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[quote=Anonymous]The very worst that could happen is a) the teacher is blacklisted from teaching in a particular state or b) the teacher could be contractually obligated to pay a fine for breaking her contract.

But here's the thing: a) do you know anything at all about the state and record keeping?  If you do, then you know that it's pretty impossible for the state to keep track of which teachers are quitting.  Most teachers are leaving the field entirely.  In which case, then even a state wide list (which will never happen because the state wide leadership is incompetent) won't matter.  In some catholic schools, teachers who break their contract are required to pay a fine.  A hefty one at 2K.  But heck, if I wanted to leave teaching, I'd be like, "fine, I'll send you $20 a month until it's paid off".  Seriously, what are they going to do besides take my last paycheck?

In the end, parents really have next to no control over individual teachers quitting.  Hell, even districts don't really have that power.  If I think 3 things have to happen to get teachers to stay, and they all need to happen at once and quickly:
1) pay raise.  Big pay raise
2) more prep time.  Cut out the stupid meetings
3) more support for students who are ruining the classroom environment.  This could mean 1:1 aides, a fast track towards putting some kids in a self contained sped room, more social workers and psychs, more sped teachers, more help in general for kids who aren't succeeding in the regular ed room.

But all of us teachers know these are never going to happen.  I'm really glad my kids have graduated from high school and I hope that if my own grandchildren need it, I can homeschool them or afford to send them to private.  30 years in public ed has been the end of me.[/quote]

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