Teachers unions are gearing up for a fight against a controversial proposal in Gov. John Kasich鈥檚 budget that would require educators to shadow workers at local businesses in order to renew their license.
The idea is to give teachers an inside look at how companies operate and what students would need to know as future employees.
Melissa Cropper is president of the Ohio Federation of Teachers, one of the state鈥檚 two teachers鈥� unions. She says she鈥檚 absolutely against requiring this in order for teachers to renew their licenses, but might be interested if it鈥檚 an option.
鈥淪o instead of taking a college course you could choose to do an externship that might relate to your teaching field. I think that we might have some teachers who would be interested,鈥� said Cropper.
Teachers have to renew their license every five years and there are about 120,000 teachers in the state. Cropper says it would be a logistical nightmare to find the time and placement for all those teachers.
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