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   🇨🇦 Michael Porter 🇨🇦 (michaelporter@ottawa.place)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 04:41:23 JST 🇨🇦 Michael Porter 🇨🇦

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   • Cameron MacLeod
   • Pete Anderson 🚲

   @dairpo @c_9 “We’re so committed to quality education, we’ll check for a pulse first, before hiring someone!”

   Just so this doesn’t get misinterpreted, I’m a retired teacher who believes that the current situation is untenable, and we are not putting anywhere *near* the resources in to ensure that we get quality teacher candidates, and that we can continue to look after their welfare after they are hired. Teaching was a tough job before the pandemic - Back then, the attrition rate for new teachers was something like 30% in the first five years. I have no idea what it is now.

   We need to take care of teachers so they can take care of our kids.

   Cameron, I hope your husband has a good experience, gets a permanent position soon, and experiences the same joy and challenges that I did in the classroom. I wouldn’t have wanted to do anything else.

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     Pete Anderson 🚲 (dairpo@ottawa.place)'s status on Wednesday, 18-Sep-2024 04:41:29 JST Pete Anderson 🚲

     • Cameron MacLeod

     @c_9 Definitely agree! This family member was able to get a full-time contract on a temp license before finishing the first year that was conditional on completing the program on time.

     carl marks repeated this.