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[quote=Anonymous]Did things like his tip line contribute to an environment in VA that made it unpleasant for many teachers? Of course.  As parents we absolutely cannot think we have no responsibility for the exodus.  Look at the fights on DCUM over the last two years including the countless threads insulting and degrading teachers.  Collectively we berate teachers for a whole host of things related to our individual children.  We send to school children who haven't been taught how to appropriately behave so teachers spend their time breaking up fights, dealing with weapons in school, fighting the inevitable misuse of technology on school property.  We criticize what they do teach, what they don't teach, and how they teach.

Add in all the legal requirements the state and federal government have piled on testing and reporting requirements such that teachers are constantly dealing with pressure to have kids who perform well on SOLs, meet the needs of every single child with an IEP or 504 (I have a child with an IEP myself and it's a lot of work required by law) and so on.  From there, look at pay scales - we do not respect teaching as a profession compared to other nations.

No I do not believe we need to follow Florida's steps and allow completely unqualified, uneducated and unprepared adults become teachers.  But I'm open to ideas to making the profession more appealing and potentially open pathways for mid-career professional who might be good teachers but need additional training to find a way into the classroom.  [/quote]

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