Teacher Assistants may lose their jobs

A controversy regarding teacher assistant’s compensation has spread among top Manhattan public schools. During previous years, parents have helped raise money to hire teacher assistants to help with increasing class sizes. However, Mayor Bloomberg wants to put an end to the practice, making teacher assistant positions included in the school’s official budget. The practice has weakened the city’s teachers’ union because teacher assistants, as employees of the Dept. of Education, are able to nearly double their salary. Many schools have announced that teachers may no longer have jobs in the fall or have suspended hiring new employees.

The issue affects many teachers across the country, not only in the Manhattan area. With class sizes that are continuously growing, teachers need the help of their aides to manage the students and give each pupil the individual attention they need. Applebatch understands the importance of giving students individual attention and the stress that teachers undergo. Therefore, we offer a service to help teachers and schools free of charge. Applebatch provides an online teacher community, where educators can share their resources, find current news in education, and advise and support one another. By expanding their teacher network, they can build mentoring relationships with other education professionals. Applebatch can also help these school hire aides the way Mayor Bloomberg would like to. Teachers can use our large list of teaching jobs to find one that appeals to them. Principals can post teacher and teacher aide jobs to the website as well.

Here at Applebatch, we feel it is important that teachers get the resources and help they need to further educate young minds. By offering these services free of charge, we hope to encourage teachers to enhance their careers by joining a safe and professional online teacher network.