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The House and Senate bills differ a bit, but they both reflect broad, bipartisan support for quickly getting more teachers in Michigan classrooms amid a critical teacher shortage.
Educators howled when legislators passed a law allowing school staffers to serve as substitutes temporarily. Months later, hardly any schools regularly take advantage of the law.
The law temporarily allows school staff to sub even if they don’t have a single college credit. They need only a high school diploma or equivalency certificate.
UP district offers free college housing to summer teachers May 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HANCOCK, Mich. (AP) — A school district in the Upper Peninsula is looking for summer teachers who could be enticed by Lake Superior, small town living — and free lodging in a college dorm. The Hancock district on the Keweenaw Peninsula needs more than 20 teachers to teach area students. They'll be paid $30 or $35 per hour, depending on grade level, and receive an additional $1,000 stipend for the eight-week program, Superintendent Steve Patchin said. Teachers can live for free in a residence hall ...
gjaehnig@mininggazette.com HANCOCK — Superintendent Steve Patchin said that at during the April meeting of the Hancock School Board, the Copper Country Association of School Boards (CCASB) Awards were announced. “These honors,” said Patchin, recognize individuals and organizations that have performed generous acts to benefit the district, its teachers, and/or its students throughout the past year.” U.P Health Systems-Portage received the School Service Award. School Service Award is presented to one individual in each district who has given outstanding service to education. The recip...