This is the “Emergency Certified” Teacher Facebook group.

These people possibly have bachelor’s degrees, but in subjects completely unrelated to the subjects they will be teaching.

Common complaints are about the tests being too hard (they aren’t, you can memorize the questions on fucking quizlet).

My first year teaching I was pulled aside and told by my principal, “you actually have a degree in this, you’ll have to step in to help your team” - because the other science teachers were a Physical Education teacher and the schools secretary.

But no f-ggots allowed! Being a drag queen on the weekends disqualifies you to be a school principal now, no matter how good you were at it.

  • Vitaly_Chernobyl@sopuli.xyz
    44·
    2 days ago

    I am a relatively new teacher in Oklahoma. In my experience, the teachers I’ve worked with are a fairly mixed bag. There are absolutely amazing teachers working in Oklahoma that are knowledgeable and passionate about their content areas. I have also noticed a fair amount of teachers that are wildly under qualified or seem to only be in a classroom for the opportunity to take advantage of the system (frequently missing work, not actually teaching their students content, etc.) Oftentimes, though schools don’t have many options because they simply need bodies to supervise the students. It is very heartbreaking.

    “My first year teaching I was pulled aside and told by my principal, “you actually have a degree in this, you’ll have to step in to help your team” - because the other science teachers were a Physical Education teacher and the schools secretary.”

    I can relate to this. I’ll be entering my 4th full-year teaching. In my short time working in education, I have become the most senior and qualified teacher for my subject and grade level. I do the bulk of the curriculum planning for my subject.

    The politics injected into public education via State Superintendent Ryan Walters is absolutely disgusting.

    • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      111·
      2 days ago

      Oftentimes, though schools don’t have many options because they simply need bodies to supervise the students.

      And sadly, this is why schools are being defunded and requirements for teachers are simply “a warm body, but don’t be woke”.

      Red states especially only want baby sitters because they want “education” to occur at church. With the DoE almost completely gutted, this problem is going to get worse and we’ll pay the price in about 10 years.