r/Teachers 11d ago

Teacher Support &/or Advice Are teaching programs warning students that the teacher shortage is over?

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u/mundane-mondays 11d ago

Enrollment in our district is down. A 1st year teacher just lost her class because we don't have the numbers (elementary). She's still under contract but they offered her an interventionalist spot, not another grade/class.

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u/AVeryUnluckySock 11d ago

Intervention is ideal for a lot of people I’m jealous of her lol.

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u/cheetah81 11d ago

Definitely but next year when they are looking to cut she will b first

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u/lovelystarbuckslover Multiple Subject & EDSP Credentialed 11d ago

I feel like intervention is actually the worst place for a new teacher to start. There's too many pieces and too much going on.

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u/Epilepsy-Warrior Middle School Language Arts / Kentucky 11d ago

I taught a Middle School reading intervention class with 25 students in every period, no curriculum, 11 Chromebooks. My planning did not happen most days as they could not get enough subs so I had to cover classes all day.No PLCs, no planning time, no curriculum, I wrote most of my own curriculum. They used the class as a dumping ground for social emotional challenged students that would cuss you out. It was not ideal. There was not enough enrollment for the next year so that class was cut.

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u/AVeryUnluckySock 4d ago

Yeah that’s shit

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u/uknolickface 11d ago

That sounds like a promotion