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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Your brother’s a selfish ass.[/quote]

NP here.

No, he’s not. He shouldn’t have to stay somewhere he’s miserable. Teachers don’t have to give up their own happiness, and I get really tired of hearing that we do.

OP, I know many teachers who have left mid-year. I’ve lost three in my department this year alone. Every single one who wanted to teach somewhere else is currently teaching somewhere else. There’s such a shortage of teachers right now that the penalty for breaking contract is no longer an issue.

I hope he finds somewhere he is happy. [/quote]

Because he made a commitment to teach a group of students. No one is asking him to stay for years on end. It’s just a few more months. If he leaves, there are students who are left picking up the check for his so-called happiness. I’ve been teaching for over 25 years. It’s really hard. I get it. I am not happy everyday and have worked for some horrendous principals. There’s no way I ever would have left my students hanging in the middle of the year. I’ve figured out what I need to do to leave and then made my move at the end of the year. [/quote]

It is hard. I completely don't think folks should have to stay where they are miserable, but it can be also so hard on the kids. My son's 2nd grade teacher left in October. She just disappeared one day, there was never a goodbye to the kids. Again, I get it is a job and folks should be allowed to leave. But the kids had been through virtual K and then messed up 1st grade and then lost their teacher in 2nd and now they still only have a long term sub, who is wonderful but it just isn't the same. A lot of the kids (including mine) really struggled in the fall after she left (including them crying and asking if they were so bad that she wanted to leave them).

Again, she had a right to leave but I really wish she had been able to talk to them about leaving before she left. So I guess I just suggest your brother talk to his students and not just disappear one day. Teachers can mean a lot to kids and it can be hard for them to just be gone one day. [/quote]

Administration doesn’t allow teachers leaving mid year to “talk to the kids ahead of time.”[/quote]

So they never get to say goodbye? That is hard. I guess I don't know best practices on that. [/quote]

It’s better this way. Most teachers who leave honestly make such a big deal about it and then get the kids worked up. They can never seem to manage a simple “you’ve been great, I’m taking a new job, you’re gonna love your new teacher!” So it’s just better to boot them and let the kids meet the new teacher and move on.

-teacher [/quote]

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