How bad is this going to get? I don't think we have even started on how bad it is going to get! States have used their income unwisely, leaving themselves with huge deficits. So what is the first thing they want to cut to balance their budgets? Education. Teachers were laid off at Christmas time because school districts couldn't handle the financial cuts being made by their state legislatures. I thought I was in a fairly stable situation, being a teacher; but then again, maybe I should switch careers and become a member of the state legislature. Now that is a secure job! They may have wised up and won't vote themselves a pay raise for the next couple of years but I bet they don't worry about layoffs either!
My district is pretty stable. We stay within our budgets every year. Yet our budgets do rely heavily on funding from state and federal resources. Right now, the talk is to begin rifts by not filling the positions of teachers that retire or choose to leave. Any district that does that will find that their class sizes increase... In my district, leadership believes in smaller class sizes, yet that is being sacraficed to keep teachers on staff. It is a catch 22. I worry about having so many students, which will make it harder to reach them. Yet, I appreciate that my district is trying to keep as many of us as they can. It just seems disheartening that education is already being hit by tough economic times. I was hoping the value of having educated children to lead us in the future would be a factor in keeping teaching more stable.
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We received the allotment speech this week which was we don't know how many teachers will be allowed for our school next year and that teachers need to work on being certified in more than one area so that they are more employable. The legislature is talking about doing away with teacher retirement and they would never want anyone threatening their wages or retirement. I always thought that education was a stable field of employment but now even that is not safe.
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