With an ever-increasing shortage of math and science educators, this charter is turning back to Zoom school — and pulling teachers from across the country to fill the gaps.
, an educational technology company that brings hybrid teaching to classrooms across the country. It is an idea spun from the pandemic, and months of thinking about what went wrong — and right — with virtual teaching during a crisis.
Even before the pandemic, 80% of California’s school districts were experiencing a shortage of teachers, according tofrom the Learning Policy Institute, a nonprofit research organization that focuses on education policy. COVID-19 aggravated that trend, with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing reporting there were more than 10,000 teacher vacancies across the state during the 2021-22 school year.
Coursemojo’s School Success Partner Hope Evans talks during an interview at Cindy Avitia High School in San Jose, Calif. “I’m now learning what I should have learned in ninth grade on top of what I need to learn in 10th,” Vazquez said. “ helped as much as they could, but it didn’t feel like a real teacher.”
While Vishnubhotla is responsible for the actual teaching, Silva is there as a learning coach to keep the students engaged, answering questions in person as they come up. Although Silva has a teaching credential, learning coaches are only required to have a long-term substitute teacher permit, making hiring for that position easier than finding a credentialed STEM teacher.
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