StopTheShortage

Teacher working conditions are student learning conditions. We need time, support, and autonomy & we need it before we lose more teachers. We need relief now!

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

JCPS teachers…any of this sound familiar!??

“surveyed well over 1,000 teachers and leaders about what they would de-implement….some of the answers were high-stakes testing, faculty meetings, PLC meetings, and districtwide trainings.”

https://t.co/tAeIzGU8zw

[Rep. Gloria Johnson @VoteGloriaJ]

Looks like some folks are interested in a worsening teacher shortage.

[Jason Bailey @jbaileyky]

Important to know that paying the full costs of busing kids to & from school is a state responsibility under law. But it's one the legislature has skipped since 2005. Despite billions now in the rainy day fund, the state still pays only 70% of these costs in the current budget.

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

Version 2 takes the stronger stance that SB150 is unconstitutional and protects trans students from misgendering and ensures their right to privacy.

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

An important JCPS board meeting tonight: a vote on the AI weapon detection systems and 1st reading of the policy on SB150

[Krista Johnson @KristaJ1993]

"We know trans children exist," one teacher said. "Even more so, we know that they deserve to exist. ... They exist, they are real and they are in pain, asking for us to stand with and protect them."
https://t.co/DFQRJGMRLY

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

Teachers are expected to cure societal ills with zero support while being actively hamstrung.

[Nathan Sampson @SampsonStuartVC]

So many people complaining about a teacher shortage. Then they turn around and start shouting that Teachers:
1. are grooming children.
2. are over paid.
3. can’t be trusted to set curriculum.
4. need to keep our kids safe from school shootings.
I see why we have a shortage…

[Alex Acquisto @AcquistoA]

Right now, a throng of students & adults are shouting on the steps of Ky Capitol Annex protesting SB150, which includes a ban on gender-affirming care for trans youth. Leg is expected to override Beshear’s veto today or tomorrow. They’re shouting, “Trans rights are human rights”

[Jay Wamsted @JayWamsted]

Step 1: Budget cuts. Increase class size

Step 2: Behavior problems. Kids struggling. Blame the failing schools

Step 3: Pull money away from schools with vouchers & “choice”

Step 4: Budget cuts. Increase class size

[Martin Odima Jr. @MartinOdimaJr]

Too many teachers lose their prep time or lunch break to keep their schools afloat.

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

Thank you to Ms. Ellis, a retired teacher, for ending tonight's board meeting by focusing on the teacher shortage. She is right that most of what has been done has just been a band-aid for our problems and not real sustainable solutions.

[Jay Wamsted @JayWamsted]

Student teaching is messed up in two directions.

The student teacher isn’t paid to do their full-time work. And the lead teacher isn’t paid to mentor someone in a full-time situation.

Like so many aspects of public education, the system exploits anyone who cares about children.

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

If we want to stop the shortage, teachers needed to be treated like the professionals that they are and given time to focus on teaching. Check out this petition if you support teachers: https://t.co/OakOpcmwFP

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

Nothing will keep teachers from supporting their trans students.

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

A snow day and on meeting day…looks like Mother Nature is doing more to curb teacher burnout than our district!

[Move Kentucky Forward @KentuckyMove]

Schools don't need partisan bickering, CRT conspiracies, or phony charter school nonsense. They need a desperate surge of increased wages to hopefully stop the bleeding of losing all staff. After that, we can get into specifics, but that has to come first.

[Sara ✨ @MsButryn]

This downward spiral of education is directly connected to the corporatization of education. This presents itself in outsourcing but also in the mindset it rewards.

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

Fellow teachers, how will we do everything that needs to be done right now and still have the energy to fight for the survival of public education?

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

The staffing crisis affects every single aspect of school on a daily basis.

Are our leaders responding like we are in crisis? Or, still acting like it is business as usual?

[StopTheShortage @StopTheShort502]

Let’s start a list…what is some low hanging fruit? Things your school or district could easily do that would make your job easier or help you feel more appreciated?