Why Are Districts at Job Fairs After Laying Off Teachers?
Posted: Apr 06, 2010 6:25 PM PDTUpdated: Apr 06, 2010 7:01 PM PDT
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Marina, CALIF- Tuesday dozens of school districts along the Central Coast went to CSUMB hoping to find teachers to hire. That leads to this KION question, why are school districts going to job fairs even though they laid off teachers? Central Coast News went to the job fair today to get answers.
Hundreds of teachers showed up for the teacher recruitment at CSUMB Tuesday. Despite thousands of layoffs, districts are still trying to fill specific needs.
Nadene Dermody has worked in the Spreckles Union School District as a music teacher for ten years. Last month she got a pink slip and now she's nervous she won't be hired back," We don't know, we don't know. Yes I'm Iooking around of course I think we all have families to take care of and mortgages to pay and therefore you have to solidify your future for yourself in order to make any plans," said Dermody.
Districts like Alisal Union, and Monterey Peninsula Unified have made dozens of teacher lay offs this year so why are they recruiting? "We might be handing out pink slips with one credential and we might be recruiting with another credential," said Monterey High School Principal Bill Crockett.
Teachers with credentials in math and science are in high demand. Also being a credentialed bilingual teacher will put you on the top of the interview list. Matthew Courtney is graduating from CSUMB with his credential next month. He is bilingual not deterred by the number of layoffs in Alisal Union School District, "The fact that they are giving people pink slips isn't really something I'm concerned about. I'm looking for my first job just like the other teacher credential candidates here
