Kansas City metro area school districts desperate to fill substitute teaching slots

Kansas City metro area school districts desperate to fill substitute teaching slots

WITH MORE OF THE DETAILS.THAT’S RIGHT HALEY.WILL YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT BEHINDME THAT OUR PARENTS OUT HERETHAT ARE MAKING THEIR VOICESHEARD.THEY’RE SAYING THAT THEY WANTTHEIR STUDENTS BACK IN CLASSFULL-TIME AND THEY SAY THEDISTRICT IS MAKING A MOVE TO PUTSTUDENTS BACK IN THE CLASSROOMWITH THE HYBRID MODEL OFLEARNING AND A SCHOOLS ACROSSTHE METRO ARE MAKING THATTRANSITION.WE’RE LEARNING THAT SUBSTITUTETEACHER SHORTAGES ARE NOWRUNNING A MAJOR CHALLENGE AT FORCLASSROOMS ACROSS THE METRO.45 YEARS.I’VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKETHIS.DR. KENNY SOUTHWICK IS THEEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THECOOPERATING SCHOOL DISTRICTS OFGREATER, KANSAS CITY A GROUPREACHING ACROSS STATE LINES TOPROVIDE HELP DURING THE PANDEMICSOUTHWICK SAYS A BIG CHALLENGETHIS YEAR MANY SUBSTITUTETEACHERS ARE OPTING OUT OFCOMING INTO THE CLASSROOM.NOTING HEALTH CONCERNS AS SOMEOF THE BIGGEST REASONS WHY AGENERATION OF KIDS WHO’S HADTHEIR EDUCATION SYSTEMS UPROOTEDSO WE’RE GOING TO WORK VERY HARDTO MAKE SURE THAT THESE KIDSDON’T MISS OUT IN AN EFFORT TOKEEP STUDENTS ON TRACK.HE’S ENCOURAGING THOSE QUALIFIEDTO STEP IN AND HELP AND ALSOTHOSE INTERESTED TO TAKE ACLOSER LOOK AT THEQUALIFICATIONS TO BECOMECERTIFIED LESS THAN THE MIDWESTHAVE GREAT EDUCATION GREATTEACHERS GREAT SCHOOL SYSTEMDURING COMMUNITIES, AND WE’REGOING TO WE’RE GOING TO WORK ITTOGETHER.DOCTOR SOUTH WIG ALSOHIGHLIGHTING THAT THEAVAILABILITY OF THOSE TEACHERSVARIES, OF COURSE DISTRICT TODISTRICT REPORTING L