Agency LTS Hired Instead of Qualified Teachers in NJ

I saw it happen many times in the last 2 years in NJ public schools - hiring long term subs (60 credit associate degree, substitute teacher certification only) instead of hiring teachers (CE/CEAS/retired teachers) under the guise the school couldn't find qualified teachers. The schools were hiring unqualified substitute teachers for long term assignments via a temp agency (like ESS) while qualified teachers applicants were passed up. One school did this for their art department - 5 jobs. None of these LTS art teachers had an art background, no CE or CEAS, no qualifications to be an art teacher for more than a day.

One unqualified LTS was assigned 3 months of work in one classroom - until the teachers' union found out about it and had her removed after 20 days. Another sub I worked with didn't even have proper credentials to work in the US - not even a green card.

It's only going to get worse.

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u/Fuzzy_Body_2461 — 2 days ago
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Agency LTS Hired Instead of Qualified Teachers

I saw it the last 2 years in public schools - hiring long term subs instead of hiring teachers under the guide the school couldn't find qualified teachers. I saw schools hiring unqualified substitute teachers for long term assignments via a temp agency (like ESS) while qualified teachers applicants were passed up. One school did this for their art department - 5 jobs.

One unqualified LTS got 3 months of work in one classroom - until the teachers' union found out about it and had her removed after 20 days. Another sub I worked with didn't even have proper credentials to work in the US.

It's only going to get worse.

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u/Fuzzy_Body_2461 — 2 days ago

Agency LTS Hired Instead of Qualified Teachers

I have seen this frequently in the past 2 years in public schools - hiring long term subs (sub cert only, 60 credits, not in teacher ed program) instead of hiring real teachers, under the guide the school couldn't find qualified teachers. The schools hired unqualified substitute teachers (60 credit associates degree) for long term assignments via a temp agency (like ESS) while qualified teachers applicants (CE/CEAS) were passed up. One school did this for their art department - 5 jobs. All hires were substitute teachers with zero art background and no teaching certification.

One unqualified LTS was hired for a teacher's 3 month leave of absence - until the teachers' union found out about it and had her removed after 20 days. Another sub I worked with didn't even have proper credentials to work in the US - not even a green card.

It's only going to get worse.

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u/Fuzzy_Body_2461 — 5 days ago