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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope she does. No job is worth sacrificing your mental health. I’m a teacher who just quit. I gave my required notice and I feel much lighter. I already have another job lined up.

Teaching is not the priesthood. [b]If people are unhappy with compensation and working conditions, they are free to leave. Including teachers.[/b] [/quote]
I mean, many of them are. We have massive teacher shortages, and especially sub shortages, all across the country, caused by both people leaving the field and significantly fewer people choosing to enter it. I'm HR in a district of about 20k in Pennsylvania, we currently have 29 unfilled positions. I started working for this district in 2005, there's always been less of a supply of sped and HS math and science applicants, but back when I first started, we'd get like 75+ applicants for general elementary and middle school positions, and there were SO many people who had to do long term subbing gigs because they just couldn't get hired (not really their fault, just because supply and demand). These days, we're lucky if we get 10 applicants for these positions. And this is a very good suburban district, not some tough inner city one.

It is funny because the "if you don't like your job, then leave" folks are often the first ones to complain when their kid spends half the year with an unqualified sub or their kid's school is staffed with checked out and/or clueless teachers. [/quote]

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