School districts across the country are trying to find ways to fill the gaps.
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I wanted to be a teacher, but realized how undervalued teaches are. If I did become educator, I would prefer to teach in college.
So here’s a way to increase teacher’s pay.
They said if you don’t get good education you will work at McDonald’s but look who gets paid more now checkmate teachers.
What about you just increase the wage that'd fix most problems companies are facing today
I'm kind of offended they are offering "TWENTY FIVE HUNDRED" as if it's a big deal when most teachers have a side job or are dependent on their partners income to make ends meet. Like how far are you expecting that money to go?
I wish I could go back and slap myself as I eagerly took collaborative education classes in college. DON’T DO IT, KIDS.
It is only getting worse!
Just pay them decent salaries.
They are overworked and under paid.
For decades this country has treated teachers like trash. We do not support them, politicians undercut them, students are coming to us with more extreme behaviors …I could go on and on ( I am principal – 10 years/teacher for 17 years) I LOVE my work and my profession but tired watching great teachers feel demoralized . Teaching is the most important job – Public schools are the backbone of democracy ( any wonder the Right has been undercutting public education?)
Yeh yeh…but yet no one will do anything about it.
First year teacher here and I just started. I already see myself not being here for a while. It breaks my heart bc I've always wanted to be a teacher but I think now teaching at an online school is what may be best for me atm
Can't afford to teach anymore. Higher paying jobs somewhere else.
So teachers don't feel safe in the classroom? Ha, according to the twice impeached disgraced ex-president all teachers should carry a gun! Funny how he never spoke about increasing pay or support from school administrators 😕!
I wonder why? 🤔
$2,500 bonus in DC??? That would pay like 1 month's rent…maybe. lol.
We ought to elevate the standing of teachers to the same level of respect as lawyers, engineers, doctors.
If you’re only supposed to use 30% of your take-home pay to pay rent and rent costs at least $1,500 per month, then you’d need to at least $54,000 take home pay. Which is what pre-taxes? 72k? Teachers routinely get paid almost half that—and many have a Master’s degree!
I am a student. I know that teachers are disrespected and harassed by other students. They don't deserve to be treated that way. Teachers at my school had breakdowns and retired early because of immature, disrespectful students. And ect.
Spanish teacher going on 8 years. I just switched to a charter school that has strict standards (when you hold people to high standards they usually rise to the standard), pays significantly better than the vast majority of public schools and also offers up to $12000 dollars in extra pay based on evaluations/performance.
Focusing on school choice is what we need to revive our education system. Parents and students will naturally flock to the good schools. Secondly, good teachers need to be awarded. I agree that admin should always lean on the side of defending their teachers in most cases. However, I am tired of Teacher's unions protecting bad teachers. There aren't many of them, but protecting the bad teachers is only going to dishearten all of the good ones.
Sure, the pay isn't spectacular, but I can still support 3 kids well enough to where my wife can stay home with them on our tight budget. Not only that, but I really only truly work about 9 months out of the year. It is so great being able to spend that time with family and that is something you can't have with virtually any other job.
cause kids are bad as hell
I loved teaching for many years. But no more….retired early. What are some of the problems? Just a few examples.
1. Ten years ago I taught 5 classes each day. When I left, I had 7 classes and was reduced to 35 minutes daily to prepare for them (no additional time to grade papers, respond to absent student emails, create the 7 daily required online class agendas, talk to parents, or complete office tasks, such as paperwork for school fundraiser sales. All THAT is done on my own time.)
2. Ten years ago, I was responsible for about 100 students daily. In my final years, that number crept up to 150.
3. I taught English. Say it takes 5 minutes to give feedback on a student essay (it can often be much longer.) 150 x 5 =750 minutes. Divide that by 60 min/hour, and that ONE assignment will take 12.5 hours to assess – in addition to my instructional day. Consider: There are multiple assignments each week, and multiple essays each month.
4. I was assigned 3 seventh-grade classes and 3 eighth-grade classes. One class was solely Special Needs students. One class was solely Honors English. Every single day, I had to develop 4 completely individual lessons…..supposedly in 35 minutes!
5. Imagine trying to honor and follow 34 Individual Educational Plans in one class period daily. Impossible.
6. Student behavior is increasingly worse. I was a good teacher whom most students enjoyed; nevertheless, outbursts are more frequent and lack of discipline at the administration level is a serious problem. Student disrespect and misbehaviors increased as word gets out there are few/no consequences. (No, I do not consider, "Try giving him a stress ball to squeeze" as appropriate discipline for shouting profanities during class.)
7. All 3 of my own children had starting salaries higher than mine at the "height" of my career with a master's degree and 32 years of experience the minute they walked out of college. Unreal.
8. No recognition. Little appreciation. No opportunity for advancement. Little respect from administration for teacher input – decisions always boiled down to the cheapest option, although we were forced to work on committees regularly to meet state requirements for input.
9. Lack of community support, lack of leadership, lack of materials.
10. STUDENT APATHY
Better stop! Teaching well requires not only dedication, but also tremendous skill, despite many people thinking "anyone" can do it. Many of those leaving are those who care tremendously and abhor the mediocrity and politics that have become so pervasive.
In spite of the shortage, moronic parents will drop a dime on you the moment you don't walk on water. Can't stand the parents and the sweethearts they raise are a reflection of their parenting "skills".
they should hire the proud boys to teach.
just kidding.
$2500 is a BS amount. No one wants a bonus, they want a raise – but, too late even for raises anymore. Former teacher, I quit too. Bye!
I left public education so I can homeschool my Grands. They can pursue their interests and learn more with encouragement and help from people that care about them. As a public school teacher I have to reflect on how many children felt like failures at an early age because they didn't get it when a system told them they should. I now believe in a system that guides without judgement
If I had children I would say do not go into teaching. My parents were teachers in the 1960s and 1970s'. My father was an art professor for 30 years at a community college in Illinois. At this time teachers were treated as professionals. They were respected by administrators, parents and children. My parents were able to live in the town that they taught in. Respect is what teachers received. It is what is lacking now and why many teachers are leaving; respect, low pay and being expected to live your job. I did not sign up for The Sisterhood of the Travelling Live my Job 24/7. The politicians and administrators have created this problem. Maybe they should go into a classroom and try to teach. Anyway, it is their responsibility to solve what is happening in education, not the teachers.
Yes, the pay flat-lined and still sucks, but the elephant in the room are students who are not held accountable for being disrespectful, aggressive or being out of control. Kids trashed the classroom, punched or slapped their teacher, threw furniture, picked fights or turned school into a daily R-rated cussing zoo. Teachers had to deal with aggressive parents, who joined politicians trashing teachers on social media on top of that. Those that remain on staff are going to bail out once they find out that they have doubled the number of students in their class this year.
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The kids 6th grade & above are out of control and dangerous. Yes there is a "core of good kids" but they are few.
Every teacher should quit.
In California, if you don't work in education for 30 years, you will not make enough in retirement to make ends meet. You will not be eligible to collect social security even if you paid into it for years. If your spouse dies, a retired California educator is not entitled to collect spousal SS and collect a teachers pension. They call it a windfall and before 1983, educators were entitled to collect both. No wonder nobody wants to teach.
Went to school for teaching for one semester. Our teacher told us how TERRIBLE it is with plenty of stats to back it up. I was out.
I don't want to offend anybody, but I think "dangling" a $2500 signing bonus is laughable. Teachers deserve so much more than that and I don't even care WHAT job market geographically we are talking about. You need to hike salary scales big time and add more meaningful incentives and benefits. Signing bonus is not going to do anything.
The administration throws you to the wolves, the kids you educate act like they were raised by wolves, and you don't get paid enough to feed a family of wolves.
Again kids are getting out of hand . Parents don’t care . Something needs to be done in order for parents to participate more in kids school
EVENTUALLY we’ll stop valuing a job for its pay over its contribution. Not everyone wants to be a brain surgeon but they make so much money that people that shouldn’t be a brain surgeon become brain surgeons. This happens in every field in every industry. It’s either easier than something else, higher pay than something else, or more comfortable than change. At some point we’ll need to stop doing things for money and do things for each other.
Oooooor we’ll just stay as a <level 1 civilization until whatever world ending event eventually wiped humanity off of Earth because we couldn’t cooperate enough to colonize another solar system 🤷🏽♂️
Either ways fine for me I just feel bad for my future children’s children. 😔
Imagine having no teachers and the US government is like meh, we must fund war.
Underpaid and underappreciated. Easy fix! Pay us more and respect us. Hold students accountable!
Districts are too focused on getting their funding and infantilizing their staff. Let us do our jobs without all the micromanagement puhleaseee
I left my school district after four years as a music teacher due to unrealistic expectations and workload. Plus the pay wasn’t giving me any reason to say. Safe to say, I’m at a private school now and pays well and takes care of their teachers. Districts, do better.
Being a teacher is a job of service. The comments here are quite depressing. Teaching is a selfless and noble job. If you are doing it for yourself, it’s most likely not the job for you. Please take a moment and pray for teachers, students and staff for a safe and productive school year. God bless our schools; public, private and homeschool🍎
Oh I'm part of that 66% for sure.
Teachers have been underpaid and under appreciated for decades.
Quite frankly it’s not in their best interest to remain a teacher in the US. Especially, when other countries would value their efforts and pay to have them.
Look, my mother and father are teachers and they worked in WV. Both barely making ends meet to support the family and very absentee due to having a second job. A family friend told them about this teaching opportunity overseas which they applied for and got it. We moved and quite frankly I am glad we did. I see my parents more and their generally healthier mentally and physically. Not saying there weren’t bumps along the way but in general my family is definitely thriving.