No, OP doesn’t understand it fully or isn’t describing the process well.
Every year a budget is set that determines the total teacher FTE (full time equivalent). If the number is higher than last year, new teachers will be hired. If it’s lower, it means teachers will be fired.
Teachers are not hired (fired) at the end of school year/beginning of next year. The way it usually works are the principals have a giant bid process kind of like a draft. Teachers that have tenure (usually 5+ years, but depends on district) are guaranteed a seat and get first pick of their preferred school, grade and subject. All of the other teachers then put in the 3 favorite schools and they get assigned based on principals trading them around.
So if the budget changes during COVID, let’s say dramatic spending on technology, it reduces the amount of teacher FTE. That means in some districts, classroom sizes are increased and non tenured teachers are not rehired. But this isn’t true everywhere, it was just a small trend during COVID due to changing budget priorities for that year.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 days ago
No, OP doesn’t understand it fully or isn’t describing the process well.
Every year a budget is set that determines the total teacher FTE (full time equivalent). If the number is higher than last year, new teachers will be hired. If it’s lower, it means teachers will be fired.
Teachers are not hired (fired) at the end of school year/beginning of next year. The way it usually works are the principals have a giant bid process kind of like a draft. Teachers that have tenure (usually 5+ years, but depends on district) are guaranteed a seat and get first pick of their preferred school, grade and subject. All of the other teachers then put in the 3 favorite schools and they get assigned based on principals trading them around.
So if the budget changes during COVID, let’s say dramatic spending on technology, it reduces the amount of teacher FTE. That means in some districts, classroom sizes are increased and non tenured teachers are not rehired. But this isn’t true everywhere, it was just a small trend during COVID due to changing budget priorities for that year.