What Texas’ educator shortage looks like for one pre-K teacher:
Michelle Cardenas quiets down the class during a phonics lesson on April 27, 2022. Her class of 30 students at Hillcrest Elementary School was split into two rooms after surpassing the state limit. “The more kids you have in there, the harder it is to get stuff accomplished,” Cardenas said. “It was literally like babysitting.”, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.
Michelle Cardenas has taught at Del Valle ISD for nearly two decades, but the 2021-22 school year pushed her to her limit — her district had dozens of teacher vacancies at the end of May. That left Cardenas, a bilingual pre-K teacher at Hillcrest Elementary School in South Austin, overseeing two classes at once with 30 students total. She moved back and forth between the rooms, relied on aides to supervise her 4- and 5-year-old students and even used video calls to simultaneously teach both classes. If Cardenas has to do it again, she said, “I’d probably walk out the door.
But Cardenas still has doubts and fears. Her year started with a glimmer of hope when the school hired a second bilingual pre-K teacher, relieving some of her workload. But that teacher was quickly transferred due to staff shortages at another school. Cardenas’ class ballooned from five to 18 children as more bilingual students were referred.First: Cardenas prepares classroom materials before the students come into the classroom on April 21, 2022.
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