#teacher-shortages

#teacher-shortages

There's a lot of evidence that indicates that teacher morale has been declining nationwide and is at, by some measures, the lowest point in recent memory. California teachers scored 16 on the Teacher Morale Index, which is based on three questions from the Education Week survey. The morale score for U.S. teachers overall was 13.

The Australian Education Union (AEU) is recommending a 30.4 hour job-share model in state schools to expand working from home options for teachers, while keeping kids at school five days a week. The union has warned the government will need to get creative to ensure roles that can't be done from home are still appealing. Under the proposal, if you can reasonably do your job from home, you would have the right to do so for at least two days a week.

Nargiz Mammadli and Emmanuel "Manny" Morando Neri both have a passion for teaching, and in particular, teaching young learners. Early Childhood Education Substitute Teacher Empowerment & Placement (ECE STEP) is looking to provide connections and training to help them pursue both. With an eye toward careers in education, both Mammadli and Morando Neri said they have gotten a boost from resources provided by the nonprofit commonly known as ECE STEP.

Can you guess which professionals in England work 26 hours of overtime a week without compensation, give up time with friends and family to deal with the workload and often find themselves on call in the holidays? Not CEOs, bankers or even doctors, but teachers. No wonder, then, that teaching vacancies are at the highest level ever. Workload is the top concern that teachers cite for leaving the profession, with almost as many quitting as those who joined last year.