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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think about quitting every few weeks but I am a single parent so I can't. It's been wonderful to be in person this year but the behaviors are just so out there. It is draining. We found out today that we are getting a half day on December 23rd and I felt such relief that I almost cried. Lots of teachers are on the edge.[/quote]

Would you mind elaborating? I hear this a lot - that students are not well behaved this year and the class is hard to control. But why do you think that is? I know it probably has something to do with the stress of covid (sick family members, job loss, routine changes etc) but what do you think in particular is causing this? Also why is it that teachers all want to quit? Asking not to criticize but to see what we should be advocating for (I know better salaries of course but trying to understand what else). What about student behavior? What do students need for things to get better? [/quote]

The students are poorly behaved because many of their parents don't teach them how to behave and they missed a year of school where they would've learned how to behave. So now they are a year older chronologically but still act like they are younger. My first-grade colleagues are basically teaching first-grade content to kindergarteners who are not ready for it and they are acting like much younger kids. No attention span, say rude things to the teacher and each other, get angry and shut down or explode, are unkind to each other, can't stop touching each other, etc. It's a hot mess. Some parents opted out of putting their kindergarteners online so now we have first graders who have never learned anything academic at all. This is the first year we've had first graders who don't know how to write their name or even recognize it on their locker, etc.

Parents have also been bad talking teachers saying it was our fault that the district didn't open school last year. Yeah, we don't have that power. Not even close. We went back when they sent us back. The kids have repeated some of this trash talk to us. Parents- please don't bad talk your kid's teacher in front of them. I have a kid too and while there were a few of his teachers that I didn't particularly like, I never said that in front of him.

This year, there are no subs so teachers often have no planning period at all because we are covering for the absent teacher. Some teachers double up on classes so they have wall-to-wall students all day. That means you have double the behavior issues. Teachers are exhausted and that is why some school districts have been giving half days here and there. I'd rather they increase the sub pay to whatever attracts people to the job than give us a half-day. Teachers are on the edge and some have decided it isn't worth staying. They have combined 3 kindergarten classes at my school into one large class because they can't find maternity leave coverage. 70 kids in one room is too much. I can't quit but I do think about it from time to time. Basically, I just count the days/hours until the next weekend/break.

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