/tags/teaching teaching en-US WLRN Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-06-05/teacher-shortage-florida-jobs-training-stem-fiu-miami-dade FIUTeach at Florida International University aims to reduce the shortage of math and science teachers in Miami-Dade County and beyond — while ensuring educators are subject matter experts. WLRN goes into one of South Florida's oldest high schools to see how the program is working. Wed, 05 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-06-05/teacher-shortage-florida-jobs-training-stem-fiu-miami-dade Yvonne Bertucci zum Tobel /education/2024-06-04/teacher-pay-internship-usf-manatee-florida-shortage The Manatee County school district partners with USF to offer intensive experiences in classrooms for education undergraduates — and it is one of the few programs in Florida to pay interns. The aim is to entice, prepare and inspire new teachers, in the hope they will also stay to teach locally upon graduation. Tue, 04 Jun 2024 10:00:00 GMT /education/2024-06-04/teacher-pay-internship-usf-manatee-florida-shortage Yvonne Bertucci zum Tobel /education/2024-05-31/teacher-shortage-florida-jobs-training-role-call Florida universities and school districts are incentivizing college students to become teachers in the highest-need areas. In the WLRN series Role Call, we found these programs are "moving the needle, but only a very, very small amount." Fri, 31 May 2024 11:00:00 GMT /education/2024-05-31/teacher-shortage-florida-jobs-training-role-call Yvonne Bertucci zum Tobel /education/2023-11-30/teachers-work-florida Florida teachers are leaving the state and their profession. They blame unrealistic workloads, restrictive laws and stagnant pay. Thu, 30 Nov 2023 14:01:00 GMT /education/2023-11-30/teachers-work-florida Nancy Guan /podcast/sundial/2023-06-01/broward-teacher-tiktok-classroom Viral TikToker and elementary school teacher Natalie Stuart joins host Carlos Frías to share how she uses dance and social media to connect to her students. Thu, 01 Jun 2023 20:51:10 GMT /podcast/sundial/2023-06-01/broward-teacher-tiktok-classroom Carlos Frías, Leslie Ovalle Atkinson, Elisa Baena, Helen Acevedo /2022-01-17/south-florida-teachers-on-how-the-profession-has-been-affected-by-the-pandemic Teachers face pressure from COVID, politicians, and parents. What’s it like being a teacher today? Tue, 18 Jan 2022 01:02:57 GMT /2022-01-17/south-florida-teachers-on-how-the-profession-has-been-affected-by-the-pandemic Leslie Ovalle Atkinson /news/2018-10-02/after-50-years-in-the-classroom-a-plantation-teacher-gets-a-farewell-send-off Boodnaraine Tihal has been a teacher for 50 years. He started when he was just 18 years-old, in his home country of Guyana. He also taught in the Bahamas,… Tue, 02 Oct 2018 22:38:30 GMT /news/2018-10-02/after-50-years-in-the-classroom-a-plantation-teacher-gets-a-farewell-send-off Caitie Muñoz /education/2014-11-16/florida-teachers-consider-civil-disobedience-to-say-no-to-testing In September, Alachua County kindergarten teacher Susan Bowles refused to give a state reading test.She told the parents of her students it was an act of… Mon, 17 Nov 2014 04:17:09 GMT /education/2014-11-16/florida-teachers-consider-civil-disobedience-to-say-no-to-testing /2013-10-30/more-pressure-on-advisers-as-florida-colleges-eliminate-remedial-courses The average adviser at Hillsborough Community College is responsible for 1,500 students. Thanks to a new law eliminating most remedial reading, writing and math courses at Florida community colleges, those Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:21:19 GMT /2013-10-30/more-pressure-on-advisers-as-florida-colleges-eliminate-remedial-courses John O'Connor /politics/2013-10-30/miami-dade-teachers-to-vote-on-contract-raises Thousands of Miami-Dade teachers will cast ballots Oct. 30 in a ratification vote on a tentative contract agreement hashed out this month between district… Wed, 30 Oct 2013 19:10:39 GMT /politics/2013-10-30/miami-dade-teachers-to-vote-on-contract-raises David Smiley