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Teachers tell Senate committee emergency licensing, multiple jobs and class-size pressure are straining classrooms
Summary
Educators who testified May 28 told Oregon senators that growing numbers of teachers on restricted or emergency licenses, widespread need for second jobs, and evolving staffing assignments are increasing workload and threatening program continuity.
Teachers from multiple districts told the Senate Education Committee May 28 that workforce shortages and credentialing pressures are reshaping classroom assignments and increasing burdens on individual educators.
"It's unsustainable and it's becoming a norm," Jason Sabino, a choir director who teaches at R. A. Brown Middle School and Century High School, told the committee, referring to the rise in educators working without completed credentialing. "I'm on a restricted emergency license and like nearly 2,000…
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