Teachers Resigning Like Crazy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Am I allowed to come volunteer at your school? I’d be more than happy to sit with your students while you dash out to pee. You all can have my cell number to text me with your room number, to use as needed. Or the school can keep a designated cell phone this this one purpose. I don’t mind whatever vetting process might be needed. Volunteers can sign up for half-day shifts or whatever, and have a weekly schedule with stand-ins as needed.
You can have solutions or you can keep complaining about having to wear Depends to avoid embarrassing accidents when you can’t hold it any longer.
It’s up to you and your colleagues.

I love how you turned around and made our inability to use the restroom OUR fault.

As the PP said, for you to be legally permitted to supervise a class of students, you need to undergo specific training. Since you are invested in helping to resolve this problem, which I very much appreciate, please call up your local school and ask if you can go through the sub training process and then act as a volunteer to cover classes, since they do not have the funds to pay you for your time. Please report back-- So grateful for your help!

Should I get self-defense training in case a child throws chairs at me? If you’re gone for just a few minutes, what else would I need to be trained for?

[Anonymous]

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You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

I left teaching and got an office job. I actually feel productive during the day. Work gets completed, reviewed, given feedback, sent to clients, etc. A lot of teaching is not rewarding and we just moved tasks from one in-progress pile to another.

Good for you. You are right it's too much. I will be leaving at the end of the year due to out of control behaviors and unnecessary stress. The amount of disrespect in teaching is astounding and comes from many directions. I'm all out of cares.

I’m truly very happy that you’re rejecting the appalling lack attention to school safety. If more of you did that, maybe voters would eventually listen up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Am I allowed to come volunteer at your school? I’d be more than happy to sit with your students while you dash out to pee. You all can have my cell number to text me with your room number, to use as needed. Or the school can keep a designated cell phone this this one purpose. I don’t mind whatever vetting process might be needed. Volunteers can sign up for half-day shifts or whatever, and have a weekly schedule with stand-ins as needed.
You can have solutions or you can keep complaining about having to wear Depends to avoid embarrassing accidents when you can’t hold it any longer.
It’s up to you and your colleagues.

I love how you turned around and made our inability to use the restroom OUR fault.

As the PP said, for you to be legally permitted to supervise a class of students, you need to undergo specific training. Since you are invested in helping to resolve this problem, which I very much appreciate, please call up your local school and ask if you can go through the sub training process and then act as a volunteer to cover classes, since they do not have the funds to pay you for your time. Please report back-- So grateful for your help!

Should I get self-defense training in case a child throws chairs at me? If you’re gone for just a few minutes, what else would I need to be trained for?

Please shut up. We are talking about systemic issues and you’re playing some thought exercise game about how you’d fix everything just roaming the building all day babysitting classes 5 minutes at a time. Idiocy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Am I allowed to come volunteer at your school? I’d be more than happy to sit with your students while you dash out to pee. You all can have my cell number to text me with your room number, to use as needed. Or the school can keep a designated cell phone this this one purpose. I don’t mind whatever vetting process might be needed. Volunteers can sign up for half-day shifts or whatever, and have a weekly schedule with stand-ins as needed.
You can have solutions or you can keep complaining about having to wear Depends to avoid embarrassing accidents when you can’t hold it any longer.
It’s up to you and your colleagues.

I love how you turned around and made our inability to use the restroom OUR fault.

As the PP said, for you to be legally permitted to supervise a class of students, you need to undergo specific training. Since you are invested in helping to resolve this problem, which I very much appreciate, please call up your local school and ask if you can go through the sub training process and then act as a volunteer to cover classes, since they do not have the funds to pay you for your time. Please report back-- So grateful for your help!

Should I get self-defense training in case a child throws chairs at me? If you’re gone for just a few minutes, what else would I need to be trained for?

Please shut up. We are talking about systemic issues and you’re playing some thought exercise game about how you’d fix everything just roaming the building all day babysitting classes 5 minutes at a time. Idiocy.

Nah they are trolling us and we need to start ignoring the behavior. They will either escalate or the behavior will extinguish. Since they seem ready to enroll in Ninja defense classes I’m going with escalate but let’s find out!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Am I allowed to come volunteer at your school? I’d be more than happy to sit with your students while you dash out to pee. You all can have my cell number to text me with your room number, to use as needed. Or the school can keep a designated cell phone this this one purpose. I don’t mind whatever vetting process might be needed. Volunteers can sign up for half-day shifts or whatever, and have a weekly schedule with stand-ins as needed.
You can have solutions or you can keep complaining about having to wear Depends to avoid embarrassing accidents when you can’t hold it any longer.
It’s up to you and your colleagues.

I love how you turned around and made our inability to use the restroom OUR fault.

As the PP said, for you to be legally permitted to supervise a class of students, you need to undergo specific training. Since you are invested in helping to resolve this problem, which I very much appreciate, please call up your local school and ask if you can go through the sub training process and then act as a volunteer to cover classes, since they do not have the funds to pay you for your time. Please report back-- So grateful for your help!

Should I get self-defense training in case a child throws chairs at me? If you’re gone for just a few minutes, what else would I need to be trained for?

Please shut up. We are talking about systemic issues and you’re playing some thought exercise game about how you’d fix everything just roaming the building all day babysitting classes 5 minutes at a time. Idiocy.

Nah they are trolling us and we need to start ignoring the behavior. They will either escalate or the behavior will extinguish. Since they seem ready to enroll in Ninja defense classes I’m going with escalate but let’s find out!

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

I left teaching and got an office job. I actually feel productive during the day. Work gets completed, reviewed, given feedback, sent to clients, etc. A lot of teaching is not rewarding and we just moved tasks from one in-progress pile to another.

And I’m guessing no workplace violence or even any threats of violence. Congratulations!

[Anonymous]

Should I get self-defense training in case a child throws chairs at me? If you’re gone for just a few minutes, what else would I need to be trained for?

Personally, I don’t think you need to be trained for much, but the school system disagrees and won’t let people supervise students in any capacity until they have been vetted and given a minimum of a few hours of training on policies, procedures, and expectations. Again, please discuss this with your school board members and the principal of your local school so we can get you in helping!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Should I get self-defense training in case a child throws chairs at me? If you’re gone for just a few minutes, what else would I need to be trained for?

Personally, I don’t think you need to be trained for much, but the school system disagrees and won’t let people supervise students in any capacity until they have been vetted and given a minimum of a few hours of training on policies, procedures, and expectations. Again, please discuss this with your school board members and the principal of your local school so we can get you in helping!

HAHAHA yes we will see you there "helping"

[Anonymous]

I am a teacher and I am disheartened by all these stories of teachers unable to use a restroom. Please don’t be a martyr. Put it in writing to admin that you need more frequent access to a restroom. Don’t ask, tell them. They need to figure it out. I’m pretty sure legally they have to accommodate this. Remember they need you more than you need them. You aren’t doing anybody any favors by enduring physical discomfort. You’ll burn out and end up quitting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am disheartened by all these stories of teachers unable to use a restroom. Please don’t be a martyr. Put it in writing to admin that you need more frequent access to a restroom. Don’t ask, tell them. They need to figure it out. I’m pretty sure legally they have to accommodate this. Remember they need you more than you need them. You aren’t doing anybody any favors by enduring physical discomfort. You’ll burn out and end up quitting.

Actually most of us need our jobs. I don’t know any teachers who are doing this as a hobby.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I am a teacher and I am disheartened by all these stories of teachers unable to use a restroom. Please don’t be a martyr. Put it in writing to admin that you need more frequent access to a restroom. Don’t ask, tell them. They need to figure it out. I’m pretty sure legally they have to accommodate this. Remember they need you more than you need them. You aren’t doing anybody any favors by enduring physical discomfort. You’ll burn out and end up quitting.

Actually most of us need our jobs. I don’t know any teachers who are doing this as a hobby.

^ Sounds like a troll pretending to be teacher, but really just defending the sick system called FCPS. These threads are obviously full of them wanting to keep everything exactly as is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you are an elementary school teacher, you can pee right before the kids come in (8:25), again at specials times or lunch (anywhere from mid morning to noon), again at recess (a colleague could watch your class outside easily) and again at dismissal (3:30 ish). It’s really not that hard!

I teach middle school, but this is not close to what I experience as a middle school teacher.

Kids are in my classroom at 7:10, and my lunch doesn't begin until 12:15 each day. My planning blocks are both in the afternoon, so I can't go to the restroom during a planning block. It might seem that I can go between classes, but that is not possible because the closest faculty restroom is not very close to my classroom, and there are always at least two other teachers in line (it is a single toilet), so there is not time to go before I have to be back in my classroom.

Five hours is a long time to go without using the restroom, especially for a peri-menopausal woman who also has fibroids. I now wear Thinx underwear every day to school, but that's not even always enough, so I've had some embarrassing situations occur.

While we do now have recess in middle school, but I am assigned to a post where I am alone, so I can't even go to the toilet during recess because there is no one else there to watch the children in that location.

This is inhuman. Which county?

This can’t be Fairfax County because middle school starts at 7:30 am for the kids. They don’t even allow kids to come into the building until 7:10 am. The doors are locked until exactly 7:10 am. This teacher is lying. And why is she posting on an FCPS board?

This is not a lie. The post says "kids are in my classroom at 7:10," not "school begins at 7:10." I know at my school, we are required to be in our classrooms at 7:10 because students get off the bus and go straight to their first class. So if the doors open at 7:10, there could be students in the room at 7:11. Saying "kids are in my classroom at 7:10" is not a lie. 7:10, 7:11, it's the same thing.

DP- At my MS, they often let the kids in a minute or two before 7:10 and some kids race to classrooms, so they really are in class at 7:10. The busses let kids off about 7:08 or 7:09, they all congregate at a door (which IMHO is a huge safety concern as the only people watching are the bus drivers from their busses), and the busses are exiting the bus loop at exactly 7:10.

As a staff, we have to be outside our doors/hall duty post by 7:10. Many of our recess location posts are outside on fields pretty far from the building. If you have last lunch and last period planning, it is very believable that your first opportunity to pee at my school is 12:15. If you really have to go, you hope that someone on planning can be flagged down in the hallway.

Teachers: Has daily before school supervision always been required at your school? 15-20 minutes every day is precious time lost for set up, tweaking planning, copying, using the restroom, etc. and necessitates arriving to school even earlier to be ready when students arrive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Am I allowed to come volunteer at your school? I’d be more than happy to sit with your students while you dash out to pee. You all can have my cell number to text me with your room number, to use as needed. Or the school can keep a designated cell phone this this one purpose. I don’t mind whatever vetting process might be needed. Volunteers can sign up for half-day shifts or whatever, and have a weekly schedule with stand-ins as needed.
You can have solutions or you can keep complaining about having to wear Depends to avoid embarrassing accidents when you can’t hold it any longer.
It’s up to you and your colleagues.

I love how you turned around and made our inability to use the restroom OUR fault.

As the PP said, for you to be legally permitted to supervise a class of students, you need to undergo specific training. Since you are invested in helping to resolve this problem, which I very much appreciate, please call up your local school and ask if you can go through the sub training process and then act as a volunteer to cover classes, since they do not have the funds to pay you for your time. Please report back-- So grateful for your help!

Should I get self-defense training in case a child throws chairs at me? If you’re gone for just a few minutes, what else would I need to be trained for?

Please shut up. We are talking about systemic issues and you’re playing some thought exercise game about how you’d fix everything just roaming the building all day babysitting classes 5 minutes at a time. Idiocy.

How about you suggest just one potential solution to your systemic issues? Or is it more satisfying to carry on with endless complaining?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Am I allowed to come volunteer at your school? I’d be more than happy to sit with your students while you dash out to pee. You all can have my cell number to text me with your room number, to use as needed. Or the school can keep a designated cell phone this this one purpose. I don’t mind whatever vetting process might be needed. Volunteers can sign up for half-day shifts or whatever, and have a weekly schedule with stand-ins as needed.
You can have solutions or you can keep complaining about having to wear Depends to avoid embarrassing accidents when you can’t hold it any longer.
It’s up to you and your colleagues.

I love how you turned around and made our inability to use the restroom OUR fault.

As the PP said, for you to be legally permitted to supervise a class of students, you need to undergo specific training. Since you are invested in helping to resolve this problem, which I very much appreciate, please call up your local school and ask if you can go through the sub training process and then act as a volunteer to cover classes, since they do not have the funds to pay you for your time. Please report back-- So grateful for your help!

Should I get self-defense training in case a child throws chairs at me? If you’re gone for just a few minutes, what else would I need to be trained for?

Please shut up. We are talking about systemic issues and you’re playing some thought exercise game about how you’d fix everything just roaming the building all day babysitting classes 5 minutes at a time. Idiocy.

How about you suggest just one potential solution to your systemic issues? Or is it more satisfying to carry on with endless complaining?

Provide teachers with more planning time during the work day. That will solve a ton of problems, not just bathroom trips. Perhaps people will stay if they can get more work done AT work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
You teachers are sick if you're “not allowed” to use a toilet when you need to.

Not only are your administrators and school board doing nothing about this serious issue, but what about your good-for-nothing teachers’ union? What are they doing about this?

Buck up and demand some minimal human rights like going pee in a bathroom. Having to wear depends to pee is the most asinine thing I’ve heard.

Simple Solution:
You text the front office to have someone come sit with your students (asap) for a few minutes. What’s the big deal?

Spoken like someone who has no clue.

The main office staff isn’t sitting around twiddling thumbs. Everyone is busy. All the time. There aren’t enough adults in a school, and that’s a problem that will only get worse as teachers continue to quit.

It is so, so easy to look into the teaching world and find solutions. It’s a lot harder to actually be IN it. A teacher is responsible for far too much at every given moment of the day. We really are expected to do it all… all the time. And many of us do.

Many of us are also sick of it. I long for my old office job in college. I could eat when I wanted, pee when I wanted, sit alone if I wanted privacy, and I could actually get work done at work.

Hahahahhaha text the main office. Good lord, these people really do think they have all the answers don’t they?

DCUM parents offering up all these BS “solutions” and opinions should have to come sub for a week, not that they’d make it past day 1.

+1,000