Miami-Dade Schools Scramble To Address Teacher Shortage Due To COVID-19

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) — Miami-Dade Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho says the schoolhouse strategy is scrambling to header with the toll that COVID-19 is taking connected teachers.

He told CBS4’s Peter D’Oench that the problems were expected aft the Christmas interruption and helium said officials are calling successful much substitute teachers.

He said that officials were reaching retired to galore radical with acquisition certificates successful bid to capable the void near by truthful galore calling successful sick, rather perchance arsenic a effect of the surge successful coronavirus cases.

“What I tin archer you is that we were prepared for this,” helium said. Carvalho said immoderate 1,700 teachers called successful sick connected Tuesday and helium expected that fig to spell down by the extremity of the week.

“Obviously, we anticipated this due to the fact that of however contagious the microorganism is and however rapidly it tin spread,” helium said.

Officials said 2,100 instructional unit were retired sick connected Monday compared with 1,333 teachers who were retired sick past twelvemonth connected the Monday aft the Christmas break.

Carvalho said helium was not definite however galore of the sick teachers were retired due to the fact that of the Omicron variant.

Carvalho spoke to CBS4 aft teaching a people astatine Miami Jackson Senior High School, wherever helium started his vocation successful 1990 arsenic a physics, chemistry, and calculus teacher.

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He besides said helium was impressed by the fig of students voluntarily wearing facial coverings which is optional for students.