Speaking of poor quality applicants: My wife is in a hiring position for openings at her school. She's been interviewing at least 5 people per week this entire summer and has only extended 6 offers. The vast majority of the applicants had no teaching experience, no experience working with children, had been fired from multiple jobs, or couldn't / wouldn't provide references. Many of those unqualified applicants went on to get a job at another school that was basically just looking for anyone with a pulse that met the minimum requirements and could pass a background check.Jack Cheese said:
Districts can't be choosy about who they hire. Lots of non-certified teachers because no one wants to do the job anymore. So you get this idiocy. It's a symptom of a far worse problem - very poor quality applicant pool.
Thankfully, her school is very selective when hiring. They've learned that bad teachers are extremely hard to fire and drag everything down (student performance, team morale, etc). Performance at her campus has risen significantly since making the decision to be selective.