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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

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See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

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Anonymous wrote:Apparently they have been bombarding the subs with emails to long term sub to start the school year.

I think I received 14 of those emails on Thursday.

As far as the yard signs, the message was something along the lines of schools that are fully staffed will be getting yard signs “celebrating their accomplishment”. I thought that seemed odd, as if those that aren’t staffed are somehow slacking or can be shamed into hiring?

At quick count there are 116 different schools with positions on the ES Vacancy List. So I guess 24 get a yard sign.