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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

I'm amazed you are getting 10 applicants for any positions.  We're lucky to get 1-2 qualified applicants for the same positions we used to get hundreds of qualified applicants.  For math, science, sped, bilingual, counselors, psychs, speech paths and more we're getting ZERO applicants.  And we are a nice middle class neighborhood.  [b]Our district is making plans to financially reward teachers who do NOT retire this spring.  We cannot afford to lose them because there is literally no one to replace them with.[/b]  [/quote]

I’d like to hear more about this. I’m currently in my 29th year. I had (up until about 2 or 3 years ago) planned on teaching through year 33, but I’m now considering whether or not I can stop after next year. Just a few changes might convince me to stay the extra 3 years.[/quote]

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