Anonymous wrote:

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

-New England native

HA! It is funny, my sister taught in APS and moved to MA. She is appalled by the teaching there and says the teachers are actively awful and ride on the high SES of their students to get test scores.

PP is right though. If you can get one of those unionized jobs you stay, if you can’t VA is a frequent landing spot. It’s job protection, not that schools are better

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

Really?! Our admin look so stressed out all the time

APS is constantly advertising their “leadership academy” to teachers because so many are “chomping at the bit.” They even “extended the deadline to apply!” Chomping!

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

-New England native

HA! It is funny, my sister taught in APS and moved to MA. She is appalled by the teaching there and says the teachers are actively awful and ride on the high SES of their students to get test scores.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re not. Those 6 classes will be dispersed and absorbed by the teachers who are left which means all your kids’ class sizes go up. Class size is the main predictor of student success so this is a snake that eats itself as you can see.

This is correct. It’s hellish.

-a current teacher

Leaving not much incentive for those left behind to stay.

Anonymous wrote:They’re not. Those 6 classes will be dispersed and absorbed by the teachers who are left which means all your kids’ class sizes go up. Class size is the main predictor of student success so this is a snake that eats itself as you can see.

This is correct. It’s hellish.

-a current teacher

They’re not. Those 6 classes will be dispersed and absorbed by the teachers who are left which means all your kids’ class sizes go up. Class size is the main predictor of student success so this is a snake that eats itself as you can see.

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

+ this x 100

I don't know about VA, but I'm in a state further south. I've switched to a home/hospital setting and I work with chronically ill students either at their homes/hospital/the library/or virtually. It's full time and with my local district.

I don't think I have it in me to go back to the classroom, I love the autonomy and the ability to be a bit more creative.

I've also been encouraged to apply to a virtual school in a northern state. Union protection, which we don't have down here. It would pay me 15-18k more than I am making now. I'll be speaking to someone as early as next week.

*I read a stat last week-in 2012, Pennsylvania had close to 16k newly licensed teachers. In 2021 there were only 4500. There isn't anyone to fill these openings, and specialized positions like the one I'm in only want teachers with 6-8 years of experience.

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Anonymous wrote:

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

If DCUM is any indicator, they’re in denial. “Whatever, it’s no worse than any other year.”

They’re delusional.

I'm not sure what you think anyone can do, to create people who aren't there.

Our population is skyrocketing. Start there.

Anonymous wrote:

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

If DCUM is any indicator, they’re in denial. “Whatever, it’s no worse than any other year.”

They’re delusional.

I'm not sure what you think anyone can do, to create people who aren't there.

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Your personal anecdotes are irrelevant, aCtUaLlY.

Anonymous wrote:

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

-New England native

Is that why you are here?

No, I’m not a teacher.

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

If DCUM is any indicator, they’re in denial. “Whatever, it’s no worse than any other year.”

They’re delusional.

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

-New England native

Is that why you are here?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.

Really?! Our admin look so stressed out all the time