Reply to Why is there a teacher shortage?

Forum Index » Schools and Education General Discussion

Reply to "Why is there a teacher shortage?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/america-has-a-teacher-shortage-and-a-new-study-says-its-getting-worse/2016/09/14/d5de1cee-79e8-11e6-beac-57a4a412e93a_story.html

Washington Post article claims there's been a dramatic decrease in new teachers entering the profession:

"Enrollment in teacher-preparation programs dropped from 691,000 in 2009 to 451,000 in 2014, a 35 percent decline, according to the study, “A Coming Crisis in Teaching? Teacher Supply, Demand and Shortages in the U.S.”"

It also claims nearly 2/3 of teachers leave before retirement age.

If teaching is supposed to be such [b]a cushy job, "summers off, home by 3", and so well paid with great benefits [/b]... why aren't people rushing to become teachers?

[/quote]

I am the child of a teacher and wife of a teacher and none of that is true. I wasn't true in 1980 and it isn't true now. The school day doesn't end at 3 p.m. and never did, the money isn't great, it's high stress, you have parents, principals, random people on DCUM coming at you from all directions and kids with troubles that you can't always help. It's a mostly thankless job.

Teaching is a calling and I have a lot of respect for people who enter that career and stick it out. My husband is good at what he does and spends a lot of time outside the classroom preparing lessons, talking to my mom and other more seasoned teachers about pedagogy and classroom management techniques, meeting with parents, tutoring, doing home visits, taking classes, and so on. He cares about the kids and many have come back over the years to thank him for his dedication and helping them to get through troubles and make it out into the world as a productive citizen.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics