Here's the puzzling question regarding teacher recruitment in South Carolina: why doesn't South Carolina produce enough first-year teachers to fill all vacancies at the state's schools? Evidently, we don't, since CCSD Superintendent Postlewait thinks it essential to recruit graduates from other states. Or is it that graduates from South Carolina's Schools of Education aren't desirable as hires?
Inquiring minds want to know.
What we do know is that the Charleston County School District has for many years discriminated against hiring experienced teachers from other states. And the state does not observe reciprocity with teacher certification gained in other states. Makes you wonder.
Far be it from me to suggest that teachers are paid enough, but what is "enough" as long as teachers are not treated as the professionals they are, discipline falters, and parents (and sometimes administrators) blame teachers for all students' problems.
The descriptions of the suggested first-year $4,000 pay bump's effect on the entire pay scale are murky as presented by our favorite fish wrapper. The pay scale for those who enjoy the first-year bump will necessarily reflect that amount's addition continuing to the end of their careers. What about those faithful teachers who've hung in there so far without the bump? The year after the first-year raise has gone into effect, will teachers who are second-year teachers be making $4,000 more per year than third-year teachers who didn't get the pay bump the first year they taught? One lower scale for experienced teachers and one higher scale for those lucky few?
And what about the first-year teacher who fails at teaching that first year? Paid an extra $4000 for what?
It's a puzzle.
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