Caitlynn Peetz on teacher

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Caitlynn is now at Education Week rather than Bethesda Beat, alas. She wrote a nice piece on how 'the status of the teaching profession is at its lowest in five decades, new research suggests, which its authors say is “cause for national concern.”'

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“When you look at the data that we have, it’s hard to see us in a spot anywhere else other than a really critical tipping point in public education,” said Matthew Kraft, an associate professor of education and economics at Brown and co-author of the report.

Miss her!

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Education Weeks gain is a huge loss for MoCo. And, they still haven't found someone to replace her, which means Bethesda Magazine's coverage of MCPS has gone way down, as an Asst Editor tries to keep up with MCPS

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No one is going to work there seeing what they pay. Caitlynn took the job because she came from South Dakota and doesn’t have a degree.

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Anonymous wrote:Caitlynn is now at Education Week rather than Bethesda Beat, alas. She wrote a nice piece on how 'the status of the teaching profession is at its lowest in five decades, new research suggests, which its authors say is “cause for national concern.”'

How could anyone have predicted that 2 years of telling parents that school wasn’t essential and that anyone should be capable of teaching their kids in a couple hours before bed each day would have an impact on the prestige of the teaching profession? I’m shocked.

Obviously, that was always ridiculous, but now we’re left picking up the pieces. We need to attract new teachers, which means increasing *starting* pay. We also need teaching positons to have a better work-life balance by building in more prep time during the school day.

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Story: https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/the-status-of-the-teaching-profession-is-at-a-50-year-low-what-can-we-do-about-it/2022/11

Been declining for years:

-Teachers’ job satisfaction is at its lowest level in 50 years, with 42 percent of educators saying the stress of their job is worth it, compared to 81 percent in the 1970s.
-Interest in the teaching profession among high school seniors and college freshman is at its lowest point in the last 50 years, dropping 50 percent since the 1990s and 38 percent since 2010.
-The number of new entrants into teaching has decreased by one-third over the past decade, with the number of newly licensed teachers dropping from 320,000 in 2006 to 215,000 in 2020. In 2006, the number of newly licensed teachers made up 22 percent of total college graduates, compared to 2020, when they made up 11 percent of college graduates.
-The public’s perception of the teaching profession has soured in recent years, with just 59 percent of respondents to a nationally representative survey saying the job has at least “considerable prestige” this year, compared to 78 percent of respondents in 1998.

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IMO, one of the biggest changes is that teachers themselves will not recommend teaching as a profession. Back when I was in high school, teachers were always telling me that I’d make the perfect teacher, my family encouraged me to go into teaching, and the job just seemed enticing. After I got my degree, I absolutely loved the job (not every minute, obviously, but as a whole, it really was great. Now, with 20 years of teaching experience, I have already told my daughter that she needs to stay away. Schools aren’t safe, the job isn’t enjoyable, and public perception is terrible. My colleagues are also warning everyone to stay away from the major. Graduates will continue to decline. But, what needs to be understood, is how little my salary contributes to how I feel about the job. Increasing the salary will not change education! Teachers need to feel safe!!! Classes need to be manageable! And the home/life balance needs to be restored.

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Congrats to Caitlyn— she earned it!

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Anonymous wrote:Caitlynn is now at Education Week rather than Bethesda Beat, alas. She wrote a nice piece on how 'the status of the teaching profession is at its lowest in five decades, new research suggests, which its authors say is “cause for national concern.”'

I saw that a couple of weeks ago but I though education week was part of or a sister publication of Bethesda beat.

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Anonymous wrote:Caitlynn is now at Education Week rather than Bethesda Beat, alas. She wrote a nice piece on how 'the status of the teaching profession is at its lowest in five decades, new research suggests, which its authors say is “cause for national concern.”'

How could anyone have predicted that 2 years of telling parents that school wasn’t essential and that anyone should be capable of teaching their kids in a couple hours before bed each day would have an impact on the prestige of the teaching profession? I’m shocked.

Obviously, that was always ridiculous, but now we’re left picking up the pieces. We need to attract new teachers, which means increasing *starting* pay. We also need teaching positons to have a better work-life balance by building in more prep time during the school day.

Which school district told parents to teach their own kids in the evenings?

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SEL is finally schools systems admitting that students have changed are now the real problem. Not the teachers/schools.

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Anonymous wrote:Caitlynn is now at Education Week rather than Bethesda Beat, alas. She wrote a nice piece on how 'the status of the teaching profession is at its lowest in five decades, new research suggests, which its authors say is “cause for national concern.”'

How could anyone have predicted that 2 years of telling parents that school wasn’t essential and that anyone should be capable of teaching their kids in a couple hours before bed each day would have an impact on the prestige of the teaching profession? I’m shocked.

Obviously, that was always ridiculous, but now we’re left picking up the pieces. We need to attract new teachers, which means increasing *starting* pay. We also need teaching positons to have a better work-life balance by building in more prep time during the school day.

Which school district told parents to teach their own kids in the evenings?

That's what people told working parents.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Caitlynn is now at Education Week rather than Bethesda Beat, alas. She wrote a nice piece on how 'the status of the teaching profession is at its lowest in five decades, new research suggests, which its authors say is “cause for national concern.”'

How could anyone have predicted that 2 years of telling parents that school wasn’t essential and that anyone should be capable of teaching their kids in a couple hours before bed each day would have an impact on the prestige of the teaching profession? I’m shocked.

Obviously, that was always ridiculous, but now we’re left picking up the pieces. We need to attract new teachers, which means increasing *starting* pay. We also need teaching positons to have a better work-life balance by building in more prep time during the school day.

Which school district told parents to teach their own kids in the evenings?

That's what people told working parents.

Well, a whole lot of teachers put a lot of effort in trying to teach over zoom.

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Anonymous wrote:Caitlynn is now at Education Week rather than Bethesda Beat, alas. She wrote a nice piece on how 'the status of the teaching profession is at its lowest in five decades, new research suggests, which its authors say is “cause for national concern.”'

How could anyone have predicted that 2 years of telling parents that school wasn’t essential and that anyone should be capable of teaching their kids in a couple hours before bed each day would have an impact on the prestige of the teaching profession? I’m shocked.

Obviously, that was always ridiculous, but now we’re left picking up the pieces. We need to attract new teachers, which means increasing *starting* pay. We also need teaching positons to have a better work-life balance by building in more prep time during the school day.

Which school district told parents to teach their own kids in the evenings?

That's what people told working parents.

Well, a whole lot of teachers put a lot of effort in trying to teach over zoom.

I get that. It wasn’t for lack of trying, but Zoom school was inherently unsuitable for young kids.

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Anonymous wrote:SEL is finally schools systems admitting that students have changed are now the real problem. Not the teachers/schools.

Yep. You cannot outsource everything.