Why is there a teacher shortage?
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Anonymous
I totally agree. I was in a district that was open hybrid for all of 20-21 and it was inadequate. However, I was in the building every day and was petitioning my school board to let us go back full time. In our district, some teachers worked to keep us limited open--but so too did many, many parents. I don't really care at this point whose "fault" it was, because I've been busting my rear for two years to try to repair the damage, as have many colleagues (and parents). I'm definitely not shocked that my school has lost three teachers just since this school year started, for myriad reasons that make it difficult to stay in the profession. |
Anonymous
| Enjoy the teacher shortage....it's getting worse not better. |
Anonymous
True. |
Anonymous
Who are you writing to? |
Anonymous
Parents and school districts that are ignoring major problems and putting everything on teachers shoulders with little time to even teach...so if this is something you do then I'm talking to YOU! |
Anonymous
I, as a parent, have no ability to influence your administrators' ineptitude, which appears to be a major issue that teachers describe on this page. I also have no ability to schedule you, or increase your pay, or really much of the things that appear to be driving the teacher exodus. I can't change standards or laws or whatever seems to be leading to the fact that behavioral problems in schools can't be addressed. I can vote and not contact you over petty things. I can prep my kids and make sure they've done their work and try to have them behave. That's all I got. I've tried contacting my representatives in the past about things and they don't care. |
Anonymous
Not a teacher, but I'd that you (the general "you," not the "you" in particular, PP) could avoid carping and belittling teachers. They also cannot change the standards or laws or whatever, cannot fix their administrators' ineptitude, change the schedule they are held to, or increase their own pay. Let's not pretend they can, while we can't. They are no more responsible for these issues than the parents are, but they are taking the hits for them. |
Anonymous
| (I'd add that) |
Anonymous
Well, it would also be helpful to not hear constantly from 'teachers' (in quotes because often anonymous) that parents don't parent, etc., and that everything is parents' fault. E.g., this thread. |
Anonymous
80% of the issues seen in elementary and middle could be handled by parents actually parenting. |
Anonymous
I’m a high school teacher and I don’t agree with this. My issue isn’t parents or their parenting. My concern is the fact our profession is run by people who know very little about education itself. I am evaluated by administrators who haven’t taught in a decade. They have no idea what it’s like in a classroom in 2023, and I doubt they could even teach under current conditions. We have specialists creating curricula who don’t know a thing about our current students or their needs. Teachers are micromanaged and belittled by people who think they are experts because they once sat in a classroom. This micromanaging adds to our already ridiculous workload. We need a complete overhaul. |
Anonymous
This is true at my Title 1 school. Parents are young and want to be their kids’ friends. They don’t understand how to set limits and enforce them at home. This spills over into school and becomes a big problem in the classroom. I’ve had parents laugh when I’ve told them how their kids behave at school. If I’m using my planning period to have a conference, it isn’t to tell parents cute things about their kid. A kid screaming now when told to line up for lunch/resource, etc isn’t funny. It makes the entire class late while I have to find another adult to take my class upstairs while I deal with the defiant child. Nearly every conference I have ends up as a parenting discussion. |
Anonymous
Exactly!! |
Anonymous
This is the pot calling the kettle black....you do realize that all teachers hear is about how terrible and lazy they are. It would be helpful for teachers not to hear and see this day in and day out when our hands are tied as well. You seem extremely ego-centric. |
Anonymous
I agree with almost everything you said. However, we are seeing some intense behaviors at the ES level that often stem from parents letting little larlo do whatever they want. Kids need boundaries and they do need to be told what is right and wrong-this starts at home. Teachers can't be the parents all day while trying to teach The parents job is to teach kindness and boundaries at home. So we will have to disagree on parents aren't to blame-not all but we have a good number that want the schools to do everything for them. ENOUGH-we have 30 kids in a classroom all day that need us. |