We have also hired more long term subs who will “teach” full classes with associates degree and barely passing grades. They were cheap to hire.

This year more full time teachers like me will take early retirement.

PP who mentioned other resident teacher programs. For those, I believe they did need passing Praxis 1 and 2 scores. So this is definitely a lower bar.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does it require a passing score on the Praxis II test to teach the subject?

No experience, no subject area Praxis passing score, and no minimum GPA required for the subject area. They will be cheap to hire.

We have also hired more long term subs who will “teach” full classes with associates degree and barely passing grades. They were cheap to hire.

This year more full time teachers like me will take early retirement.

PP who mentioned other resident teacher programs. For those, I believe they did need passing Praxis 1 and 2 scores. So this is definitely a lower bar.

Anonymous wrote:Does it require a passing score on the Praxis II test to teach the subject?

No experience, no subject area Praxis passing score, and no minimum GPA required for the subject area. They will be cheap to hire.

We have also hired more long term subs who will “teach” full classes with associates degree and barely passing grades. They were cheap to hire.

This year more full time teachers like me will take early retirement.

Anonymous wrote:Wow, I can’t believe they are starting this now. Other counties have had similar programs for years. Those include a month of summer courses and summer school teaching as a sort of student teaching, if I remember correctly. Hiring someone this late is going to be interesting.

On the other hand, I don’t think they have many options and presumably someone who wants to be a teacher long term will be better than a stream of subs.

Our district has a program like this and it's rare for these teachers to last the entire school year. We had a teacher quit by mid-September last year. All of this nonsense could be avoided if they paid teachers a lot more and gave them more support. Instead, they will be spending money on people who will quit because they have no clue what they are getting themselves into. I'm a traditionally trained teacher. I completed a yearlong student teaching position and I still didn't feel totally prepared when I got my first class as a teacher.

Last year MS and HS long term subs were “teaching” classes that they knew nothing about. This year will be worse with more fluff positions to fill classrooms on the cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:Wow, I can’t believe they are starting this now. Other counties have had similar programs for years. Those include a month of summer courses and summer school teaching as a sort of student teaching, if I remember correctly. Hiring someone this late is going to be interesting.

On the other hand, I don’t think they have many options and presumably someone who wants to be a teacher long term will be better than a stream of subs.

That doesn’t sound quite similar to me. It sounds more like the cohorts they do to help move IAs into special Ed teaching positions.