Anonymous wrote:Teacher here. Not once have I met a transfer from New England. They are mostly local or from the south.

Pretty much everyone at my APS school either grew up in Arlington or is from PA/NY/CT

Teacher here. Not once have I met a transfer from New England. They are mostly local or from the south.

VA is where teachers who couldn’t get a job in unionized Northeast states go.

-New England native

This has nothing to do with “lawd”.

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Anonymous wrote:I think if admin has a bad reputation and and they are failing to recruit and retain teachers, then they should be reassigned.

Um. Who exactly is going to be the new admin?

I know half a dozen with admin degrees chomping at the bit, actually.

Absolutely.

I work with a lot of teachers who have admin degrees. It’s a great gig. You can stay in education without the planning, grading, and teaching.

Filling admin openings will just make the teacher vacancy issue worse.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think if admin has a bad reputation and and they are failing to recruit and retain teachers, then they should be reassigned.

Um. Who exactly is going to be the new admin?

I know half a dozen with admin degrees chomping at the bit, actually.

Anonymous wrote:I think if admin has a bad reputation and and they are failing to recruit and retain teachers, then they should be reassigned.

Um. Who exactly is going to be the new admin?

The traditional homeroom model is clearly not working.

Unless people give up easier, more profitable, better respected jobs, there won’t be any teachers in the current climate.

I’ve noticed since the pandemic, people who learn I taught for over a decade say, “Thank you for your service.” That never happened before. I realized that they’re right. I gave up some serious career traction because I wanted to help people. I don’t regret it, but I certainly feel like I’ve done my time.

I think if admin has a bad reputation and and they are failing to recruit and retain teachers, then they should be reassigned.

It’s reaching crisis level and no one is doing a damn thing about it.

I don’t know. It’s a thankless job that nobody wants anymore.

Anonymous wrote:If your admin has a good reputation you’ll get teachers from other schools in the district. If not, your teachers are probably going to other schools in the district.

I wish the admin knew that.

If your admin has a good reputation you’ll get teachers from other schools in the district. If not, your teachers are probably going to other schools in the district.

looking at potentially six empty homeroom teacher openings at our public school in northern Virginia and the principal’s struggling to fill them. Lawd help us!