The state of California has decided that all middle school teachers should attend training for teaching English Language Arts using Holt curriculum. I am being forced to attend 5 days of training. The other Special Education teachers are being forced to attend as well. None of us teach English. We are support teachers. We support our students, and help the teachers meet the needs of these students. It will cost the district $100/day/teacher to hire substitutes for us. That is 5 teachers, times 5 days, times $100. That is $2,500 just to pay for subs. I don’t know the cost of the training, but I am sure it is not cheap. My students are a challenge, and I do not want to leave them with a sub. I have no choice. The district is so short of funds the teachers took a pay cut, and 5 furlough days this year. I know how they could save at least $2,500.
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It's really easy for politicians to decide what's best for students when they haven't even bothered to visit several schools and talk with (at least) Principals.
Related: I saw an add recently asking for substitute teachers in the Stillwater area and advertised paying them $50 a day.
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