Even outside teaching, things go down and it may look like someone quit suddenly but for various reasons you will never be able to know about (HR rules) but that’s not how it played out. Yes, it’s sucky for many reasons, but it’s not worth the time and mental energy to make assumptions. There may have been a heath crisis (mental or physical) for employee or their family, they may have committed a fire-able offense that for various legal reasons got negotiated as a « resignation », or they may have been subjected to extreme working conditions that made it untenable to remain in the role. Even if the school wanted to share the why they likely legally cannot.

Thread makes no sense.

Go post on some public teachers website about quitting your job in April of a school year.

I don’t understand what OP is trying to say. If you want to tell us that a teacher quit in a way you don’t like, tell us that. The way you’ve phrased things about advice we should give to our kids, based maybe on something that happened to you with a teacher, is confusing.

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Anonymous wrote:I suppose if you never want to teach again anywhere, go ahead and quit mid year. Your reputation will still, in teaching circles.

Yeah, this is where you are wrong. In today's environment, mid year-quitting teachers can find another jobs quickly and they do.

Employed in another district within a week tops, and no blemish to their reputation

Anonymous wrote:I suppose if you never want to teach again anywhere, go ahead and quit mid year. Your reputation will still, in teaching circles.

Yeah, this is where you are wrong. In today's environment, mid year-quitting teachers can find another jobs quickly and they do.

I suppose if you never want to teach again anywhere, go ahead and quit mid year. Your reputation will still, in teaching circles.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher might have been fired...

Maybe.

It’s common knowledge that it’s very unprofessional to quit mid year as a k-12 teacher. It’s terrible for the students as well. Everyone knows what poor form it is to do.

Just wait until the end of the school year, then leave.

I suppose teachers should also only have babies during the summer too?

That’s different and a long term sub plan is worked out with overlap and transition time.
Do you even teach in a school? Then you’d already know that.

Anyhow, it’s very rare for a teacher to quit mid year. The two times I’ve seen it were to flee the country with a new husband and a severe health crisis in their family. Both still gave 2+ month notice and worked out a plan.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher might have been fired...

Maybe.

It’s common knowledge that it’s very unprofessional to quit mid year as a k-12 teacher. It’s terrible for the students as well. Everyone knows what poor form it is to do.

Just wait until the end of the school year, then leave.

Should a miserable teacher stay? I worked with a teacher who cried every day on the way to work. She once told me that a devastating disease that would hospitalize her would be preferable to teaching every day. Her health actually was impacted. She lost a ton of weight, had stress-induced issues, and had to see 2 therapists.

Should a teacher like that really be made to suffer until the end of the year? Teaching is just a job like any other. If we are going to claim teaching is so important that a mid-year departure is so bad, then it’s time to pay (and treat) teachers like the important people they actually are.

WTF. She should report the heck out of that to the union lawyers yesterday.

Grow up.

Don’t tell me to grow up. I’m the one who helped her through it, including reporting it and telling her it’s okay to quit. (Nothing happened by reporting her condition, but those of us in education wouldn’t expect anything to.)

The question is whether teachers should be able to leave mid-year without penalty. Heck, there’s another thread happening today about penalizing teachers MORE for leaving. Don’t act as if this mentality is unusual by telling me to grow up.

I know a teacher who decided to quit and met with the principal at the end of that day which was his last day. I didn't blame him a bit, they drove him to it. Admin and CO.

I worried about him not being able to get another job but he got another teaching job very quickly in another nearby state.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher might have been fired...

Maybe.

It’s common knowledge that it’s very unprofessional to quit mid year as a k-12 teacher. It’s terrible for the students as well. Everyone knows what poor form it is to do.

Just wait until the end of the school year, then leave.

I suppose teachers should also only have babies during the summer too?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher might have been fired...

Maybe.

It’s common knowledge that it’s very unprofessional to quit mid year as a k-12 teacher. It’s terrible for the students as well. Everyone knows what poor form it is to do.

Just wait until the end of the school year, then leave.

Should a miserable teacher stay? I worked with a teacher who cried every day on the way to work. She once told me that a devastating disease that would hospitalize her would be preferable to teaching every day. Her health actually was impacted. She lost a ton of weight, had stress-induced issues, and had to see 2 therapists.

Should a teacher like that really be made to suffer until the end of the year? Teaching is just a job like any other. If we are going to claim teaching is so important that a mid-year departure is so bad, then it’s time to pay (and treat) teachers like the important people they actually are.

WTF. She should report the heck out of that to the union lawyers yesterday.

Grow up.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher might have been fired...

Maybe.

It’s common knowledge that it’s very unprofessional to quit mid year as a k-12 teacher. It’s terrible for the students as well. Everyone knows what poor form it is to do.

Just wait until the end of the school year, then leave.

Should a miserable teacher stay? I worked with a teacher who cried every day on the way to work. She once told me that a devastating disease that would hospitalize her would be preferable to teaching every day. Her health actually was impacted. She lost a ton of weight, had stress-induced issues, and had to see 2 therapists.

Should a teacher like that really be made to suffer until the end of the year? Teaching is just a job like any other. If we are going to claim teaching is so important that a mid-year departure is so bad, then it’s time to pay (and treat) teachers like the important people they actually are.

Anonymous wrote:The teacher might have been fired...

Maybe.

It’s common knowledge that it’s very unprofessional to quit mid year as a k-12 teacher. It’s terrible for the students as well. Everyone knows what poor form it is to do.

Just wait until the end of the school year, then leave.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know is not “cool” or “slay” or whatever
But please make sure they resign before. Don’t be a no show no call.
I understand doing that at McDonald’s or at a minimum wage job, but someone who works as an elementary school teacher not even giving noticed they just cold quitting…

Are you a principal?

I’m a parent, my son told him she stopped showing up and she quit, I emailed the principal and she told me she resigned I asked her why, she said it personal and she wasn’t going to share it with parents…

As it should be. The school has no obligation to share personnel issues with you. Teachers deserve the same respect as other professionals.

And your son doesn’t know why either, which is also the way it should be.

Ugh. Poor teacher.

Anonymous wrote:Idk if you can “give notice” as a teacher? Its probably in the union contract how any separation happens.

Huh? You definitely give notice, not just ghosting the school. What a strange response.