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[quote=Anonymous]Terrazas said a low level of schedule flexibility is one lifestyle consideration for workers in education, as well as potential licensing barriers, as is the case for some healthcare jobs. Because of this, he said "elementary and secondary schools tend to have a shortage of teachers."
While licensing and education barriers could be behind this shortage prevailing, other changes may need to be made to attract more workers into this sector. A RAND Corporation survey found only 34% of teachers felt their base pay was adequate. Additionally, while 60% of teachers in the survey considering leaving their job said "my salary is too low," 70% of these teachers considering this said "the stress and disappointments of teaching aren't worth it."
Teachers also may have to take into account their spending budget and how much they may have to spend out of pocket on lesson plans, supplies for students, books, and other items.
"We don't ask other professions to try to do their job without the materials they need," one teacher, who shared with Insider some of the items she has had to buy over the years for her classroom like some books and bins, said. "I feel like a lot of teachers are expected to do their job without materials that they have or that they need."
While some older teachers may be deciding it's time to retire, Nela Richardson, chief economist of ADP, told Insider that "younger teachers are not flowing into that profession as much, and they're leaving."

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I will add to this that about 60% of the hours I spend working are not spent in instruction and of that, roughly 1/3 are spent on tasks that are not in my job description. These off-label tasks were assigned to teachers in my district because the system cannot hire the appropriate professionals to handle it. We have not be adequately trained to absorb these duties. Nor are we allotted the necessary time or materials to them.[/quote]

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