Exodus of APS teachers?

[Anonymous]

Is anyone seeing this at their school...does it look like a lot of teachers will be leaving at the end of the year?

[Anonymous]

My school seems pretty stable right now, I know of three retirements who are going to be difficult to replace. We have good admin

[Anonymous]

Very dependent on the school.

[Anonymous]

Can you blame them? I’m surprised there aren’t more.

[Anonymous]

Other than special ed the APS website doesn’t have that many teacher openings. I know because I’ve got a couple friends graduating with masters in education hoping to teach in APS.

[Anonymous]

Guess it depends what grade. There are some MS/HS jobs posted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can you blame them? I’m surprised there aren’t more.

+1

[Anonymous]

No exodus in our elementary school. A couple of teachers retired and another one got married and moved to Florida

[Anonymous]

Contracts come out June 9th. It will be interesting to see what things look like after that.

[Anonymous]

😞

[Anonymous]

There’s a nationwide exodus of teachers. If APS bucks that trend, you should consider it a very good sign for the health of the district.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s a nationwide exodus of teachers. If APS bucks that trend, you should consider it a very good sign for the health of the district.

That depends on which teachers are making the exodus. A slew of retiring teachers isn't necessarily a bad thing. I am happy to hear of a few leaving our high school (retiring) after this year. There are certain others whose departures would be welcomed as well, and whose vacancies could offer an improvement for the students. A slew of good teachers in their prime leaving for other districts or other careers is not a good thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a nationwide exodus of teachers. If APS bucks that trend, you should consider it a very good sign for the health of the district.

That depends on which teachers are making the exodus. A slew of retiring teachers isn't necessarily a bad thing. I am happy to hear of a few leaving our high school (retiring) after this year. There are certain others whose departures would be welcomed as well, and whose vacancies could offer an improvement for the students. A slew of good teachers in their prime leaving for other districts or other careers is not a good thing.

Nationwide it is NOT just retiring teachers. It’s all ages and experience levels, coupled with all-time low enrollment in Education programs at university.

[Anonymous]

Our son's private is also experiencing an exodus, this year and last. Several teachers returned to public school systems for higher pay while others left the profession. The teachers hired in their places have been less qualified, not able to explain concepts, and/or not able to take control of classroom distractions (which is why I am back on this forum as we decided to move him back to public).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There’s a nationwide exodus of teachers. If APS bucks that trend, you should consider it a very good sign for the health of the district.

That depends on which teachers are making the exodus. A slew of retiring teachers isn't necessarily a bad thing. I am happy to hear of a few leaving our high school (retiring) after this year. There are certain others whose departures would be welcomed as well, and whose vacancies could offer an improvement for the students. A slew of good teachers in their prime leaving for other districts or other careers is not a good thing.

Nationwide it is NOT just retiring teachers. It’s all ages and experience levels, coupled with all-time low enrollment in Education programs at university.

I am having a really tough time believing some of this. I just attended UVA's School of Education graduation yesterday, where literally for more than 2 hours, non-stop I heard the names called out for individuals graduating with bachelors and masters in education, as well as 20+PhDs. My DC was one of them earning a masters and does not yet have a job (despite applying to every single public school system in northern virginia, as well as a handful of private schools), and tells me the majority of their classmates are in the same boat. There is a shortage of math and some science teachers, and special ed for sure, but an overall dire shortage of teachers - sorry do not believe it.