LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Ever wonder who’s standing in front of your child’s classroom?
It used to be that teachers stayed in the career for decades but that’s not necessarily the case anymore. Last year, 18,000 teachers left the profession in Florida alone, and experts believe this trend might continue. Despite these numbers, new faces are stepping up to fill the gaps and for some, it’s a career then never thought they’d have.
Fox 4’s Amy Wegmann met one. See her full story here:
Who’s teaching your kids? New faces, New Careers in SWFL classrooms
I recently visited a new teacher training session in Lee County, where I met people going into the classroom for the first time.
One of those people was a man named Bill Dietrich. Bill started as a math teacher at …