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ddsrph

Oct 6th 2019 9:14 am

US Teacher Shortage

I just saw an article on CNN about our teacher shortage in US. Nationally according to the article 112,000 teachers short. The article was focused on Arizona and recruitment of Philippine teachers to help fill the gap of 7000 vacancies statewide.

thistlehollyberry

Oct 7th 2019 12:45 pm

Re: US Teacher Shortage

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Originally Posted by ddsrph (Post 12744786)

No surprise there - teachers in the US work two or three jobs in order to pay the bills - salary is atrocious.

SanDiegogirl

Oct 9th 2019 11:00 am

Re: US Teacher Shortage

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Originally Posted by thistlehollyberry (Post 12745312)

No surprise there - teachers in the US work two or three jobs in order to pay the bills - salary is atrocious.

In my district salary levels are as follows:

Elementary School Teacher Average $64,020 Range $41,470 - $88,780

Middle School Teacher Average $63,110 Range $43,170 - $87,490

Not bad for a job with 16 weeks vacation and in many schools a 4.5 day week.

BenC123

Nov 29th 2019 8:56 am

Re: US Teacher Shortage

Does this mean that US school are hiring foreign teachers on H2B or J1 visas?

ddsrph

Nov 29th 2019 9:00 am

Re: US Teacher Shortage

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Originally Posted by ddsrph (Post 12744786)

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Originally Posted by BenC123 (Post 12771531)

Does this mean that US school are hiring foreign teachers on H2B or J1 visas?

The article I saw about Arizona they were importing Philippine teachers to fill shortages. Visa type unknown and was not addressed.

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