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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also, it takes a teacher many years to find their stride. There is a sweet spot of feeling experienced vs. feeling jaded and I read that occurs around 7-10 years in. So that could be why many quit prior. The burnout is real and the pay doesn't adjust fast enough to make it feel worth while.

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our last remaining teacher resident quit yesterday. Despite having lots of “real world” experience in his subject area, he couldn’t make it past 7 months. Maybe teaching isn’t as easy as the keyboard warriors suggest?[/quote]

I think any career transition is difficult. The ones who do it successfully are the ones who transition in their I’m still moldable 20’s or the I don’t give 2F’s I’m doing it for the cheap insurance late 50s.

Switching careers is very difficult for most people for the same reasons a mid career teacher moving out would flounder and probably fail in the corporate world.

Teaching is a job just like any other job. Period.
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My mentor teacher told me I’d figure things out by year 8, which is when I’d hit my stride and things would get easier. (Easier, in this case, is defined as actually knowing what to do, which doesn’t translate to less work or fewer hours.) Eight years in is when I stopped feeling like an imposter. I knew my material REALLY WELL and I could finally control a class of 30+.

I watch tons of teachers quit in years 1-3. When a job takes this long to finally “get it,” it’s no wonder people give up. Teaching is NOT like other jobs. I should know because I’m a career changer. My old job was a breeze, almost laughably so, compared to what I do now. [/quote]

Haha

In FCPS, 8 years is when they might re do all of the curriculum.  I know teachers really struggling with the new word study program and changes to language arts. [/quote]

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