Leaving teaching

[Anonymous]

2 weeks is more than enough, OP. No, they won't find anyone in 2 weeks, but they wouldn't find anyone in 4 weeks, either. Give 2 weeks and feel blessed.

- A Principal

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, there is absolutely no chance we could hire a replacement within 4 weeks. We’d be very, very lucky if we could find a halfway decent long term substitute within that amount of time.

That being said, 4 weeks is much better than 2 weeks.

I assume you’re okay with breaking your contract and knowing you will not be able to return to teaching again as a result? Will you owe any leave you haven’t yet accrued back to the school district?

Then why don't they pay them more, and give them benefits while they work? It would make it a lot easier to fill the position with a sub.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:didn't you sign a contract? I would lose my teaching license if I left mid year.

Does that matter if you have no intention of teaching again?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:didn't you sign a contract? I would lose my teaching license if I left mid year.

Does that matter if you have no intention of teaching again?

Also, depends on the principal. You'll only lose your license if the principal decides to go after it by going to the state.

I am a principal. I've only gone after one license in all my years. It was because the person really, really, really screwed us. I'm pretty Zen most of the time; however, in that case, I went scorched earth.

OTH my best principal friend always goes after the license if the person leaves mid-year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In most jobs, two weeks notice seems pretty standard. I'm leaving my teaching job. If you are a principal or administrator in a school, does 4 weeks notice seem like enough?

Mid year? Jesus.

Yes. People move when they have a job offer. No one owes your kid staying all year under untenable circumstances. Cope. “Jesus,” indeed.

NP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:didn't you sign a contract? I would lose my teaching license if I left mid year.

No, you wouldn’t. You might (and under certain conditions, it’s a pretty big might and not a certainty) be blackballed for a set period of time by that one particular school district. Most people leaving teaching jobs don’t care about that in the slightest.

[Anonymous]

Go. I’ll never get the family time back -everything was for the “the children” but not my children- and for all that sacrifice, my pension is small.

Teachers, nurses and stop signs are all treated like garbage.

[Anonymous]

I plan to leave the room tidy, all grades entered, all curriculum and teacher manuals ready for someone else to use and copies made for the week after I leave. I started looking about three weeks ago and have had 4 interviews, 1 offer, a follow up interview for next week and a few initial interviews scheduled for next week.

I applaud your integrity. I also need to point out that if you go this route ... you'll still be teaching. You'll move laterally in within a broken system that is really, really sick. Maybe interview job is incrementally better at the outset --I can see how that would be plausible --but you'll still be a cog in a crumbling system. Sweet new job will reveal its true face several months in.

Are you okay with that?

-- BTDT. Grass isn't likely greener, it's just a different variety. Fescue vs. Kentucky bluegrass.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, there is absolutely no chance we could hire a replacement within 4 weeks. We’d be very, very lucky if we could find a halfway decent long term substitute within that amount of time.

That being said, 4 weeks is much better than 2 weeks.

I assume you’re okay with breaking your contract and knowing you will not be able to return to teaching again as a result? Will you owe any leave you haven’t yet accrued back to the school district?

You can return. You are just blackballed in Maryland for a year. Give family as the official reason for leaving if you think you’d ever want to return.

[Anonymous]

My district requires 30 days notice otherwise you will be red flagged and it could be difficult or impossible to return- some admin May try to go after your license as well. Not sure if they can.

To everyone saying teachers cant or shouldn’t leave mid year- seriously go to hell. Which is what this job has been for years if not forever. I have no raise even with record inflation, no respect and more duties every week. Its a miracle more of us havent quit

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:didn't you sign a contract? I would lose my teaching license if I left mid year.

Does that matter if you have no intention of teaching again?

No - this is not Florida!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I plan to leave the room tidy, all grades entered, all curriculum and teacher manuals ready for someone else to use and copies made for the week after I leave. I started looking about three weeks ago and have had 4 interviews, 1 offer, a follow up interview for next week and a few initial interviews scheduled for next week.

I applaud your integrity. I also need to point out that if you go this route ... you'll still be teaching. You'll move laterally in within a broken system that is really, really sick. Maybe interview job is incrementally better at the outset --I can see how that would be plausible --but you'll still be a cog in a crumbling system. Sweet new job will reveal its true face several months in.

Are you okay with that?

-- BTDT. Grass isn't likely greener, it's just a different variety. Fescue vs. Kentucky bluegrass.

I'm not going to another teaching position. I'm leaving the field entirely. I know just how bad it is out there in schools of all types.

[Anonymous]

I think evoking a lot of guilt and emotion is just one of many toxic reasons teaching has turned into a hellscape. It's a job. That's all. If the job isn't a fit, then start working on employee retention, but guilt isn't appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think evoking a lot of guilt and emotion is just one of many toxic reasons teaching has turned into a hellscape. It's a job. That's all. If the job isn't a fit, then start working on employee retention, but guilt isn't appropriate.

+1,000,000. So tired of people expecting more “for the kids.’ Without considering worker rights At. ALL. Hell we can’t even pee when we need to.

[Anonymous]

So true, and we don't know where the OP is writing from. Many teaching positions are paying 60k to people who have taught for 20 years. If the pandemic has taught us anything is that life is too short to compromise. While it is not the best thing to leave mid year, if you need to do it you need to do it. [

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Anonymous wrote:I think evoking a lot of guilt and emotion is just one of many toxic reasons teaching has turned into a hellscape. It's a job. That's all. If the job isn't a fit, then start working on employee retention, but guilt isn't appropriate.

+1,000,000. So tired of people expecting more “for the kids.’ Without considering worker rights At. ALL. Hell we can’t even pee when we need to.