AP article : States hire foreign teachers to ease shortages
Sep 16th 2008, 2:14 am
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AP article : States hire foreign teachers to ease shortages
Saw an interesting article on how some states are hiring teachers from overseas due to shortages of US teachers. The article doesn't say what kind of visa they are using but I imagine it is H1-B.
Sep 16th 2008, 2:33 am
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Re: AP article : States hire foreign teachers to ease shortages
Saw an interesting article on how some states are hiring teachers from overseas due to shortages of US teachers. The article doesn't say what kind of visa they are using but I imagine it is H1-B.
Sep 16th 2008, 2:51 am
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There is no shortage of teachers in the US. There are lots of people with teaching credentials but there is a shortage of people with teaching credentials who are willing to teach in inner schools where the conditions are hazardous and the pay crappy.
Sep 16th 2008, 2:54 am
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Re: AP article : States hire foreign teachers to ease shortages
Saw an interesting article on how some states are hiring teachers from overseas due to shortages of US teachers. The article doesn't say what kind of visa they are using but I imagine it is H1-B.
The numerical restrictions and the fact that school starts a month before October 1st works against H-1b.
Sep 16th 2008, 2:55 am
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I think the key words are "math and sciences."
Sep 16th 2008, 3:00 am
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And here in the NYC area the foreign teachers are for the arts, i.e. music, art, etc. and not the sciences. Goes to show that different areas, different needs.
My s-i-l's brother has his teaching certificate and left his teaching position in the Bronx because of the low pay and the dangerous conditions. Another friend of mine will only work in private schools.
My s-i-l's brother has his teaching certificate and left his teaching position in the Bronx because of the low pay and the dangerous conditions. Another friend of mine will only work in private schools.
Sep 16th 2008, 3:00 am
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"The school system in coastal Baldwin County _ 60 miles by 25 miles of Alabama farmland framed on two sides by waterfront towns _ was short on teachers, especially in courses such as math and science. ".
It is not just inner city schools, here they are talking about rural ones. As regards wages, I guess the question is how feasible it would be to increase property taxes to the level needed to attract these US -based teachers to those areas.
Sep 16th 2008, 3:03 am
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Re: AP article : States hire foreign teachers to ease shortages
And here in the NYC area the foreign teachers are for the arts, i.e. music, art, etc. and not the sciences. Goes to show that different areas, different needs.
My s-i-l's brother has his teaching certificate and left his teaching position in the Bronx because of the low pay and the dangerous conditions. Another friend of mine will only work in private schools.
My s-i-l's brother has his teaching certificate and left his teaching position in the Bronx because of the low pay and the dangerous conditions. Another friend of mine will only work in private schools.
Curious. I know that the shortage of math and science teachers in the secondary schools have been chronic. On the wage level -- in general, Union scale is considered prevailing as a general rule, except in the construction trades.
Sep 16th 2008, 3:39 am
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Once again, this must be very regional. My nephew is a newly-qualified math teacher. This summer he drove thousands of miles around Michigan seeking his first teaching job. He didn't find it. He's now working as a teacher's assistant - low pay and no benefits.
Sep 16th 2008, 6:42 am
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I can tell you that in this area a tenured teacher will earn $65,000 and above.
Sep 16th 2008, 7:45 am
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Re: AP article : States hire foreign teachers to ease shortages
ok this interests me 
I was forced to abandon my PGCE due to medical reasons. Anyone have any idea what the equivalent to a PGCE is here in the USA? Do they have such a thing? For those that aren't UK a PGCE is a course that you can complete after obtaining your degree which qualifies you teach.
I was forced to abandon my PGCE due to medical reasons. Anyone have any idea what the equivalent to a PGCE is here in the USA? Do they have such a thing? For those that aren't UK a PGCE is a course that you can complete after obtaining your degree which qualifies you teach.
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Sep 17th 2008, 2:25 pm
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Re: AP article : States hire foreign teachers to ease shortages
ok this interests me
I was forced to abandon my PGCE due to medical reasons. Anyone have any idea what the equivalent to a PGCE is here in the USA? Do they have such a thing? For those that aren't UK a PGCE is a course that you can complete after obtaining your degree which qualifies you teach.
I was forced to abandon my PGCE due to medical reasons. Anyone have any idea what the equivalent to a PGCE is here in the USA? Do they have such a thing? For those that aren't UK a PGCE is a course that you can complete after obtaining your degree which qualifies you teach.
