at least three implications why theres a shortage of teachers in public schools?

Question

implication of teachers shortage in the public schools

Answer 1

1. Salary. Teachers don't make nearly what they should.

2. Stress. States want tests done every year to track how smart students are. The higher the test scores, the more funding the schools get. Schools want money. Teachers are pressured more to prepare kids for tests than to actually teach.

3. Kids. Times have changed. Kids act differently today than 10-15 years ago. ADHD is more prevalent. Kids are less repectful. Students are not as interested in learning.

4. Recruiting. Teachers are retiring, and because of the reasons above, less people are choosing careers in public education.

There are always exceptions, of course. (Not all kids are bad!! Don't get me wrong!). My parents have taught school for 34 years, so I've heard their complaints over the years.

Answer 2

1) Larger classroom size (i.e. 30 students per classroom instead of 18)

2) Schools hire unqualified or unlicensed teachers to fill vacant positions.

3) Schools cut back on computer classes, art, music, vocational classes, everything but the core classes because they don't have teachers to teach them.

That being said, many teacher shortages are artificially created. What I mean is that plenty of people want to teach, study education, and become qualified. But teachers are overworked, burnt out, and disrespected to the point that many of them leave the field. It turns out the ones most likely to leave the field after a few years are the ones who have been teaching outside the area of their expertise to fill a position that needs filling.

Many urban school districts create teacher shortages with their hiring schedules. For example, a district I worked for was notorious for accidentally not paying the last few paychecks for teachers who had turned in resignations in May. Word got around, people learned to work the system, and teachers waited until July to turn in their resignations. As a result, the school district was always scrambling to hire in August, calling up people who had already accepted the offers they got from other school districts in May.

The folks who still didn't have a job in August were not exactly the cream of the crop. They often did not have their teaching credential, were not adequately prepared, and only lasted a year or two. That school system is a big mess, and it may never be fixed.

Answer 3

1. Low pay means only those with a "calling" will go into teaching, and there aren't enough people with "callings."

2. Stress -- more and more is expected to be done with less time per student and fewer materials and other resources.

3. Lack of parent involvement -- while there are a significant MINORITY of parents who are involved with their children's upbringing, a majority of parents are not (most due to economic/work demands, a significant few due to lack of interest in their own kids' futures).

4. No Child Left Behind -- Republican attempt to scapegoat teachers to be able to cut Education out of the federal budget (rather than accepting responsibility themselves for cutting it from the federal budget... after all, there is no Constitutional requirement for federal regulation of education). It holds schools and teachers accountable for things that are, in reality, outside of their control. At my school, we ended up directly bribing parents to make sure our attendance didn't fall below NCLB cutoffs.... thank you Wal-Mart for the cash and gift certificates... when the parents should be the ones truly accountable for attendance in the first place. Pitiful when the school has to pay the parents to bring their kids when the taxpayers and parents are the ones paying the schools to educate the kids so that the parents don't have to do it themselves....

5. Lack of respect for the profession in the United States. Regardless of pay, in other countries teachers are treated on a par with doctors and lawyers, generally, in regards to respect. In the United States.......

Answer 4

1.lack of interest in today's generation aims and ambitions in teaching.
2.low payments.
3.it is difficult to get into a public school.

Answer 5

bad work conditions and the lack of pay