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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]These 22 year olds aren't quitting because they're afraid of covid.  Each one has said the job is too hard.  One was my teaching partner.  I gave him all my plans.  I spent hours helping him prep.  He cried EVERY DAY in my classroom after school.  [/quote]

Well, what exactly was he crying about? Kids with home issues making him sad? Kids being violent? Maybe he didn’t think he was explaining things in a way they understood? I mean, did you pay attention to what his actual concerns were, or just dismiss them?[/quote]

He was crying because he couldn't figure out how or when to teach stuff.  So 2x a week i helped him for a few hours to create plans.  He had no idea how to manage behavior.  I'm not talking about severe behavior.  I mean things like the kids who talk too much.  I came into his classroom to model how to do this.  He was crying because, I kid you not, he wanted to go hang out with his friends and didn't have time.  He actually said this.  [/quote]

Don’t teacher training programs teach how to lesson plan and some rudimentary classroom management? I mean, we all know they don’t teach about effective reading instruction in most places, but everyone know teachers have to plan lessons right?

[b]It also seems like in the student teaching they would have gotten a realistic job preview about the amount of hours worked during the school year.  There really is no work/ life balance for teachers, and that alone can lead to burnout.[/b][/quote]

Yes, but he would have gotten it in his final semester of a bachelor's degree in education, or with an education certification. At that point he's about to graduate--what else is he going to do? [/quote]

Also in student teaching you aren’t in charge of the most critical portion of the school year which is the first month.  If you are too lax and don’t set up really clear expectations and procedures early on you are done for the year.  The veteran teacher next door to me my first year told me don’t smile or be nice for three weeks.  This was at a very tough high school and it was some of the best advice I got.  It was a really hard year for me but I did have classroom management.  Some other first years had kids throw books at them, curse them out, threaten physical harm, etc.  Most quit after one year.[/quote]

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