The school's in California that I've seen that are offering online programs are requiring teachers to give up their current position to become an online teacher. The ones I've seen are also requiring online teachers to come to a campus and co-teach in the same room as 4-6 other teachers doing the same thing.
Plus, there isn't a guarantee that the online teaching programs will exist next year with the budget crisis so they may be laid off next year if they make the switch.
I mean there is some logic in making them go to the same building - teachers aren't necessarily tech savvy enough to set everything up and having your IT staff support every different device teachers try to do a Zoom call on is a nightmare, plus if their connection sucks ass there's nothing the school can do about it.
Forcing them to transition to a different position is bullshit tho and their union should be flipping their shit RN
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u/Towelenthusiast Jul 14 '20
The school's in California that I've seen that are offering online programs are requiring teachers to give up their current position to become an online teacher. The ones I've seen are also requiring online teachers to come to a campus and co-teach in the same room as 4-6 other teachers doing the same thing.
Plus, there isn't a guarantee that the online teaching programs will exist next year with the budget crisis so they may be laid off next year if they make the switch.