Staff shortage problems existed in Texas schools before the COVID-19 pandemic, but hiring...
Jennifer Gutierrez looks through the lesson plans left for her as she fills a second grade teacher absence at Larkspur Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.The Texas Education Agency will convene a task force to study chronic staff shortages that the state’s schools face, which predate the COVID-19 pandemic but have been exacerbated by it.
“The ongoing and increasing shortage of full-time and substitute teachers in schools across the state demands a thoughtful, creative conversation to develop strategies to attract, train, and retain the teachers our students need,”Staff shortage problems existed in Texas schools before the COVID-19 pandemic, but hiring has been made more difficult during that period, particularly in rural areas, a TEA spokesman wrote in an email. The shortage has especially affected substitute teachers.
“The pandemic made it worse, and the governor didn’t help. He was a big hindrance during the pandemic,” Robison said. “Teachers were struggling. They were being heroic. They were teaching their classes and trying to keep their students and themselves safe at the same time, and the governor didn’t even consider allowing mask mandates to help.”
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