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.She just reported that NYC is allowing poorly trained and improperly licensed educators to keep teaching children another full year due to gigantic shortages all throughout the education system.
Read Aimee’s full report on this below (scroll down to Subhead State Education Department Acknowledges “Ongoing Staffing Challenges” with Extension of COVID-19 Teacher Certification Emergency Measures)
This comes right as TEACHERS FOR CHOICE launched a form asking for all unvaccinated educators to fill it out if they have not gotten back to work. City Council is very interested in learning what these numbers are, especially in light of staggering professional shortages in NYC classrooms. So far, over 120 educators have filled out the form.
If you are an unvaccinated educator who has not returned to a job in the NYC DOE you should fill this form out
Find the form here:
Are you an Unvaxxed NYC Educator who could not get back to work?
Last month, I met with NYC Councilwoman Rita Joseph, who heads the Education Committee, in regards to unvaccinated educators who can’t get back to work in the NYC DOE.
Where is the form to fill out?