Teachers Resigning Like Crazy?

[Anonymous]

I just learned we’re losing a teacher at the end of the day today- tried to negotiate finishing out the year but new employer said now or never so they’re out.

But teachers aren’t employable elsewhere. Keep whistling past the graveyard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just learned we’re losing a teacher at the end of the day today- tried to negotiate finishing out the year but new employer said now or never so they’re out.

But teachers aren’t employable elsewhere. Keep whistling past the graveyard.

When I left teaching, I turned down a really great opportunity because they couldn't hold the position for me for two months until I finished my contract. Fortunately, I was able to find another job that would hold a position for me (the county I taught in required me to renew my contract two months before the end of school and all the jobs necessitated a move closer to DC than I was at the time).

I ended up in the field that I went to college for and was making more money (especially after my first job switch), more flexibility in leave, and no sub plans when I was sick.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't find a high paying corporate job. I did find a nanny position that pays me more than I made teaching, with 8 weeks paid vacation and about 70% of the hours I was working. I'm extremely happy

Lame! All your hard work and education down the drain! And what will you do when the kids grow up and you aren’t needed? You’ll have no real work experience.

Wow. You don't have many friends, do you?
DP

No friends who are nannies, correct.

Wow, PP. You are a peach and exemplify a civilization in decline. -NP

Because I don’t have nanny friends? Ok…you sound unhinged.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't find a high paying corporate job. I did find a nanny position that pays me more than I made teaching, with 8 weeks paid vacation and about 70% of the hours I was working. I'm extremely happy

Lame! All your hard work and education down the drain! And what will you do when the kids grow up and you aren’t needed? You’ll have no real work experience.

Wow. You don't have many friends, do you?
DP

No friends who are nannies, correct.

Wow, PP. You are a peach and exemplify a civilization in decline. -NP

Because I don’t have nanny friends? Ok…you sound unhinged.

Why are you so angry that this woman got a better paying job with more perks? I am happy for her.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't find a high paying corporate job. I did find a nanny position that pays me more than I made teaching, with 8 weeks paid vacation and about 70% of the hours I was working. I'm extremely happy

Lame! All your hard work and education down the drain! And what will you do when the kids grow up and you aren’t needed? You’ll have no real work experience.

Here’s a hint: most corporate/office jobs are not real jobs! I know y’all have very high opinions of yourselves, but having Zoom meetings to discuss the spreadsheet, then a follow up meeting about the meeting, then a new version of the spreadsheet with the X and Y axis flipped and a meeting about circling back to put a pin in it until Q3? It’s all busywork, the adult equivalent of in-class worksheets.

A few years teaching is all the experience anyone needs to properly deal with the average corporate manager. They’re practically children.

She will be out of the workforce raising someone else’s kids like a SAHM. It’s incredibly difficult to get back in once your out for a few years.

Not really. I worked in finance until 29, left for 4 years to try to be a real estate agent, and came back pretty easily. Would
I be slightly more senior had I stayed? Definitely, but I’m happy with my life experience and I’m making good money. I know plenty of others with similar stories of trying and failing at entrepreneurship and coming back and picking back up where they left off no problem. You, and many others, just sip too much of the corporate cool—aid.

You didn’t leave the workforce completely. When you leave to become a SAHM, it’s totally different. It’s a lot harder to go back into the workforce after being out for years, as you no longer have current references, etc.

Totally not applicable in teaching. Schools don't really care if a former teacher stayed home for a year or ten.

I don’t think anyone’s checked my references since 1995.

When I went to my current school I thought I was going for an interview with the principal. He was outside doing recess duty. We chatted while he yelled at a few kids who were playing too rough. He then took me on a tour of the building and told me how to sign up for an orientation where I would be fingerprinted and would choose my benefits etc. He thanked me for coming in and said he has meeting. That was it. There was no actual interview. I was a certified teacher with no criminal background. I was the only applicant. I later found out the job had been vacant for about 6 months before I applied. He was thrilled to hire me. This was back in 2013. Now there are 50+ vacancies for my position in my district.

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't find a high paying corporate job. I did find a nanny position that pays me more than I made teaching, with 8 weeks paid vacation and about 70% of the hours I was working. I'm extremely happy

Lame! All your hard work and education down the drain! And what will you do when the kids grow up and you aren’t needed? You’ll have no real work experience.

Wow. You don't have many friends, do you?
DP

No friends who are nannies, correct.

Wow, PP. You are a peach and exemplify a civilization in decline. -NP

Because I don’t have nanny friends? Ok…you sound unhinged.

Why are you so angry that this woman got a better paying job with more perks? I am happy for her.

Where did you read any anger from my posts? I think it’s sad to leave an actual career that you worked hard for to simply become a nanny. A nanny isn’t a career.

[Anonymous]

FCPS just released the results from the employee engagement survey, lol. One question was a type in answer, "describe your job in 1 word". The top 4 results were:

Overwhelmed
Stressed
Exhausted
Frustrated

Yayyyyyyyyyyy!

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't find a high paying corporate job. I did find a nanny position that pays me more than I made teaching, with 8 weeks paid vacation and about 70% of the hours I was working. I'm extremely happy

Lame! All your hard work and education down the drain! And what will you do when the kids grow up and you aren’t needed? You’ll have no real work experience.

Wow. You don't have many friends, do you?
DP

No friends who are nannies, correct.

Wow, PP. You are a peach and exemplify a civilization in decline. -NP

Because I don’t have nanny friends? Ok…you sound unhinged.

Why are you so angry that this woman got a better paying job with more perks? I am happy for her.

Where did you read any anger from my posts? I think it’s sad to leave an actual career that you worked hard for to simply become a nanny. A nanny isn’t a career.

DP, why is being a nanny not a career?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:FCPS just released the results from the employee engagement survey, lol. One question was a type in answer, "describe your job in 1 word". The top 4 results were:

Overwhelmed
Stressed
Exhausted
Frustrated

Yayyyyyyyyyyy!

The question: “I am optimistic about the future” didn’t fare so well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS just released the results from the employee engagement survey, lol. One question was a type in answer, "describe your job in 1 word". The top 4 results were:

Overwhelmed
Stressed
Exhausted
Frustrated

Yayyyyyyyyyyy!

The question: “I am optimistic about the future” didn’t fare so well.

I'm not a teacher, but I think we need to rethink how education is structured centered around what will help teachers thrive. Students will be more likely to thrive with teachers that do. Any demands on teachers--for supporting students, for admin, for adjusting to changing needs--need to be considered in the context of how can that be achieved while not undermining the fundamental need for teachers to thrive. There may be some unmet needs that it is the responsibility of society as a whole to figure out how to fund and meet those needs, not unfunded mandates placed upon schools.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS just released the results from the employee engagement survey, lol. One question was a type in answer, "describe your job in 1 word". The top 4 results were:

Overwhelmed
Stressed
Exhausted
Frustrated

Yayyyyyyyyyyy!

The question: “I am optimistic about the future” didn’t fare so well.

I'm not a teacher, but I think we need to rethink how education is structured centered around what will help teachers thrive. Students will be more likely to thrive with teachers that do. Any demands on teachers--for supporting students, for admin, for adjusting to changing needs--need to be considered in the context of how can that be achieved while not undermining the fundamental need for teachers to thrive. There may be some unmet needs that it is the responsibility of society as a whole to figure out how to fund and meet those needs, not unfunded mandates placed upon schools.

YES. Children are happier when they have happy parents. Students will be happier when they have happier teachers.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:FCPS just released the results from the employee engagement survey, lol. One question was a type in answer, "describe your job in 1 word". The top 4 results were:

Overwhelmed
Stressed
Exhausted
Frustrated

Yayyyyyyyyyyy!

The question: “I am optimistic about the future” didn’t fare so well.

I'm not a teacher, but I think we need to rethink how education is structured centered around what will help teachers thrive. Students will be more likely to thrive with teachers that do. Any demands on teachers--for supporting students, for admin, for adjusting to changing needs--need to be considered in the context of how can that be achieved while not undermining the fundamental need for teachers to thrive. There may be some unmet needs that it is the responsibility of society as a whole to figure out how to fund and meet those needs, not unfunded mandates placed upon schools.

US Society as a whole is a failure. Schools are supposed to educate, but we also have to feed, clothe and parent students; the minute we’re not available to do those things (see: April 2020 onward) it’s OUR fault, but the minute we suggest shifting that burden to another part of the societal safety net, the same people who screamed about closing school buildings, scream that we can’t spend the money on that type of thing.

Until teachers can get back to being teachers and not substitute parents things are just going to get worse.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I didn't find a high paying corporate job. I did find a nanny position that pays me more than I made teaching, with 8 weeks paid vacation and about 70% of the hours I was working. I'm extremely happy

Lame! All your hard work and education down the drain! And what will you do when the kids grow up and you aren’t needed? You’ll have no real work experience.

Wow. You don't have many friends, do you?
DP

No friends who are nannies, correct.

Wow, PP. You are a peach and exemplify a civilization in decline. -NP

Because I don’t have nanny friends? Ok…you sound unhinged.

Why are you so angry that this woman got a better paying job with more perks? I am happy for her.

Where did you read any anger from my posts? I think it’s sad to leave an actual career that you worked hard for to simply become a nanny. A nanny isn’t a career.

DP, why is being a nanny not a career?

Because you can’t grow or move up. The kids grow up and you aren’t needed for that family anymore. It is not a career at all. It is a temporary gig and maybe you make more money temporarily but no one needs to “prepare” for a career in nannying.

Can you imagine a 46 year old woman saying , “Hi, I’m a nanny.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just learned we’re losing a teacher at the end of the day today- tried to negotiate finishing out the year but new employer said now or never so they’re out.

But teachers aren’t employable elsewhere. Keep whistling past the graveyard.

Teachers aren't employable elsewhere? I know several teachers who have left and they all have great positions, mostly in tech but also in policy. And one woman who I follow on social media left and is working at Costco and LOVES it. Maybe not a "career" but who cares?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just learned we’re losing a teacher at the end of the day today- tried to negotiate finishing out the year but new employer said now or never so they’re out.

But teachers aren’t employable elsewhere. Keep whistling past the graveyard.

Teachers aren't employable elsewhere? I know several teachers who have left and they all have great positions, mostly in tech but also in policy. And one woman who I follow on social media left and is working at Costco and LOVES it. Maybe not a "career" but who cares?

I believe that was sarcasm, since several posters here seem to think that teachers are only qualified to be teachers and thus there’s no real mass resignation or teacher shortage.