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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That sucks, and I'm sorry.  There must be something really difficult going on in that teacher's life right to make such a decision.[/quote]
She probably got fed up with the a-hole parents.[/quote]

Honestly, this is probably accurate. [/quote]

I wouldn't blame her. [/quote]

Not this late in the year. It’s unprofessional and rude. Anyone can work another 6 weeks. That’s a really $hitty thing to do to her students. Just finish the damn year and move on. [/quote]

No one here has any idea what is happening with this teacher in her personal life.[/quote]

They shouldn't quit.  people were not quitting their jobs like this 3 years ago.  Biden needs to banned this and  do something to stop people from quitting.  MY DD English teacher quit last month, she said quit and ain't coming back.  It's a sad day in America.  November can't come soon enough, I will be voting and something will be done to stop the labor shortage.   [/quote]

You can't force labor.  People aren't slaves.  That is a route to have zero teachers available to teach in the fall.[/quote]

The ones who quit midyear won't be working this fall anyway.  Maybe you need to rethink your route.[/quote]

Yes, but forcing people into contracts they can't quit deters the already dwindling supply of teachers to not take on a new contract.[/quote]

No, it doesn't.  All teacher contracts require a 9 month commitment.  There's nothing onerous or bad about that.  It doesn't deter anyone.  [/quote]

There is not a clause  in it that forces you not to quit.  In fact, it's them telling you they are committing to you for 9 months and generally teachers are generally professionally agreeing to stay then also.  But they can't do more than that like PP wants--forcing people not to quit--without creating a deterrent.   If someone is at a breaking point, or needs to move, or wants out of the profession they can quit when they want.  It sucks for parents, other teachers, their students, but instilling draconian 'no quit' policies would likely not survive a legal test and make a profession that is struggling to attract people at the worst rate since it's been measured in even worse shape.[/quote]

You can't force people not to quit. But you can also acknowledge that quitting in the middle of the year is really bad for parents, other teachers, and students. It should not be the norm for a salaried skilled professional and should only happen under dire circumstances. You wonder why kids are detached and anxious. I guess they should recognize that the adults in their lives are only there while it works for them and should feel terrible if they are disappointed when these adults leave without any warning.[/quote]

Did you not read that I wrote "it sucks for parents, other teachers, their students..."  Teaching has long held to this professional norm. Quitting mid-year was exceedingly rare and was long done for only extenuating circumstances.  But they've had enough. The mandated policies at the federal level lingering since NCLB have added up, piling up with special education laws with grossly inadequate support.  Thrown in your state governor creating a tip line for people to report their teachers, teachers feel like the social contract is broken and they don't have to honor it anymore.  I'm not saying we want this for teachers at all.  I'm just telling everyone who is still tut-tutting teachers they think are bad that it's a five alarm fire in the profession.  I'm not a teacher myself, I track the data in my job and it is STARTLING.

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