Teachers Resigning Like Crazy?

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Anonymous wrote:None of my kids' teachers have left, there are no unfilled vacancies and some of the behavior issues that seemed a bit more of an issue in years prior (devious licks stuff) seem to have settled down (public secondary school in FCPS). I know there's a shortage, but it seems to be unevenly distributed even in FCPS.

A lot of times the vacancies are not even listed so you don’t even know when a teacher leaves.I am at a well regarded HS in FCPS and we have had several teachers leave midyear this year and last year. Most of them are younger and are getting out of teaching all together. Some are doing corporate training, a few are going to the govt. A couple have moved. their positions have been filled mostly by long term subs for the rest of this year. Not the best, but at least there are consistent people in the classroom.

Yes so true about FCPS not posting vacancies.

You can see which schools are posting the most sub openings though, if you're a sub and have access to Smart Find Express. It's pretty clear that SPED teachers are the ones who are out the most, and I can't blame them.

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Anonymous wrote:From what I've witnessed kids are behaving better this year than at the beginning of the 2021-22 school year, when middle school students and 9th graders seemed particularly feral. It's just going to take some time given the disruption to learning and development. Parents can't expect teachers to be miracle workers nor can teachers expect parents to have fully compensated for the disruption forced upon them by the public schools. What the teachers can and should do is push back against the refusal of school administrators to discipline students or the imposition of oppressive training and ongoing reporting requirements that interferes with their ability to function effectively in a classroom.

Parents are fed up with this too. I feel like no one is listening.

I think school administrators are hesitant to discipline because parents are quick to sue and usually win. Too bad teachers can't sue to make sure that their workplaces are safe.

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I have to deal with an extremely disruptive girl, every single day. When I finally broke down in tears, another teacher (thankfully) saw us in the hallway and hauled this kid to the office. I got myself together and followed, so I could explain what had been going on in my classroom. The principal and ass't. principal just stared at me. I asked if they were going to contact the girl's parents, remove her from the classroom, etc. What was their plan? They replied that they felt she was misunderstood and deserved a more "empathetic" teacher. Oh, and btw - both admin and the girl were black. I am white. I guess I'm the evil white teacher who needs to "check my privilege" and allow this girl to wreak havoc in my classroom.

I will be quitting by the end of the school year.

You should go ASAP....that toxic environment is not OK!

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are resigning because of MAGA crazies.

Book banning etc...

Liar. Democrats own the school board, hence the skyrocketing violence with no consequences and massive overcrowding.

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And the refusal to discipline kids because of the fear of being sued. Idiots.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers are resigning because of MAGA crazies.

Book banning etc...

No, they are resigning because of an administration that focuses solely on "equity" issues instead of academics or expected good behavior. They are resigning because they are overloaded with work and classrooms full of disruptive students who make it impossible to teach the kids who DO want to learn.

GTFO with your "MAGA" nonsense. You just sound idiotic.

Thank you.

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Anonymous wrote:Things are great here in New Jersey, where the median teacher salary is above $90,000 (versus about $65,000 in Fairfax County). Of course, we pay 2x the property tax you do.

How many years of teaching with a Bachelor’s degree does it take to get up $90k? Just curious. I’m in year 11 in my district and I’m around $81k. I should get to $90k by year 20. That’s nothing to get excited about.

If salaries aren't frozen AGAIN...

I have a MA+30 and have been teaching over 20 years, but only 16 with FCPS. I barely make $90K. I've had an MA the entire time I've been teaching and added the +30 about 15 years ago, so it isn't as though those are new credentials. We've had salary and step freezes so often that I am not on the step I should be.

I've worked for 30 years professional work and make $100,000 and don't have summers off. Teaching might be harder, but there are real other jobs that make this same amount. I think the safety issues are ridiculous in the schools.

Right, but if people aren't willing to do the job, then you don't have people doing the job. That's the bottom line.

It's a necessary job, so you have to get it filled somehow. That means more salary or better benefits or something. The benefits and salary are not too much if you can't find people to do it. Obviously -- and I mean obviously -- if it was that great a trade-off, people would go into teaching from other jobs instead of just saying it's a better deal. If it were, they would do it, especially with requirements loosened.

Not really. That’s what they said about grocery store checkout employees. Should we pay checkout workers 6 figure salaries because they had to work duri by the pandemic and deal with the public and other undesirable traits of their jobs? Nope. Self checkout!

Trends are moving in different directions. Traditional styles of in person teaching are fading away. Time to rethink education.

Great sounds like you are good with having no teachers at school. Enjoy

Many schools already are moving towards flipped classrooms where 1 teacher can record the lesson for multiple classrooms. Kids watch the lesson and then complete the assignments. Many times the assignment is graded by the computer. The teacher can hold office hours for questions or respond via email. Stride K12, Connections Academy, and many others have software based learning augmented by a teacher. We won’t need as many teachers anyway. This is the future.

This is funny after how you all SCREAMED that students needed to be in the building students need to build relationships with their teachers. "just look at what covid did to our kids" LOL

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Covid lockdowns have proven to have been a huge mistake.

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Anonymous wrote:Covid lockdowns have proven to have been a huge mistake.

Actually the opposite. I became angry parents wanted me to sacrifice my health to teach their kids. Never going back to teaching now, I'm done.

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Anonymous wrote:Covid lockdowns have proven to have been a huge mistake.

Actually the opposite. I became angry parents wanted me to sacrifice my health to teach their kids. Never going back to teaching now, I'm done.

You should have resigned at the beginning of Covid. Why didn’t you?

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Anonymous wrote:Covid lockdowns have proven to have been a huge mistake.

Why are you bringing this up? What will it accomplish to rehash this over and over again? We cannot change the past, so bringing this up just provokes and instigates conflict and strong feelings, but it accomplishes nothing.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Covid lockdowns have proven to have been a huge mistake.

Actually the opposite. I became angry parents wanted me to sacrifice my health to teach their kids. Never going back to teaching now, I'm done.

You should have resigned at the beginning of Covid. Why didn’t you?

Wish is it -- was she supposed to leave early or sick out out for the kids? You all need to make up your minds.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS NOW HIRING TUTORS! All subjects, all levels. P/t and w/o benefits.

$47 an hour.

Is this true? Do you have a link? If so, how sad.

NP but I've seen this in my FB and Instagram feeds.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Covid lockdowns have proven to have been a huge mistake.

Actually the opposite. I became angry parents wanted me to sacrifice my health to teach their kids. Never going back to teaching now, I'm done.

How many FCPS teachers died from Covid, exactly? And how does that percentage compare to the general population?

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Anonymous wrote:None of my kids' teachers have left, there are no unfilled vacancies and some of the behavior issues that seemed a bit more of an issue in years prior (devious licks stuff) seem to have settled down (public secondary school in FCPS). I know there's a shortage, but it seems to be unevenly distributed even in FCPS.

A lot of times the vacancies are not even listed so you don’t even know when a teacher leaves.I am at a well regarded HS in FCPS and we have had several teachers leave midyear this year and last year. Most of them are younger and are getting out of teaching all together. Some are doing corporate training, a few are going to the govt. A couple have moved. their positions have been filled mostly by long term subs for the rest of this year. Not the best, but at least there are consistent people in the classroom.

Yes so true about FCPS not posting vacancies.

You can see which schools are posting the most sub openings though, if you're a sub and have access to Smart Find Express. It's pretty clear that SPED teachers are the ones who are out the most, and I can't blame them.

It’s not that SPED teachers are out more, it’s that fewer subs pick up sped jobs and more sped positions are vacancies.

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Stop all the f*ck$n standardized testing on young children. Get big tech out of schools. Problem solved.

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS NOW HIRING TUTORS! All subjects, all levels. P/t and w/o benefits.

$47 an hour.

Is this true? Do you have a link? If so, how sad.

DP and read your emails. It’s been in several newsletters. They keep blasting it out to parents, asking anyone to apply.