Is this teacher going to quit? What are the signs?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would she quit? She's not going to get away with that at any other job. Do you get the impression she's independently wealthy and just working for fun?

Working for fun? Teaching? 😆😆😆

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would she quit? She's not going to get away with that at any other job. Do you get the impression she's independently wealthy and just working for fun?

Get away with what? People quit jobs all the time and the smart ones burn unused leave before they go because most districts don’t pay out on that anymore.

If we don’t use the leave, we loose it. Anyways, there’s always a honeymoon period at a new job (so she’ll be happier, even if they don’t allow leave in the first few months.)

Really? If you don’t use leave you loose it?

And you’re a teacher?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s quite possible that this teacher has a medical issue or that she is a caretaker for someone with a medical issue. Different people handle stress in different ways. In some cases, the stress of an outside-of-work challenge contributes to a person quitting. In others, the person likes the distraction of work and the stable income. There’s just no way to know if you’ll lose this teacher or not.

This. The teachers we've had had these types of issues. One teacher had early detection of a very treatable version of cancer. She was out periodically for treatment and when the treatment made her weak enough she couldn't go a whole day. Another was pregnant and had doctor's checkups before she went on maternity leave. Another had a child who had a medical issue and they were traveling to a lot of specialists to get an appropriate diagnosis and treatment plan. None of these teachers left/quit. All of them had sporadic leave and all of them eventually returned to full time teaching after their lives settled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would she quit? She's not going to get away with that at any other job. Do you get the impression she's independently wealthy and just working for fun?

Get away with what? People quit jobs all the time and the smart ones burn unused leave before they go because most districts don’t pay out on that anymore.

If we don’t use the leave, we loose it. Anyways, there’s always a honeymoon period at a new job (so she’ll be happier, even if they don’t allow leave in the first few months.)

Really? If you don’t use leave you loose it?

And you’re a teacher?

You do realize people are typing on their phones and don't pore over the edits. Let it go.

[Anonymous]

My first thoughts are: medical issue or training. New teachers often get pulled a LOT so they can learn the instructional system or software.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s quite possible that this teacher has a medical issue or that she is a caretaker for someone with a medical issue. Different people handle stress in different ways. In some cases, the stress of an outside-of-work challenge contributes to a person quitting. In others, the person likes the distraction of work and the stable income. There’s just no way to know if you’ll lose this teacher or not.

I could be this teacher/although I’m not a classroom teacher. I’m stretched thin in current job - asked and tasked to do more, cover, fill in-got a promotion and doing my new job and sometimes my old one, too. I’m also dealing with elderly parents and ILs with near constant needs and precarious health.

Today, I ate my lunch in the car on the way home around 5. I’m probably going to take leave to help my dad on Friday. About once a week, one of my parents has needed help. I’m sending out applications and resumes and have had one interview.

I’m going to resign but am trying to wait until I get an offer before leaving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why would she quit? She's not going to get away with that at any other job. Do you get the impression she's independently wealthy and just working for fun?

Working for fun? Teaching? 😆😆😆

PP who’s going to soon resign. I’m independently wealthy-ish and initially began in current role “for fun” - but it’s not teaching. No one teaches for fun in public schools. No one.

[Anonymous]

We had a teacher do this. We realized he was planning to quit when we learned he interviewed at another school.

[Anonymous]

I've been out MORE Than once a week since school started and I can tell you why - I'm a caregiver. My "loved one" had important doctor's appointments he needed me to take him to, then his caregiver got COVID and I had to train the fill in; then my own daughter had a medical issue she needed me to help her with.

Your child's teacher might be dealing with something similar. Or she could be getting ready to retire and using up her days. How old is she?

[Anonymous]

Public school?

I have two middle schoolers in public. We are three weeks into school and they have had subs in nearly all six of their classes, some more than once. Same story last year. While it doesn’t seem like it continues this frequently the entire year, I would say they have a sub on average at least once per week for a class. I feel like teachers are gone a lot. Where? I don’t know

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Public school?

I have two middle schoolers in public. We are three weeks into school and they have had subs in nearly all six of their classes, some more than once. Same story last year. While it doesn’t seem like it continues this frequently the entire year, I would say they have a sub on average at least once per week for a class. I feel like teachers are gone a lot. Where? I don’t know

And where they go is none of your business!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public school?

I have two middle schoolers in public. We are three weeks into school and they have had subs in nearly all six of their classes, some more than once. Same story last year. While it doesn’t seem like it continues this frequently the entire year, I would say they have a sub on average at least once per week for a class. I feel like teachers are gone a lot. Where? I don’t know

And where they go is none of your business!

+1,000
When are parents going to learn this? Should we post a thread every time one of you takes a day off? Teachers are professionals, not your personal assistants.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public school?

I have two middle schoolers in public. We are three weeks into school and they have had subs in nearly all six of their classes, some more than once. Same story last year. While it doesn’t seem like it continues this frequently the entire year, I would say they have a sub on average at least once per week for a class. I feel like teachers are gone a lot. Where? I don’t know

And where they go is none of your business!

I haven’t asked and I don’t care. What I do care about is having a teacher that shows up and does his/her job or at least provides actual learning materials for a sub. It is sad that not only do teachers call out all the time, but nothing is left. The kids literally play some computer game the whole time.

[Anonymous]

I was out a lot and it was often last minute when one of my kids was going through a really bad mental health period. I’m sure I looked pretty rough when I was there. I didn’t tell my students or their parents the details. When a student would ask, innocently, I would say I had an appointment or one of my kids was sick. This lasted for months, unfortunately, one year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Public school?

I have two middle schoolers in public. We are three weeks into school and they have had subs in nearly all six of their classes, some more than once. Same story last year. While it doesn’t seem like it continues this frequently the entire year, I would say they have a sub on average at least once per week for a class. I feel like teachers are gone a lot. Where? I don’t know

And where they go is none of your business!

I haven’t asked and I don’t care. What I do care about is having a teacher that shows up and does his/her job or at least provides actual learning materials for a sub. It is sad that not only do teachers call out all the time, but nothing is left. The kids literally play some computer game the whole time.

Do you have any idea of how many high schoolers just play "some computer game" on their devices during the school day anyway? While instruction is happening? No matter what the lesson actually is??