Speaking Of | Program | In Depth Look at the Teacher Shortage
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- This one hour special airs during Teacher Appreciation Week, so we not only honor our teachers but look at the issues facing the teaching profession. Hear from teachers in their own words what their days are like, hear from student teachers about why they chose this field and what they think needs to be done to alleviate some of the problems. We will ask the U.S. Secretary of Education what his plans are to help teachers. We'll also have some emotional "thank yous" to teachers in our communities.
The worst part of this is that the teachers leaving are NOT the bad teachers
Absolutely true. Most young people with talent and skills also leave the field altogether. I made as much money for 1% of the work in college as a graveyard shift security guard. I now make 4-5 times the money as a data scientist. Other friends who went into teaching also bailed out fast. Few of us are left in classrooms.
@@randomcommenteronyoutube1055 you are very wise. I truly wish that I did not give away 21 year's of my life working where I worked in education. I feel like a broken down jalopy who has had to take medication for the last 8 year's due to anxiety, depression and pain. It's not worth it at all.🤦🏾♀️
I actually think that all levels of talent and teachers are leaving. The ones that probably should because they are not effective. And the ones that are amazing and are just weary in well doing.
Because they know their worth. And if they are young they have time to possibly make up for a cut in pay
I can’t believe there was a point in my life where I actually wanted to be a teacher. What a waste of college. The breaking point for me was when society started listening to kids way too much. Most kids are dumb compared to adults, that’s common sense. It’s like we as parents forgot that
Yeah, calling kids dumb, you definitely don’t need to be a teacher.
@@lauriwhite5997 but they are - anyone would notice!
I taught for 8.5 years and I called it quits just a few short weeks ago. I took a pay cut, a technical services management job in a small town. I am at peace with my decision. I truly enjoyed teaching but I simply reached my burnout point. I wanted to do other things with my life such as research and development, cybersecurity, and get into the country away from traffic and grow my own food. Education truly needs a revamping from top to bottom. Teachers have more power than many think.
Kids and parents are sick and stressed out. ADHD, autism, obesity, addiction (to tech/social media), all are higher than ever and contribute to stress and behavioral problems in and out of school. On the societal level you have a worsening centralized bureaucracy, budget cuts (stagnant wages), a teach-to-the-test mentality, plus inflation impacting cost/standard of living for teachers. I think the public school system will implode not too far in the future.
Exactly
TEACHERS ARE NOT BABY-SITTERS, NOT SECURITY GUARDS, AND NOT CHILD PSYCHOLOGISTS…. and parents need to understand that. Learning is WORK, and students need a MAJOR culture, attitude, and psych adjustment!!
Thank you!
32:58 That veteran teacher said it all. It's good for more people in and outside of education to be blunt about these issues and not wishy-washy. And if Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona who was also featured on this video is REALLY, TRULY LISTENING to videos and people like this, then he will ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING TO CREATE REAL CHANGE ON THE EDUCATION FRONT. No more stalling. ACT NOW, AMERICA!!!!!!!!
Lots of great points. Also, why don't student teachers get paid?
I student taught with a newborn baby at home. 40+ hour per week for 16 weeks. Plus paying a babysitter....with no income.
Yep, student teaching is the beginning of learning we will never truly be valued.
My anxiety was up after the first 5 minutes and I'm at 10 minutes now. Reiterates why after 21 year's I can't do it anymore. 😔
I was surprised and was in tears at the end. This video should be renamed, a teacher's appreciation video. I once was an
intervention specialist in Idaho. The students wrote me the nicest letters ever. Drew me the prettiest pictures. I have since lost those letters due to moving around etc. I was out sick one day when I taught second graders many years back. They wrote me about how important I was to them in the class room. Those too were my to go to letters if I was feeling down.
Thank you for showing the different sides of teaching as in depth as you have. For me, teaching in small groups is the best way to enjoy teaching. You get to touch every child, make learning fun and every child touches you.
As a retired teacher who was able to retire in 2015, I saw what was coming and knew how difficult it would be as well as how much our hands would be tied due to testing and controlling issues! I continued to substitute teach mainly in long term positions, even as the pandemic began. It unfortunately has become so much worse. I miss the kids, the making an impact however small, but in so many ways that has been restricted too! So sad to see. I have seen from former teacher friends that so many have left for similar reason of my own. This last year I have even stopped substituting. The lack of respect, from state, admin., and parents as well as some kids, and increased demands, less resources, and no input or respect for what we see in the implementation of these demands, well it grew to be to much. Many teachers leave as we realize that the system and our participation in it has become codependent and nothing gets seen or resolved in those relationships. It is a wonderful profession whose rewards are seen in the children you serve, but until or unless, teachers are recognized as having needs, desires and should not have to be sacrificed to a system that does not listen to their voices or truly care about the people it pretends to serve, well it will suffer!
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The top 5 reasons for the teacher shortage (besides salary):
1. Lack of administrative, parental, and student support.
2. Lack of parental and student accountability in standardized tests. Especially, when the student purposely fails the test with little or no consequence.
3. A union that believes if a teacher is being targeted by an overzealous administrator, then he or she deserves it because good teachers are never targeted. Targeted teachers are often the more experienced and expensive ones because the district wants to cut payroll.
4. Insubordination laws that prevent teachers from speaking their minds but allow administrators to be unprofessional and rude with little or no consequences to them as long as no laws are broken.
5. Teachers have to worry about additional time-consuming busy work, including family nights, being imposed on them that causes teachers to not concentrate on teaching the students the content as required by law
Those state tests don’t mean anything. The moment a teacher realizes it gets a lot easier. And don’t you love it’s always the parents with the worse kids who feel entitled to complain and the worse behaved kids who are the first to complain about not doing or getting something- at you know where they get the entitlement from. 😡🤡
But Teacher Evaluation and if you move up the salary schedule does depend on the State Test....
THANK YOU TEACHERS!!!!
Do you all not get it, this is going to be the end of the public school system.
Thank you to Julie.Those were the same questions that I've asked myself. Please someone listen to us when we tell you how it is.
Thank you for putting a spotlight on teachers. It is a noble profession, and a rewarding one. I have been in it for 26 years. I'm getting towards the end and I worry that young people won't want to join us. It is now my intention to mentor and encourage them to stay in the trenches.
@ Danielle Mitchell, after 3 almost 4 years in I'm ready to get into a new career, do you have any suggestions, I know why I teach, but it seems as if their is no light at the end of the tunnel.....
@@davidwatson6831 I'm sorry to hear that, but I understand why during these difficult rimes. The thing that usually kept me going was the students .
Despite the low pay, the lack of societal respect, inactive or reactive parents, clueless, insecure, power hungry administrators, and even some backstabbing colleagues, I knew I was doing it for the kids. Sometimes even despite the kids misbehaving.
What I mean by that is not to just give, and give that you have nothing left for the rest of your life. I mean that these kids will take over one day and I want them to be fully equipped to do a good job in whatever job they have. I don't want a nurse I taught to overmedicate a patient because they weren't taught fractions & decimals. I don't want someone in public transportation to have an accident because they misread a traffic sign. I don't want someone in politics/ military to choose the wrong course of action because they didn't learn to critically think. I don't want that on my leger.
I quit teaching for over a year. My mom had died and I was done, or so I thought. I gave away almost all of my materials. I moved to another state and started subbing. I found a purpose again, and have taught at a couple schools full time. However, I am very cognizant if my work-life balance. I no longer give till it hurts. I try to "work-to-rule"( only the time they pay me). I still have a lot to teach tomorrow's young people( i.e., Generation Alpha) . But I will no longer sacrifice myself to do it.
@@daniellemitchell3118 thanks so much for your insight to the profession, my condolences to you and your family in the Home Going or passing of your mother. I really do care about what and how I teach tomorrow's future. Teaching is a great profession it's just hard. It is so many push and pull factors that are associated with the profession. Once again thanks so much for the encouragement to keep doing what I know best which is to teach and make an impactful experience on tomorrow's generation.....
@@davidwatson6831 you're welcome. Another thing that gets me through these times of difficulty is the thought of a little bit of more immortality. I tell my students how the oldest relative that I met was born in 1886, the 19th century. I lived in the 20th century and now in the 21st century. Many of my students will probably live into the 22nd century. Even my niece she will be in her '80s in the year 2100. So for me, I will been able to touch the 1800s and the 2100s. That is a hefty thing to think about.
@@daniellemitchell3118 agreed, that's really something to think about truthfully.....
If the parents of the students do not make the children behave and respect teachers teaching the math, English, biology, history, geography, and any other basic , then the parent should have to leave their jobs or find a ride to the school to discipline their children. I, well my partner at the time had to go. They were out and about. Only happened once and I wasn’t tested again. The garbage being crammed into an unbiased child is creating disparity in them and the teachers. The air in the rooms can be filtered to ease minds and decrease all infections that are airborne.
The problem with the teachers starts with the Universities. They are not training secondary teachers as experts in thier fields, and they are not training primary teachers in classroom management. Instead the curriculum is filled with useless lesson planning and organization techniques along with some only slightly useful developmental psychology. The problem with the students is that they really don't have much incentive to participate fully, only looking for a passing grade but not really learning. We need to make the pathway to career more clear for them. Also we need to hold parents more accountable for behavior and attendance. The problem with the government is the same problem all countries deal with, corruption. We need to funnel more of the money to teachers and aids and less in administrative roles, we also need to double our federal education budget.
I taught English and math in Asia for several years and absolutely loved it. Being a teacher really is a rewarding career and seeing progress and helping students overcome struggles is awesome. Work that truly makes a difference.
Unfortunately, I do not have a degree and have since gone back to work for companies in tech and finance, even founding my own. Despite my work history, technical skills, and teaching experience (including special needs), I do not qualify to teach in the US since I have no credentials aside from a TEFOL.
Very happy to hear the government is considering alternative ways for educators to get certified! I know for sure there are professionals in other fields who do not "qualify" to teach that have a ton to offer students and the education system. Just give us a chance!
Yes been a teacher for 25 years and can’t wait to retire. Unfortunately I need 3 more years for a positive retirement; if I leave now I will be greatly penalized. The negative behaviors and parents defending their children at the expense of teachers is too much. And this is elementary school. Way worse in middle and high schools where police are often called to schools. It’s a crazy world.
I've read several of the comments and I agree with many. I taught in the public schools for 32 years, in that time I've seen many of the changes that were mentioned in this video, and how difficult it has been for our teachers to adapt to them. It's more than just teacher pay, the pandemic, etc. that is causing the crisis. If you teach in a large urban area you have many challenges. The burnout rate is higher in these areas, but it has gotten harder to teach anywhere. I spent all of my years in these kinds of schools, so I was fortunate to have made it as long as I did. I would say the issues I began facing in the last 5 years leading up to my retirement was this rampant, almost militant evolution of politically correct multiculturalism. I also can't emphasize enough how this has affected classroom management issues teachers have today. Teachers do not have the backing and support of administration and parents to control their classes as they have in the past. If you have students in your class that are constantly disrupting instruction, and there is no will to discipline them, then everyone loses. To give you an example, the district I taught at held inservices for us on our new discipline policy. As time went on, teachers began to complain that students were not being sent to alternative school, detention, home etc. even after very serious infractions, in many cases these same students were back in their classes the same day. Personally I loved being a teacher, but I don't blame anyone for leaving. Public service is difficult.
When there's good leadership that use common sense, then everybody benefits. It starts with the leader of this country and his effectiveness or lack thereof trickles down to school districts, the community, and families. The pay would be manageable if this administration would make changes immediately. Create a culture that is supportive, positive, respectful, meaningful, and REALLY PUSH PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY.
Thank you .... much needed! James
Excellent Journalism. She did that! Thank you.
Thank you for making this document...
The monologue part in the beginning is the real, constant moments so many teachers go through...
Great piece
Regarding Racism at Riverside High School.. I just wanted to say that my college girlfriend's father was a teacher at Riverside High School, named Mr Anderson. He didn't like me and racially profiled me based on the color of my skin, before the day he even met me.
He didn't want his daughter dating a black man and was so upset about it he tried on multiple occasions to get her to break up with me eventually leading to our separation among other factors.
I've always thought, if he could be so racist towards me, how did he treat black children of color at Riverside high school who may have been in his classroom?
I'm the author of EIGHT DAYS IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL and I don't hear anyone talking about the out of control OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING for k-12 teachers that is why we have teacher shortages
100,000 minimum...problem solved !
Who wants to parent under those conditions and environment. 33:20 is quite alarming.
✊🏾 ~ I do worry about “freedom Friday’s“ and how they only show a black freedom fighter. I understand this is a black school and so that would make sense on its face, but then do you not risk The students internalizing both good and bad from that? They can see that Black people can succeed and stick up for themselves, but they also don’t see white people in history who done the same thing by sticking up for poor and black citizens. Kids are not smart, they don’t know how to regulate their emotions. Heck, many adults do not know how either. So when you only show Black people sticking up for Black people, that sticks in the subconscious mind of black students. Just how white kids need to know about accomplishments of Black people, the reverse is true as well.
The occupational licensing is out of control for k-12 teachers in this country. That is why we have teacher shortages. And the teacher of the year in one state cannot teach in another state without an ocean of red tape and expenses.
As a parent, division is fueled by social media. We don’t need to teach them more about the social environment. They need to read a book to escape from all of that tension.
Yes, yes I was afraid of saying anything
They couldn’t pay me
So you need to look at all the "Why I quit teaching" videos from teachers of color on you tube. We need to stop slicing and dicing people by color.
They know exactly what the issues are yet nothing has changed it's gotten worse! I just quit because I was having really bad 😞 stress that was affecting my health.
1:23
Why does it matter what color teachers are?
It may not matter to you, but representation matters.
As a gay man who’s had transgender friends way before it was popular, for the first segment of this video to mention how they want to call the parents of Micheal/Mechelle and they’re worried about the kids pronouns, it’s just BS to me. With all the issues going on in public education, focusing on someone’s pronouns is like 100th on my priority list. I wanted to be popular and A stud in school, so should all the teachers have acted as though I work? It’s not the best example or anything, but basically I’m saying sometimes you just gotta get over stuff. You have to learn that life is not always going to be exactly how you want it to be.
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There is more diversity than just black and white. Why are you worried about asking black students what they think? Are you asking every other child from a different race WHAT they think? Are you Vitolo in y yourself?
There are many ways that teachers can balance their energy levels. Teachers often get to choose when to teach what.
No we don’t get that opportunity to decide … we can’t even use our creativity! It’s extremely limiting.
Teachers creativity has been stripped away.
Corey Chamers: Are you a teacher? Only speak on what you know.
3:00 to 10:00 - that ignorant, self-serving propaganda makes me so glad my children are not in public school.
.....these are some of the lowest quality teachers I've ever seen. What happened to our standards as a nation??
It's not your job to change society based on your evaluations. Who are you to make those judgements?
I have been teaching for 30 years. You picked some really whiney teachers to interview.
She needs to quit.
PBS is getting too woke. Don't censor republicans, libertarians, conservatives, christians or other political opponents. Teachers: focus more on english and math!