[quote=Djshakes]Obviously you never worked in education. The best thing to happen would be for the 30+ year teachers to retire. We hire younger, more up to date teachers at a cheaper rate. I guarantee most 60 year old teachers are not bi-lingual either. There wasn’t as much of a need back in the day when they graduate and became licensed. Again, a lot of the older teachers are coasting towards retirement. The fire is gone.
For example, when I started teaching in 2000 the teacher I replaced was still teaching MS Works. She had no desire to learn and re-tool to teach Office.[/quote]
Well, my kids have had GREAT teachers that were 62+ yrs old. And yes, several were bilingual. Most are retired now but there are many more in the pipe.
Who do you propose we replace these teaching slots with, Djshakes?? The teacher credentialing process in CA is fairly rigorous. And many districts require bilingual skills. Has the CSU system been cranking out a lot of teaching majors lately??
