School districts and officials nationwide are begging parents to step in, loosening requirements for substitute teachers and even asking the National Guard for help as last-ditch efforts to stay open during the latest COVID-19 surge.
eliminated college credit hours as a requirement for substitute teachers.to become substitute teachers without losing employment, pay or benefits.These last-ditch efforts may be necessary to keep schools physically open, but they are only "band-aid" solutions, Julia Kaufman, an education policy researcher at RAND corporation, said.
More than 75% of school principals and district leaders said they were having trouble finding enough substitutes to cover teacher absences this year, according to aThat's in part due the difficult nature of substitute teaching where "you're diving into a classroom that is generally filled with students who are in a bit of crisis right now," Kaufman said.Photo: Erin Doherty/AxiosMyrtle Washington, a veteran substitute teacher in D.C.
"A lot of substitute teachers did not think it was worth it, risking their lives, in this city, for $15 an hour," said Washington, who is the president of Washington Substitute Teachers United. that the city was raising pay for daily substitute teachers from $121.50 a day to $136.00 a day, but the D.C. substitutes say it's not enough.Turning to the future, substitute teachers and researchers alike say schools need to rethink how they support substitute teachers.
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