The recession-proof days of the teaching profession are officially OVER!

Yesterday, I reconnected with one of my close friends and former college roommates, who is also a former special education teacher. She and I were just talking about how unstable and insecure the teaching profession has become. So, it is with no surprise that, this morning, CNN Money has on its website three articles concerning the financial perils of our beloved profession.

1. The newest article, published this morning, discusses the growing difficulties of applicants finding teaching jobs.
2. The second article highlights six teachers, who spends $500+ on professional expenses, and how many of them are not reimbursed, not even partially.
3. The oldest article focuses on budget cuts in education and their adverse impact on schools.

Also, yesterday in one of my blog entries, I mentioned the dangers of employers taking their employees for granted in the workplace. Well, perhaps, we teachers have taken our once stable job security for granted as well. Now our profession is under attack, not only with school accountability mandates, but also with a bad economy looming over us. Although the economy is showing signs of improvement, schools won't see that until the following year of recovery. In addition, even with the recent passage of a bill to spend more money in saving education jobs, many economists are doubtful if it would be enough.

Hence, this is one of the many reasons we teachers needs to be fired up, vocal, and willing to take back control of our beloved profession.