We are a two teacher (ES) household and I think you ware way overestimating the number of teachers who have threatened to quit. Neither of us can think of anyone we know who has actually threatened to quit over the prospect of teaching in person. If anything they are thinking of quitting because of DL and/or concurrent instruction. |
| *are, not “ware” |
Anyone with common sense knows teachers have no say and most are going back. Those that are quitting have health issues, family issues or are scared and that's perfectly fine given COVID. If parents don't like it, they can step up and become teachers since they think they can do it better. Or better, homeschool. |
No thanks. I’ll keep my fully telework job that pays a lot more. |
DP. I have no problem with teachers quitting. I do, however, have a problem with teachers refusing to return while still expecting to collect their normal paycheck. If you don't want to do the job, then quit. |
Where are you and how many are actually refusing to return? |
And I’ll keep doing my telework job, teaching your child. Sick of these hypocrites. |
Not after this year in VA. SB1303 forces you back in the classroom. Plus, it’s not my fault I chose a more flexible, better paying career path than you. The wasn’t a secret when you got a teaching degree. Neither was the fact you would be working in a classroom. Your job can’t be done well from home. Mine can, because I made different choices. |
I don’t teach in the state of Virginia, and I’ll be home for the rest of the year. Teachers made no such agreement to work in a classroom during a global health crisis. |
I'm a teacher too and I actually do know someone who quit. I found it incredibly privileged to be able to quit their job in the middle of a pandemic. I'm happy to be employed and not, thus far, financially impacted by COVID. |
Sure, and the public made no agreement to pay teachers that refuse to return to work. You can always quit. |
So you think your telework job is real work, but not anyone else’s. Got it. |
You are replying to a different poster. But yes, I’m a Fed attorney who does very complicated analysis and writing as my primary job responsibilities. I am not public facing and don’t work as a member of a team. I was 60% telework before COVID. I’m 100% now, and it looks like they may just not require us to go back. My productivity is actually higher from home, because I’m not constantly interrupted by co-workers who want to chat. And I can perform all of my job functions exactly the same way as I did in the office. We need one manger in per floor to pick up things that need to be printed and mailed from the printer and put them in an envelope. That’s it. Some jobs translate very well into telework. I took my job when I had tweens to get the telework, so between DH and I, someone was always home after school. It was a career choice and I took a pay cut to move to the federal government. You made the choice to have a public facing job that does not translate well to telework. It is not some secret that telework is a great option for some jobs and a very poor one for others. You can do what I did, and take a pay cut and teach virtually for FCPS online of Virtual VA. They will need to staff up for next year. But, you don’t want to make the trade off many other professionals have made to get telework friendly jobs. |
Do you know any who are actually refusing? |
Please read SB1303 a bit closer, there are some cases that will allow teachers to stay virtual. |