When I was a first year teacher, I cried every single day. I teach elementary school. I was bitten, scratched, hit, and cursed at. I had to teach kids who didn’t know their letters and kids who could write an essay in the same class. I had to contend with visits from the state, the superintendent, and the district in which they watch you with the students and pull apart your classroom to analyze student learning, teaching practice, and progress monitoring. I had to change four bulletin boards every week with updated graded student work samples, and update them with the changes requested by administration. I taught the maximum number of contractually permitted periods every week. I came early and stayed late every day, and continued to work from home when I was kicked out by security. You have NO idea what goes in to teaching. Absolutely none. I hope you enjoy your children at home this year, and learn to respect the people who do what you can not for them.

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Anonymous wrote:Unemployed at 20% let's hire people that wanna work

Yeah, let's hire all those dishwashers and line cooks and secretaries and have them teach something in the classroom.

Are you worried they are overqualified?

Anonymous wrote:I am hopeful it means that they will be some of the first to be able to get vaccinated once we have EUA for the first COVID vaccine. Then we can get back to school.

And after the kids are vaccinated. They can still transmit to each other.

Anonymous wrote:If essential, get back in the classroom. They can't have it both ways.

The classroom is not "essential," only the teacher. Virtual learning is still happening.

Bus drivers will be needed too, once the hybrid schooling starts.

Send your unemployed friends and family members to bus driver training, please.

Anonymous wrote:Unemployed at 20% let's hire people that wanna work

They tried this last year with furloughed government workers. We had two show up at my school. One could not handle a reasonably tame group of fourth graders and took off during lunch, with no notice. Another showed up and fell asleep while a first grade class ran wild (she must've been really tired). Two of the kids finally told the teacher next door and the sub was asked to leave. I heard similar stories from friends at various schools.

But sure, if you know people who can pass the background check and are willing to work in a school right now, send them to the HR website!

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Anonymous wrote:Unemployed at 20% let's hire people that wanna work

I would be interested in seeing what percentage of the unemployed meet the minimum requirements to work in a school. If done well a program could funnel many new staff into schools and help deal with shortages in the future.

My district had to lower the standards to attract more subs but the crappy pay wasn't very competitive prior to covid when unemployment was low.

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Anonymous wrote:and it means what exactly?

For one, it means he can/will break strikes like Reagan did. We can only hope he does.

Just one more piece of evidence that Trump supporters are just so, so, clueless.

If teachers are forced to work, I hope they get free plasma treatments just like President Trump is getting.

Anonymous wrote:Unemployed at 20% let's hire people that wanna work

Yeah, let's hire all those dishwashers and line cooks and secretaries and have them teach something in the classroom.

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Anonymous wrote:Unemployed at 20% let's hire people that wanna work

I would be interested in seeing what percentage of the unemployed meet the minimum requirements to work in a school. If done well a program could funnel many new staff into schools and help deal with shortages in the future.

The problem would be retention. If people uninterested in teaching are required to teach, then most are likely to switch back to work they were intested in, once the economy gets better. (Retention is the main problem with people who WANTED to teach.)

So as long as you factor that into planning, I suppose.

Anonymous wrote:Unemployed at 20% let's hire people that wanna work

I would be interested in seeing what percentage of the unemployed meet the minimum requirements to work in a school. If done well a program could funnel many new staff into schools and help deal with shortages in the future.

Unemployed at 20% let's hire people that wanna work

^ sorry, meant to say over $20/ hour after taxes

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Anonymous wrote:Back to work bitches wear a mask and stop day drinking teachers

Too late, they all just quit. Good luck educating your kids on your own.

Then just quit already. Until you stop taking those paychecks you're just bluffing here.

4/20 teachers at my elementary school retired early or resigned this summer. We have only filled one of the positions. The other three will be filled with long terms subs, if any can be found willing to sign up to do distance teaching/hybrid this year for $20 an hour.

$20/hr?

Not sure where you live but nannies make more than that here.

I’m an IA in FCPS and make less than $20/hour. I have a relevant degree and plenty of experience in various educational settings. It’s a hobby job that I enjoy and the hours are good, but there’s no way I’d go back in person right now. If the FB groups I’m on are any indication, most of us aren’t willing to risk our health for that. There’s a bunch of open positions in the county.

I nannied during and after college and made significantly more, btw. We also had a nanny for our own kids years ago and paid her well over $20/ hour before taxes.