Veterans confused, educators concerned with new bill would allow vets to teach without background in education
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new bill in the Ohio Senate that is aiming to curb the teacher shortage by allowing veterans to become educators without them having a background in education is leaving both veterans and educators concerned.
"[It] provides teaching opportunities under certain circumstances to qualified vets to be able to assist them with their workforce challenges right now," Cirino said."And it's great for our vets because it uses their great experience in training and it will bring great benefit to the students of Ohio.""I think there's a great tradeoff there," the veteran added.
And to be clear, this law is permissive, meaning school districts get a choice whether to put this into place or not. In the legislation, it is stated that the veteran must demonstrate"mastery of the subject area to be taught, as determined by the school governing authority." Shields and Livingston agree that is too arbitrary and doesn't work.
"We're seeing how many veterans are affected adversely from their deployments — so what kind of a school environment are they going to be in?" Livingston asked."I will also say a lot of my military training was absolutely inappropriate for a high school or middle school or elementary school student. And, of course, veterans, most of us, are professional enough to understand the difference.
"What I would recommend is that they be at least a pay grade E-6 or higher," he said."Now earning E-6 in four years, it's almost impossible." "It's a one-size-fits-all until it's not," Livingston said."I'm sure the teacher's union is going to have a lot of questions about that," he said."Obviously, we have a great deal of respect for our veterans and the work that they've done for our country and their level of expertise," Ohio Federation of Teachers' Melissa Cropper said."But that level of expertise doesn't necessarily transfer over into a classroom.
The Ohio Education Association pointed out that Ohio already has a Troops to Teachers program, providing"opportunities for military personnel to begin careers in K-12 schools by facilitating the process for them to get licensed," their spokesperson added.This bill is another piece of current legislation being proposed by Ohio's General Assembly that has been modeled after bills in the Sunshine State.
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