Dennis 37 wrote:Kevin Willis wrote:720 wrote:You know what's funny, in our internal memos before school started they were saying how many teachers that got let go or transferred because of the reduced school populations were being moved over to online. So many of us were under the impression it would be like how it was back in June but at a small scale.
But around the final week of summer break many parents opted into distance learning last minute. Thousands we're talking, so it really shocked the system (at least that's what our school board told us through email).
Many seniored teachers also decided to retire instead of going back. There are less to go around.
This distance learning isn't that great. Less interaction with the teacher and classmates which are pooled. So you can 10 kids in one class all from different schools. And if the kid is struggling in a particular class and another finds it a joke, they both get robbed of the attention they need. Ford could've done a better job in putting together a plan. He wants this to work, part of his campaign was to have students take courses from home to save money. He was all about cost cutting and it came back to bite him - from teachers, teaching assistants to network infrastructure.
What I wonder about is there used to be a surplus of graduating new teachers unable to find work. I guess that isn't the reality anymore.
There is still a surplus of teaching graduates ranging in the thousands from all those years where the teaching program was only one year. But the past few years now it has become a 2 year program so the number has gotten smaller.
Many people still struggle to get hired by boards. Normally hiring season is during late winter to early summer but this year with COVID I think the process has slowed down. Just my guess.
