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december 16, 2022 volume 59 issue 5
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To e have a hidden “Th Po pp rte er le e ag d are teachers ever enda for what by issues with we’re trying to in increasing pressu salary and just leavin ywhere—they ar doctrinate kids re g , e ab te the profession. achers are strugg out. That has put a sour taste the workload pl New teachers ling with overwhelm in people’s mou ac ar th ed e ed s about the edwith what is no upon them. M ucation system, worries the issue w on their plate.” rs. Barnes and I think that 16 years ago, M will make its w makes people not want to stay rs. LaPorte ente ay into the dual ing prof credit system. Th in education.” red the teachession. The com e Higher Learni As teaching prog ng Commission diffe munity then was wants dual cred resses, generatio rent—there wer much it teachers to ha nal differences are believed e ideal benefits, 63% of public ve a masters in ers English—somet to factor into th m an y st te ay achhi ed ng e af shortage—but only English te ter school coac not on its own. schools report Barnes, Mr. Ben achers Mrs. teachers hing sports, an Ms. Robyn Bro ed new co ja d m ul w in d n, a see what the futu Boruff, and M math teacher at too few candir. Steven terms of sa re looked like in M H S, fin St ep ds la ry no that and teaching. ski have. Teache entering the prof dates applying rs with a ession in the tim “I am really glad master’s degree e of How w a shortage means that I’m in the se re for non-teaching ce ive a $2,000 my care e view what th more opportun cond half of er,” Mrs. LaPort year bonus. e ities. career However, she ha e positions sa id of . “I te d ho ac th pe ch hi is ange enough so ng might it doesn’t passion since Source: US News “The shortage she was young, that my 5-year-o change somed has caused a ate from and acknowledg ld can graduay . If th rif M is t H in S es or any public sc cultural shift. To certain situatio a is how it hool for that mat ns,” Mr. ter. If that is for the rest draw other youn Morgan Nolan doesn’t sum up ger of my ca teachers in, Ms. , pr my fear for all of incipal, said. I don’t reer, it’s going Brown wants to kn th “W at ow , e’v m w e ak hat does.” education a posit e to becom been forced e increasingly teac to hire ive experience fo Many teachers hers with a lot of r her harder students. found the shorta .” experience, dictable, ge to be preand some of th but for differe “Since I was yo em m nt r. thomas barn ha re as ve on ung, I always kn bi s. gg Lo Mr. Steve er pez, social stud salaries. They’re ew english departmen es I wanted to be ies teacher, has coming into a t head a teacher,” Ms. se en fo r the signs At MHS, school district many years. For Brown said. “I was no where somebod Munster in part t deterred by th y was a change icular, there Mr. Morgan ha s be en e he sit af re uation. The shortage is sad ter the financial Nolan for 13 or 14 ye because I think ars, the fact that crisis—despite reports th and then someo there are a lot of th at er people who have no e w ne er e fir hi be st re ne d in the comm year here is mak fits to the Mun that passion for unity, teachers st ster certified applicant ing more than helping other people learn. B ill had to make who’s been here th e pe ut there are ou rs on a . “Th Th liv has applied for at in e ’s bi g. ne gg ts w es id t in e ch they are at a scho education. Part factors—if ange, in the year the is a teacher shor of it here, is the ol where the ad s that I’ve been position ta ge iss ue . la m of A ck in as lo istration is of t not supportive, si of st ab ant tim ili pe ty es op th to le coming from ose are Mr. Lope be autonomous,” athlet or there is a cultu other school dist z said. “I got in ic trainer ral shift and to ric ge to ts t into Munster, looking wanted teaching becaus maybe teachers to be able to co and that hurts eI are being less districts.” ntrol my own de other school my schedule and lif stiny— respected.” e. Teachers can According to Ed do that to a degree, but they ucation Week, ’re also told by a shortages may ‘W be more prevalen line of directors: e think you’re do t in specific area s of the country. ing this wrong.’ something draw It could be In the past, M ing teachers aw r. Nolan says, hu ay. The political n- perspective ha s been overblow dreds of teache n. It’s more on th rs administrative e level. They’re no t hitting you on the content, the way that the stat e might suggest, but they are hitt ing you on met hodology.”
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