Teaching shortages are not new. It is a nationwide issue. Teachers don't make the kind of money that engineers make, and like I said before, teachers have a LOT of responsibility and are underappreciated.
There are a lot of percs to being a teacher (10 month work year; extended holidays off), but there are also a lot of downfalls (lack of financial support - many teachers have to purchase their own classroom materials out of pocket; they spend their free time at home grading papers and planning lessons; dealing with idiotic parents who can't believe their little Johnny would do such heinous things, etc.) Some teachers get to the point that yes, the grass is greener because XYC, Inc on base is paying someone with their science background 3 times more $. A lot of teachers bail out for bigger and better things. Many teachers are pulled out of the classrooms because they are promoted to administrative positions.
But I can only imagine that a teacher from Jamaica would have the world at their feet by coming to America to teach, compared to what their future would hold for them in their native homeland. :shrug:
Black, white, red, purple, hispanic, greek, american, whatever. If they are qualified teachers who CARE about their job - the more the merrier.
Teaching shortages are not new. It is a nationwide issue. Teachers don't make the kind of money that engineers make, and like I said before, teachers have a LOT of responsibility and are underappreciated.
There are a lot of percs to being a teacher (10 month work year; extended holidays off), but there are also a lot of downfalls (lack of financial support - many teachers have to purchase their own classroom materials out of pocket; they spend their free time at home grading papers and planning lessons; dealing with idiotic parents who can't believe their little Johnny would do such heinous things, etc.) Some teachers get to the point that yes, the grass is greener because XYC, Inc on base is paying someone with their science background 3 times more $. A lot of teachers bail out for bigger and better things. Many teachers are pulled out of the classrooms because they are promoted to administrative positions.
But I can only imagine that a teacher from Jamaica would have the world at their feet by coming to America to teach, compared to what their future would hold for them in their native homeland. :shrug:
Black, white, red, purple, hispanic, greek, american, whatever. If they are qualified teachers who CARE about their job - the more the merrier.
That is contrary to the article. The article says the pool for elementary education is large enough locally/regionally already. As a matter of fact the article makes no mention of salary as being the reason for seeking "diverse" candidates outside the US.
And this shows the problem we are having here in this discussion. According to the article they are admittedly looking for candidates of a diverse nature, AKA minorities, for the math and science jobs. They have enough diverse candidates in the elementary education group. They seek diverse candidates in the secondary education specialties of science and math and also in special education.