12-31-2009, 08:38 AM
Bob - The DOE can really drop the ball, as far as hiring (even to the point of telling student teachers that there may be no jobs for them - what a gift of discouragement!) Hopefully your wife has also checked with the other school options, including each of the charter schools she is interested in...
Just my personal opinion, and worth only the bytes on screen, - I do believe that there will be a teacher turnover here soon,
1. because some of the schools are nearing the end of their restructuring. The requirement on the schools that do not meet their goals include staff changes. When this happened in Ill. there was a need for qualified & highly qualified teachers.... the DOE really does not have a choice in that.
2. teachers that are eligible for retirement may take it now, rather than the potential of lower base salary that may come up.
3. teachers that may have been thinking of 'moving on' may have further incentives with the lower salary here.
ETA: Plus the fact that TFA & others are actively recruiting for teaching positions in HI. granted there is fed money there, but that is one way to go....
Just my personal opinion, and worth only the bytes on screen, - I do believe that there will be a teacher turnover here soon,
1. because some of the schools are nearing the end of their restructuring. The requirement on the schools that do not meet their goals include staff changes. When this happened in Ill. there was a need for qualified & highly qualified teachers.... the DOE really does not have a choice in that.
2. teachers that are eligible for retirement may take it now, rather than the potential of lower base salary that may come up.
3. teachers that may have been thinking of 'moving on' may have further incentives with the lower salary here.
ETA: Plus the fact that TFA & others are actively recruiting for teaching positions in HI. granted there is fed money there, but that is one way to go....