The national teacher shortage needs a quick infusion of action by the public. Too often the public feels that there is little they can do regarding such a monumental issue and they simply throw up their hands in frustration.
So allow me, respectfully, to offer a few suggestions. I've tried them and to be anything but candid with you, I have had NO feedback and seen little action. That being said, writing the state education association (of any state) or providing a letter to the editor or asking a local board of education to get on board with some sort of 'Introduction to Teaching' course in high school has to have a number of people sounding the alarm.
For those of you in the teaching profession (including counselors and other personnel) please ask your principal and/or dept. chairs to get involved in teacher preparation. The next time you IEA representative is in the building ask them to fund a teaching program as part of the high school curriculum.
The teacher shortage crisis is real and isn't something I've decided to make an issue. We all need to get involved.
Dick
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