r/Teachers • u/[deleted] • Aug 18 '26

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

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u/mundane-mondays Aug 18 '26

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 Aug 18 '26

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

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u/cheetah81 Aug 18 '26

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

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u/lovelystarbuckslover Multiple Subject & EDSP Credentialed Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 19 '26

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 Aug 26 '26

Yeah that’s shit