Part 1: What is happening with teaching jobs?

Posted March 13th, 2009 by Anonymous

Today will begin a 5 part series on the state of teacher employment in the US and what we are hearing from around the nation. We will initially focus on the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund because that is supposed to be the critical element that will help states and districts prevent teacher layoffs.

I was invited to listen to the U.S Department of Education phone call that talked about what states had to do to get these funds and it is fairly simple. They need to submit a request and they get two thirds of the money. This money is supposed to do two things – stimulate the economy in the short term and improve education for the long term. After the states receive the initial push, they have a few months to put together an application for the final one third of their money.

But the money still has to get out to the school districts and that is a major concern. This Friday is supposed to be the big Friday the 13th in California as 10,000 teachers are expected to be told they don’t have a job next year. Will this money prevent that bloodbath? On a smaller scale in Massachusetts, they are trying to hold off in anticipation of state funds.

But what I have not seen is actual plans on how this will work. Also looming on the horizon is that the website from which all money flows may not be able to handle the stress. That could create an even bigger mess as states scramble to keep people employed yet can't actually get access to the money.

Last but not least is Governor Sanford of South Carolina who, like most Americans today who get a windfall, want to pay down debt using 30% of his stimulus dollars. The problem is that South Carolina has the second highest unemployment rate at 11%. Does that mean that schools will get shortchanged that 30%?

Probably the most interesting part of the US Department of Education call the other day was that the SFSF dollars are there to make states whole when it comes to education funding. So the question came up but was not really answered - because the funds are to help states maintain spending, if states didn't actually cut their education budget because they cut deeper in other areas, can they still get the money? The answer seemed to be no - which would really stink for those states who made education a priority in their budgeting process.

So with those types of questions out there, it seems like a worthy enterprise for me and my staff to keep a watchful eye on what happens over the next week or so. Hopefully you will tune in to see.

For Monday – did California get hit on Friday the 13th? Will the grants.gov money machine crash? Are all the teaching jobs gone? Tune in to find out!

Series on What is happening with teaching jobs:
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Part 5

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I have a BS degree in

On January 14th, 2011 david bill (not verified) says:

I have a BS degree in teaching. I have two years of teaching experience in China and many years more in the USA. I have applied to over 20 different schools in the south of China, Guangdong, Fujian. Mostly Universities. I have replies from maybe 5 of them but nothing more. What is going on? Do they all wait until the last minute to hire teachers? They go on summer break at the end of June. I want to make my decision and start making plans. You know? Anyone shed some light on this please?70-282

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I have applied to over 20

On March 6th, 2011 shawnlee says:

I have applied to over 20 different schools in the south of China, Guangdong, Fujian. Mostly Universities. I have replies from maybe 5 of them but nothing more. What is going on? Do they all wait until the last minute to hire teachers? They go on summer break at the end of June. I want to make my decision and start making plans. You know? Anyone shed some light on this please

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On March 25th, 2011 shawnlee says:

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On July 22nd, 2011 darrensy says:

I think it is not a good idea to lessen the numbers of current teachers in the US. As a matter of fact nowadays the student-teacher ration is not applicable of what is standard rule, what more if they lessen the teacher. What they can do is to grant such motion to address the education failure.
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On February 27th, 2012 jankuss says:

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