Education / Teaching thread
In that article...
Raúl Peña, the chief talent officer for Fort Worth ISD, said last week that the district was continuing to ramp up efforts to hire more teachers, substitutes and staff in order to fill vacancies and help prevent another short-term staffing crisis like the one seen in January.
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We are trying every strategy to hire teachers,” Peña said. “We are seeing a lot higher number of teachers and a lot more professionals just not wanting to come into the profession.”
Hiring efforts have included multiple hiring fairs, including one that was held virtually for teachers in Mexico City. But the shortage in teachers, which some experts call a crisis, did not start amid the pandemic.....
Have they tried a decent wage? Or changing their policies? Or giving more support to the teacher? Just reading some of the posts here from teachers makes me think that this has been building for awhile and is just reaching the boiling point even quicker because of Covid. Wages across the board for "blue collar" jobs have not kept up with the economy or societal stresses. I'm sure there are good policemen/women out there right now that are quitting/retiring early because they just can't justify the related stress with the lack of a decent wage.