Hiring shortages and COVID complicate schools' year of recovery
But it doesn’t always feel like it for Jennifer Davis, who teaches seventh-graders at the Language Academy near San Diego State University.
And it doesn’t help that the school’s middle school students have one counselor only three days a week, Davis said. But teachers say it has been harder than expected to help students recover, largely because of schoolIn some cases, the shortages of substitutes and other staff are forcing schools to combine classes or go over class-size maximums. Specialists hired specifically to give struggling students extra time and attention are instead being pulled away to teach general classes because there aren’t enough substitute teachers.
That’s an improvement from the month before, when there were 104 core classes at 12 schools over the maximum.San Diego Unified has tried addressing the staffing shortage by offering higher pay to entice permanent substitute teachers who’ll commit to working at one school. The district also is offering a $4,000 hiring incentiveEven with those incentives, the district still has vacancies for both kinds of positions, Borden said.
Kristin Brown, an educator of 29 years who teaches first grade at Silver Gate Elementary, typically has a handful of students who struggle below grade level; but this year, more than half of her 22 students are struggling, she said. Students have been absent weeks at a time because they or their family members tested positive for the coronavirus, Brown said. When students have even minor symptoms, like a runny nose, they have to stay home until they get a negative coronavirus test.
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