Teacher here, and if is definitely a major red flag. Are you a teacher? Because if not, you are not behind the curtain and you don’t see how a particular administration treats teachers. Rumors of “we all know why” are simply rumors, likely displaying the side of the person sharing it. If that many leave, then there’s a problem. It isn’t easy to just switch schools. (No, it isn’t standard to leave when a principal leaves.) |
Please list reasons why you love him. The kids probably only love him because he gives high fives on the bus loop. |
Well there are no exit interviews...FCPS does not want to know why you are resigning FCPS and if you are transferring schools most principals don't want to hear why. It's a sick circle of events that starts over every school year. No changes made and no acknowledgment there are issues. |
Those are important positions. |
DP What are the reasons people are leaving? May as well spill the beans. |
But the “new talent” doesn’t know the history of the school. They’re gonna see all these openings and see red flags, it is what it is. |
I’ve been teaching for many years and have seen many principal transitions over those three decades. It is common for there to be a slightly higher percentage (More than normal) to leave after new administration comes in. It’s actually not linked to the first year of them coming in you’ll see the uptick on the second year. |
And how much new talent will there be? There aren’t as many people willing to teach anymore. |
| New talent? These schools will be lucky to find long term subs at this point. Our school had a long term sub come in for the last six weeks of school to cover for maternity leave. She had no experience with kids but was willing to take advice and help. She said she would never go the job again. She can earn just as much temping and it’s a lot easier than subbing. |
I've hear this from many subs...no one wants to teach and no one wants to sub. |
Can we not do this? If you know any of the teachers, you know that they are well aware of the other thread on here. It was cited as a reason some teachers are leaving and/or reluctant to come to Navy. Teachers don’t feel there’s a reason to stay/take a job there if parents are just going to sh*t on them. Teaching is hard enough, and lack of support from parents does not help. There is obviously something going on if so many have left. And no I’m not a Navy teacher so don’t start with that crap. I have no inside info on why teachers are unhappy because most know better than get into specifics with parents. I’m just a parent concerned about who is going to be teaching my kids the next few years. We went from a lot of stability to none. Those of you cheering about a bunch of teachers leaving during a shortage are not very bright. Some of the teachers leaving are very good. People on the other thread who thought it was a good idea to bash the teachers can only blame themselves if their kids end up with a revolving door of long term subs. Really, really short sighted and stupid. |
Losing long term institutional and community knowledge at a school is not good at all. When a whole team leaves there is nobody there to discuss how certain lessons went last year or what works best in that school environment, leaving the new teachers to figure it out. New teachers also aren’t familiar with the families in the community. If half the staff at a business left at the same time it would be a hot mess, why would it be any different at a school? |
All the positions have been filled. And don’t kid yourself - the teachers deciding to leave had absolutely nothing to do with a message board lol |
Whole teams aren’t leaving. But honestly there needs to be new teachers coming in as many of the teachers on the teams quite frankly weren’t good. |
+1 |