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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I left education and started a new job. I do my best to not spread negativity about the profession, but when I told my new coworkers it was immediately “is it true the kids are crazy?” And “you’re so brave”. The reputation about teaching is spreading so yeah it’s going to be hard to fill positions. After what happened in Newport News and now in Texas with the principal losing her eye a lot of people are very hesitant.[/quote]

This-I left teaching and my family and friends were like thank goodness you got out. I watched IA's get hurt and admin act annoyed-I had admin ask my IA's and myself what we wanted them to do as a child destroyed rooms and kicked and scratched/screamed for sometimes 30 mins straight. It's becoming unsafe-I can't speak for MS and HS but elementary schools are understaffed. And you might get a sub one day but in these conditions most aren't coming back. It's sad for the kids who are there and ready to learn. And honestly I wouldn't want to be admin because the truth is there is not much they can do....but I will tell you teachers do not get paid enough to deal with that level of chaos when they are still responsible for the safety and education of  many other students. So admin-take them out-make parents come get them but don't shrug and ask what you should do. It is a horrible working and learning environment-day to day survival is not good for teaching or learning.[/quote]

+100[/quote]

They need to send the violent kids with the issues to a special school that can meet their needs.[/quote]

The focus right now is the exact opposite. The LRE is the regular classroom in a regular school with very few exceptions. Schools are not supposed to remove students from the classroom or suspend them for behaviors either.
Every parent who sees this for what it really is should be filling out SR&R feedback survey that was sent out a few weeks ago. School districts are not listening to teachers. The problem will continue to get worse if parents don't say anything.[/quote]

The only way to escape this is to go private where those kids aren’t, or get your kid in AAP, honors or higher level classes where those kids won’t be later on.[/quote]

I subbed in an AAP classroom in a highly sough-after elementary school and witnessed some of the worst behavior I've ever dealt with as a sub. 6th grader threw himself on the ground and had a full-fledged tantrum, ripped his notebook and binders apart, all because I asked him to do his work. Admin sent him to another teacher because he "needed a break" and that teacher was his break buddy or something. Several of the other gifted angels ignored instructions, went on their phones, and shrugged and gave me dirty look when I asked them to work. AAP is no guarantee of anything.[/quote]

THIS ^^.  I am so sick of parents insisting AAP is some kind of nirvana.  It’s not.  Not only are there tantrums, there are also the know-it-alls who argue with the teacher and refuse to take direction, distracting everyone around them.  AAP classes are often a very unpleasant place to work.
-former FCPS teacher and now sub[/quote]

I tutor a girl who is in a class with a no-it-all student. He argues with the teacher during math for about 10 minutes every day. She’s in a LLIV school so she’s been in class with him since third grade. She’s told me some crazy stories in the past couple of years about the class. I definitely would’ve quit if I was their teacher.[/quote]

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