Tell your kids is okay to quit their job

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

Are you a principal?

I’m a parent, my son told him she stopped showing up and she quit, I emailed the principal and she told me she resigned I asked her why, she said it personal and she wasn’t going to share it with parents…

Aaaaahahahahaha wait so she did give notice. To her employer. Just not to you. Her not employer. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher might have been fired...

Maybe.

It’s common knowledge that it’s very unprofessional to quit mid year as a k-12 teacher. It’s terrible for the students as well. Everyone knows what poor form it is to do.

Just wait until the end of the school year, then leave.

“Common knowledge”

The entitlement from parents is absolutely wild. Maybe there wouldn’t be so much staff turnover if teachers these days didn’t have to deal with a class of hellions day in and day out.

Your kids will be fine. Unless you parented them so badly that their socio-emotional development is permanently thrown off kilter by… a teacher quitting?

Also, it’s shocking that instead of showing concern for someone who has had to quit their job so suddenly, the response is to feel personally slighted by their decision. W I L D.

(Not a teacher, btw.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t understand what OP is trying to say. If you want to tell us that a teacher quit in a way you don’t like, tell us that. The way you’ve phrased things about advice we should give to our kids, based maybe on something that happened to you with a teacher, is confusing.

must be an ELA teacher writing this muck.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even outside teaching, things go down and it may look like someone quit suddenly but for various reasons you will never be able to know about (HR rules) but that’s not how it played out. Yes, it’s sucky for many reasons, but it’s not worth the time and mental energy to make assumptions. There may have been a heath crisis (mental or physical) for employee or their family, they may have committed a fire-able offense that for various legal reasons got negotiated as a « resignation », or they may have been subjected to extreme working conditions that made it untenable to remain in the role. Even if the school wanted to share the why they likely legally cannot.

Monifa?! You quit and need a new $2M package deal? where to next?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

Are you a principal?

I’m a parent, my son told him she stopped showing up and she quit, I emailed the principal and she told me she resigned I asked her why, she said it personal and she wasn’t going to share it with parents…

Poor kids. I'm sorry that happened to your son's homeroom recently. That sucks when an elementary school teacher suddenly quits. You likely will never be told the truth about why. Maybe later, but too bad for now.

Things get better once there are subject-matter teachers in middle school and the homeroom teacher isn't running around with their head cut off trying to teach everything and prep for tests all the time.

Hang in there.

When this happened to my 2nd grader in Feb, she immediately said, "Who would leave their class room in February!" (answer on FB and Insta: teacher running off to Chile with her significant other).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I suppose if you never want to teach again anywhere, go ahead and quit mid year. Your reputation will still, in teaching circles.

Yeah, this is where you are wrong. In today's environment, mid year-quitting teachers can find another jobs quickly and they do.

Employed in another district within a week tops, and no blemish to their reputation

doing what? subbing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher might have been fired...

Maybe.

It’s common knowledge that it’s very unprofessional to quit mid year as a k-12 teacher. It’s terrible for the students as well. Everyone knows what poor form it is to do.

Just wait until the end of the school year, then leave.

“Common knowledge”

The entitlement from parents is absolutely wild. Maybe there wouldn’t be so much staff turnover if teachers these days didn’t have to deal with a class of hellions day in and day out.

Your kids will be fine. Unless you parented them so badly that their socio-emotional development is permanently thrown off kilter by… a teacher quitting?

Also, it’s shocking that instead of showing concern for someone who has had to quit their job so suddenly, the response is to feel personally slighted by their decision. W I L D.

(Not a teacher, btw.)

There isn't a lot of turnover during the school year of teachers. 10% or more may put in for a transfer or a different grade or school but not much quitting during the school year at all. Not in DCPS or MCPS or private schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

Are you a principal?

I’m a parent, my son told him she stopped showing up and she quit, I emailed the principal and she told me she resigned I asked her why, she said it personal and she wasn’t going to share it with parents…

I can't imagine asking a principal why a teacher quit.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

tell your son the truth.

It's unprofessional to quit teaching in the middle of the year. We won't be told what happened, so to give the benefit of the doubt, let's assume it was something serious (health, family issue).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

Are you a principal?

I’m a parent, my son told him she stopped showing up and she quit, I emailed the principal and she told me she resigned I asked her why, she said it personal and she wasn’t going to share it with parents…

I can't imagine asking a principal why a teacher quit.

Our school, the year a 2nd grade teacher left emailed the whole class and grade, with the transition and subbing plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

Are you a principal?

I’m a parent, my son told him she stopped showing up and she quit, I emailed the principal and she told me she resigned I asked her why, she said it personal and she wasn’t going to share it with parents…

I can't imagine asking a principal why a teacher quit.

common question, get in front of it. BS or not, get in front of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you’re a parent who’s upset that HR rules prevent the school from telling you why your kid’s teacher is no longer there.

They got a job where they don’t have to deal with parents, that’s why they’re gone.

I know of at least one ES teacher in a MoCo school who was removed recently for being high at school. She was there one day, gone the next. This happened in the last month.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

Are you a principal?

I’m a parent, my son told him she stopped showing up and she quit, I emailed the principal and she told me she resigned I asked her why, she said it personal and she wasn’t going to share it with parents…

I can't imagine asking a principal why a teacher quit.

Our school, the year a 2nd grade teacher left emailed the whole class and grade, with the transition and subbing plan.

That's great and totally different.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like you’re a parent who’s upset that HR rules prevent the school from telling you why your kid’s teacher is no longer there.

They got a job where they don’t have to deal with parents, that’s why they’re gone.

I know of at least one ES teacher in a MoCo school who was removed recently for being high at school. She was there one day, gone the next. This happened in the last month.

Yeah high on school grounds during job is illegal. Good riddance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

Are you a principal?

I’m a parent, my son told him she stopped showing up and she quit, I emailed the principal and she told me she resigned I asked her why, she said it personal and she wasn’t going to share it with parents…

Aaaaahahahahaha wait so she did give notice. To her employer. Just not to you. Her not employer. Got it.

This. Why are parents so upset? Would you rather force the teacher to stay to the end of the school year and take whatever they are dealing with out on your kids?