Portland Teachers’ Union Proposes Self-Taught Fridays to Reduce Teacher Burnout
GQ Pan | December 2, 2021 | Updated December 3, 2021Amid staffing shortage in schools across Oregon, Portland’s teachers’ union is seeking to turn one of the five school days into an “asynchronous instructional day,” in which high school students would stay at home and do school work while receiving limited online instructions.
Citing an “unprecedented staffing crisis,” the Portland Association of Teachers on Monday proposed (pdf) that any eight-period day, which typically falls on the fifth school day of the week, should be converted into an asynchronous instruction day. During those days, teachers can use three hours to help students online, and use the remainder of the day as “educator directed planning time.”
For students in grades preK-8, the union suggested that each week should include one two-hour student early release or late arrival day. The union also proposed two additional planning days, and one professional development day immediately following winter break for high schools. . . .
https://www.theepochtimes.com/portland-teachers-union-proposes-self-taught-fridays-to-reduce-teacher-burnout_4135777.html
Staffing shortages? Then stop firing teachers who are unjabbed. Not sure how a 4-day work week will resolve staffing shortages, other than attracting more workers who don't want to work, but are willing to take the jab.
