@@ TW Racist and Sexist MN Substitute Teacher

[maudefindlay]

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He should never set foot in a school again and never serve in law enforcement again. I'm not confident that will happen. I wonder if he could at least be charged with assault for putting his hands on kids. Good on the kids for speaking up.

[picksthemusic]

I heard about this - it's so horrific and I'm sure was very traumatizing to those students. Just awful. How he was allowed into a school as a sub is beyond me.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Oct 18, 2024 11:42:52 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

I heard about this - it's so horrific and I'm sure was very traumatizing to those students. Just awful. How he was allowed into a school as a sub is beyond me.

Republicans gutted the requirements for substitute teachers. It's now something like "have a degree in something; pass a background check."

[penguingrrl]

What an asshole. I’m seriously angry that he was allowed in a classroom. I’m not surprised he was able to sub, though. I did for a bit and basically my background and academic credit checks passed and I was thrown into a classroom with absolutely no training whatsoever. Hell, I wasn’t even given an orientation or tour of the building.

I don’t know about other states, but NJ has always had ridiculously lax rules for subbing. I had to pass a background check and prove I had completed 60 college credits and that was it. A friend who’s a teacher just told me that they’ve lowered the requirement to 30 college credits as of this year due to an extreme shortage of subs statewide.

[rachers]

I..don’t even have words for this. Like why?

Those poor kids. It’s also motivated me to ask our school about their vetting process for substitute teachers. Our school district is a hot mess (thanks SHS)

[fernweh]

Oct 18, 2024 11:51:11 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Oct 18, 2024 11:42:52 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

I heard about this - it's so horrific and I'm sure was very traumatizing to those students. Just awful. How he was allowed into a school as a sub is beyond me.

Republicans gutted the requirements for substitute teachers. It's now something like "have a degree in something; pass a background check."

I’m not defending anyone in this scenario but was this really the republicans? My brother signed up to be a substitute teacher in 2003 when he graduated college and that was the requirement then. In fact I don’t think a degree was even required just xx number of college credits. Maybe it differs by district but I don’t think there has ever been strict standards to being a substitute mainly because I think schools have always struggled to get them.

That said, this is terrible and I’m glad the students spoke up. I hope he is never allowed near school children again.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Oct 18, 2024 12:21:21 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Oct 18, 2024 11:51:11 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Republicans gutted the requirements for substitute teachers. It's now something like "have a degree in something; pass a background check."

I’m not defending anyone in this scenario but was this really the republicans? My brother signed up to be a substitute teacher in 2003 when he graduated college and that was the requirement then. In fact I don’t think a degree was even required just xx number of college credits. Maybe it differs by district but I don’t think there has ever been strict standards to being a substitute mainly because I think schools have always struggled to get them.

That said, this is terrible and I’m glad the students spoke up. I hope he is never allowed near school children again.

Yes and no. In 2018, the legislature (Republican controlled) created a short term sub licensure thing where you needed just a bachelor's degree and background check. We had a dem governor at that time so it's not 100% on the Republicans. Just largely.

There have later been some other ways added to get short-term sub licensure but none of them would've applied to this guy.

[underwaterrhymes]

Fuck this dude.

[UMaineTeach]

Maine doesn’t have a substitute teacher license. You just have to have a background check/fingerprinting and probably be 18.

We have all kinds of people subbing. Most have a HS diploma/GED. Some have more education and some have less.

[lucybrown]

Oct 18, 2024 12:33:38 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Oct 18, 2024 12:21:21 GMT -5 fernweh said:

I’m not defending anyone in this scenario but was this really the republicans? My brother signed up to be a substitute teacher in 2003 when he graduated college and that was the requirement then. In fact I don’t think a degree was even required just xx number of college credits. Maybe it differs by district but I don’t think there has ever been strict standards to being a substitute mainly because I think schools have always struggled to get them.

That said, this is terrible and I’m glad the students spoke up. I hope he is never allowed near school children again.

Yes and no. In 2018, the legislature (Republican controlled) created a short term sub licensure thing where you needed just a bachelor's degree and background check. We had a dem governor at that time so it's not 100% on the Republicans. Just largely.

There have later been some other ways added to get short-term sub licensure but none of them would've applied to this guy.

This incident took place in Minnesota. It was a WI police officer.

[fernweh]

Oct 18, 2024 15:19:11 GMT -5 lucybrown said:

Oct 18, 2024 12:33:38 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Yes and no. In 2018, the legislature (Republican controlled) created a short term sub licensure thing where you needed just a bachelor's degree and background check. We had a dem governor at that time so it's not 100% on the Republicans. Just largely.

There have later been some other ways added to get short-term sub licensure but none of them would've applied to this guy.

This incident took place in Minnesota. It was a WI police officer.

The article says he was a WI office but in a MN school which doesn’t really make sense to me. I’m not from either state - maybe they are border towns?

[lucybrown]

Deleted. Irrelevant here.

[lucybrown]

Oct 18, 2024 15:21:31 GMT -5 fernweh said:

Oct 18, 2024 15:19:11 GMT -5 lucybrown said:

This incident took place in Minnesota. It was a WI police officer.

The article says he was a WI office but in a MN school which doesn’t really make sense to me. I’m not from either state - maybe they are border towns?

He was a police officer in a border town about 20 miles away from where the incident took place. So, not completely abnormal. I’m not sure if WI and MN substitute teaching requirements are the same.

[StrawberryBlondie]

Oct 18, 2024 15:19:11 GMT -5 lucybrown said:

Oct 18, 2024 12:33:38 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Yes and no. In 2018, the legislature (Republican controlled) created a short term sub licensure thing where you needed just a bachelor's degree and background check. We had a dem governor at that time so it's not 100% on the Republicans. Just largely.

There have later been some other ways added to get short-term sub licensure but none of them would've applied to this guy.

This incident took place in Minnesota. It was a WI police officer.

I'm aware. I'm from Minnesota, this is a local story to me.

[lucybrown]

Oct 18, 2024 15:28:21 GMT -5 StrawberryBlondie said:

Oct 18, 2024 15:19:11 GMT -5 lucybrown said:

This incident took place in Minnesota. It was a WI police officer.

I'm aware. I'm from Minnesota, this is a local story to me.

This is 100% on me. You never said WI anywhere, my brain just went there. So sorry.

Regardless, he is trash and deserves more punishment than I think he’ll get.

[maudefindlay]

I'll correct the title. Thanks for the correction.