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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Having paras/aides isn’t useful since they rarely do their job due to their low wage (who really would when you don’t make a living wage?). A better solution would be co-teachers in every class, but where would these teachers come from? Nobody wants to teach anymore because most people don’t realize exactly how horrible of a job it is. It’s not *just* student behaviors or complaining parents, it’s honestly just a reallllly hard and demanding job that deserves much more respect and money. Now that I’ve left the classroom, I know exactly how much easier a regular office job is, and I make significantly more money. The only way I’d ever go back to teaching is if I was paid 250k and given the same level of respect as a doctor or lawyer. My mental and physical health is not worth any less.[/quote]

Do you work in a government position? Because the private sector always pays more than government work.

Seriously though, I know we need many more teachers for this to work, but I've wondered about whether co-teachers is part of the solution to the many problems we are facing.

But first, there needs to be a reduction in paperwork and busy work that distracts from actual teaching. For all the complaints about kids and parents, it's a sad truth that respect for the teaching profession has diminished, partly because schools aren't actually doing a good job of educating children. Chronically stressed, overworked individuals tend not to do a good job, no matter how good their intentions are. That is true for teachers and for parents. That sets up a dynamic where "entitled" parents ask questions about why work isn't graded until the end of the marking period, worry that their kids have a revolving door of substitutes, or complain about emails going unanswered. It's not "entitled" to expect public schools to deliver standard expectations for all professions. Certainly, telling parents that they should expect to be solely responsible for their children's learning because schools can't do it does nothing to foster respect for teachers (as frequently stated in this and other forms, and insinuated by teachers I know in real life). Teachers' working conditions have to make it possible to meet basic standards. Unfortunately, parents have even less control over accountability measures, paperwork, and administrative demands than teachers do. That needs to be fixed ASAP.

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