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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Supply and demand doesn’t really apply to schools though.  Schools are under extreme pressure to keep salaries low and push the sacrifice/martyr trope on teachers.  They don’t want to give any excuse to give a higher salary because then they may be forced to give it to other staff as well.  At best you can get a higher salary with some (but not all) extra after school duties or leadership positions. Even in red states/charters teachers can’t negotiate for salaries.  They push the martyr trope even harder there.

Teachers can’t strike in most states so we don’t have any choice but to move to new areas/states or leave teaching entirely.

This situation is becoming more and more unviable given the costs of students loans for new teachers, inability to pay market rates for new experience hires/career changers, work conditions/respect, and now pandemic related concerns (great resignation, student/parent behavior, politics in many areas, health concerns for some staff).[/quote]

Thank you! They absolutely push the martyr bs. And many of our colleagues feed right into it. I can’t stand it. 
They need to come up with a plan now because I think this is our situation for the next few years. Do you think there’s a chance they will start offering retention bonuses for teachers who are eligible to retire? That is something they would need to start advertising soon. I know in MCPS you have to start retirement paperwork early in the year (October, maybe). I just think that in addition to trying to hire more teachers they also need to work on enticing some of us to stay. [/quote]

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