5 REASONS WHY TEACHERS LEAVE || ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!
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- Hello learning project family and in today's video I want to discuss something that's happening across our nation! Because we teachers are deciding to prioritize our physical and mental health and financial well being, a lot of us are deciding to walk away and leave a profession that we really love. Let's explore some real reasons why this is happening.
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Thats why I opened my home daycare about 8 years ago.
I was a preschool teacher for 15 years and very overwhelmed, overworked and not paid that much. I was making 15 hr an hour back in 2017.
Now with my business, I make a little over 100k a year. I take one week off for summer, all major holidays off and three weeks off for Christmas. I love it.
I’m not burnt out, I have only 6 kids. Teachers need more money and more support
Wow! Congratulations on your successful transition outside of the 4 walls of teaching. The only way we can make a good living wage is to forge our own way and make it happen! You are an inspiration! Thanks for watching, commenting and subscribing too!
Congrats to you. It's not an environment for leaders.
Currently in my 3rd year of teaching and it’s soo hard! I teach 1st grade and some of the behaviors are terrible. So many kids just feel like they don’t have to listen and their parents don’t see the problem with it.
Hello and thanks for commenting! I agree wholeheartedly with your comment. The kids just do what they want because they know that there are very little to no consequences to face at home. It can be like pulling teeth just to get them to complete classwork and often times they are unmotivated and don't care about learning. Our job is becoming increasingly harder for sure!
Wow, first grade? I am shocked. I attended first grade in a NYC public school in 1975. We would stand up beside our desks when the teacher entered and in unison say, “Good morning, Mrs. MacGregor.” If one of us whispered to another child, we’d receive a warning. If we talked during the lesson for a second time, we’d have to go stand in the corner. It was embarrassing to be considered a child who misbehaves. It was our joy to be picked as class helper, emptying the sharpener into the waste basket, handing out the mimeographed worksheets, and washing down the blackboards at the end of the day. I have lovely memories of all of my teachers and my elementary school years.
As a 25 year teacher, trust me, quit now. If i could get a job outside of teaching I would do it in a heart beat, I have submitted 3000 applications in the past year, maybe 4 interviews
That's crazy. 😮
SOOOOO true. I wrote it on Instagram and they took it off. In Europe a teacher is a 5 year-university Civil Servant level A and they earn around 500 euros more than minimum pay for people without a diploma. I spoke to the kids this week about the number of teachers leaving, even bringing their attention to the lack of teachers at the beginning of the year because teachers just don't stay and the pupils told me that if the teacher doesn't like them they are free to leave. But the parents and lack of administrative support is no longer acceptable. Learning behaviour in middle school is practically non-existent. I feel so sorry for the 6 or 7 kids who are eager to learn, who try to listen, who do the work. I'm almost at retirement age and I'm just about hanging in there. I totally understand the younger generation who do the first 3 or 4 weeks and walk out. I've taken forms to parents houses because they don't meet the deadline, I've called countless parents, I stopped writing reports or keeping kids behind for punishment because its a total waste of my time. I do spend time talking to them about life in general, motivating. So I HEAR YOU.
Thank you for sharing your oh so accurate truth about what we're facing with parents and student behavior! It's a shame that they took it down and tried to silence you on instagram!
As a parent is so frustrating that “the learning has to happen at home” especially in the elementary level. My elementary kids were getting up with barely enough time to get ready and to school, then getting home 30 min before dinner.. exhausted mind you. After dinner we had about 2 hours of family time before bed… we’re supposed to spend that time doing homework? after they spend 8 hours at school doing what? Crazy. This is why I now home educate my kids. They are actually learning now (there were SO many holes) and we get way more time as a family. Public school is a huge failure of our society.
Congrats on shifting your children into an environment where learning is taking place and where they are probably more balanced and much happier. There is no - one size fits all - to learning and you've tapped into what's best for you and your family. The educational system is a complex and layered one with (most) teachers at the front lines trying to make sense of it all to produce an environment where learning can take place.
Thanks for your comment and I hope that you're subscribed because I/we need your homeschool input on my videos to help give us a well rounded perspective!
1. Parent behavior.
2. Unrealistic expectations
3. Lack of support
4. Poor student behavior
5. pay
Welcome, thank you for commenting, subscribing and sharing your top 5 reasons. I totally agree with them and parents don't really understand that their role is vital to their child succeeding in school. We are partners with them and need them to support us when we share the good and the bad regarding their child's behavior and learning.
I have a student who came in SO behind. His parents worked so well with him all year doing homework and everything! Seeing him flourish is just the best part of the job. But the proof is in the pudding! Those parents helped him excel outside of the classroom
You said it! Learning gains occur when all stakeholders work together for the success of the child. It's not just the teacher's responsibility to grow a child, especially when they are behind when they enter into a classroom.
As a mom I’m listening to these teachers
We appreciate you
My top 5 are:
1 - Pay
2 - Additional responsibilities or paper work that takes away from planning and teaching
3 - Rigor and pace of the standards
4 - Student behaviors
5 - Parent behaviors
My planning time is most important. It is the time I use to grade student work and prepare engaging lessons. At my school they take 4 planning periods every month for professional development. The information they discuss/provide has not been worth the time I am giving up. While I understand and agree to continually hone our skills, I think my district and school could do better with providing "professional" information in less time.
The standards in my state have been accelerated, so we are covering more content in less time. Our students are struggling to keep up with the lessons, which can lead to poor student behavior. They need more time to learn, not more content.
Thanks for bringing up this subject. I imagine pay, and behaviors to be in everyone's top 5.
Thanks for weighing in on this topic as well. I was debating between pay and bad student behavior as my #1 and you placed bad behavior as your #4. I think that my school and grade level plays into my ranking as well.
I agree. I hate when they take my planning time for meetings. That leaves me to have to stay after school to plan. They don't respect our time at all.
Your #1 reason is indisputable. Teaching is a job so it’s kind of absurd not getting paid overtime for planning and grading. And why must such things be done after school? Because the system has turned teachers into babysitters while they’re at work, so they can’t get any “work” done. My #2 is the age grouping falsely turning learning into a group activity, and maintaining the group orientation come hell or high water including people who need to be excluded since they’re not keeping up or worse sabotaging everyone else by competing for negative attention since they can’t or won’t do the work. Then my #3 is the lecture method which should be automated out of existence using computer terminals of some sort. A big problem with lecturing, which is not used in GED, is that there is the expectation that everyone attend to the same thing at the same time when they should be getting habituated to doing their own work, and consuming superior alternatives such as materials which are available online. But then everyone thinks that kids don’t want to learn and will just screw off if left to their own devices. But they can screw off by zoning out during boring lectures so such attitudes make no sense.
Wow! You've hit the nail on the head with both numbers 2 and 3. The lecture method doesn't engage students and is boring to kids as well as adults. Learning isn't taking place at all. Thanks for watching and sharing your opinion!
Preach 👏 spot on! You said it so well it’s as if I’m back into the terrible situation I left a year ago. I don’t plan on going back to public school as a full-time teacher.
Hi there! You are absolutely right. These are the top reasons teachers are leaving the profession. It's too much at times.
I would say bad student behavior is the number 1 cause, though. A lot of these kids' behavior is horrible.
I think if I taught older kids, student behavior would be #1 for me too. It's getting worse and worse for sure!!!!
I'm a kindergarten teacher with a violent student. My other students are terrified and cry almost daily because of her extreme behaviors. Parents, protect your kids and homeschool. I did, and now I realize how right that decision was.
Thanks for shedding light on the extreme behaviors we can face in the classroom and I hear you, fellow Kindergarten teacher!
Taught for 34 years before retiring. I can no longer recommend the teaching profession to anyone!😢
Congratulations on your retirement veteran teacher, you deserve it! I'm sure that you've seen the profession change and morph into something unrecognizable.
Teaching is one of those awful professions where everyone thinks they are an expert and understand what is going on because they have been to school or have a school in a neighborhood and are then trying extrapolate upon that iceberg tip of knowledge. By that logic, however, these same people should also demand to drive all the busses in town and start performing their own dentistry. Dunning-Kruger nailed it with their theory on the relationship between weak knowledge and invalid confidence.
You captured the epitome of what it's like being a teacher and having non teachers think they're the expert and therefore qualified to render advice about teacher experiences and the educational system. They will never comprehend the multi- layered and multi-tiered teacher obstacles that we face each day.
Thanks for watching, commenting and subscribing too! Sha
You are absolutely 💯 I am a teacher and I just wrote a paper for school and stated all of which you mentioned in your video.
1. student behavior/lack of work ethic
2. lack of parent support
3. lack of admin discipline support
4. too many meetings/menial tasks
5. admin micro-management and setting of unreal growth expectations
6. all students are passed along and both students and parents know it
Hi and welcome to my channel. Thank you for commenting and subscribing too. Your top 6 reasons are so valid and true. I find it interesting that pay was not part of your top 5 reasons.
I taught for one year and never went back. There were many irritants, The students' behavior was not a major one - I got along with most, visited them and their parents in their homes, did things with them outside of class. The number one reason was politics. Both government politics and workplace politics. I am a technician, if I had wanted to be a politician I would have run for office and gotten filthy rich by now! If I wanted to participate in endless drama I could have become a well-known actor. I was definitely not a team player, but then I have never seen an actual team.
Touché with mentioning the politics of the job. That's a video all by itself for sure! Thanks for weighing in on this and speaking the truth!
Very dignified and organized presentation! James
It is also good that you mention that we as teachers, have to handle all those behaviours, 'alone'. That is where the burnout begins. James
Hello and thank you for commenting.The burnout is so real and it becomes daunting to have to deal with those negative behaviors year after year with no assistance, and no end in sight!
Nicely done, I couldn't agree more.
It is really good that you bring out the behavioural issue. We, as teachers, know that home affects behaviours. We do empathize. However, if the home does not/cannot back us up, we cannot properly teach. Simple. James
You are sooo right!
Thanks for your comment and this profession is tough, rewarding and demanding!
Your reasons are spot on, they are exactly why I am leaving thr profession.
Teaching is the perfect storm of assholism.
It is so exhausting to have to fight so many obstacles and situations just to teach! "They" make it ridiculously hard.
@@TheLearningProject-wh9wq It shouldn’t need to be stressed that chronic disrupters need at the very least to be sent to in-school suspension. That basics like this are not appreciated is why teachers end up in the twilight zone and quit.
All of the above! So true. The stress, exhaustion, and struggles are real.
You are so right about all of these!! 💖
Your wall art is sooooo gorgeous
Thank you!!!!!
I agree. With inflation mortgage and rent, it’s hard to stay afloat. Especially if you’re not married with two incomes or have a doctorate degree.
I ‘be been teaching for 4 years. It get worst year after year. I teach 5th grade ELAR with 50+ emergent bilinguals. I only speak English. It’s a nightmare! I’m cursed out in Spanish. There are no repercussions from admin. Whenever I set consequences, they are always overridden by admin. This my last year teaching!
Wow!!! Is all I can say!
Wow
Goodmoring ❤❤❤❤
Hello and thanks for commenting and hopefully subscribing too!
1) Starting with wrong beliefs.
2) Seeing the reality of social programs
3) Teacher unions destruction of schools.
4) Social degeneration
5) Idealism getting smacked out of you.
At the current tax rate of 7.2%, three days per month my pay goes to the federal government. Then teacher's come out of pocket for class room supplies. Financially it's not worth it.
So true! I'm spending money on a few supplies and graduation items for my kiddos as we speak. I'm going to get some funds back because our PTA is supportive of teachers but I've still spent way more than what I can get reimbursed for.
Off topic but it looks like your glasses are a little bent out of shape. If you haven't already, you might want to check to see if the slant can be fixed or if you can fix it yourself!
Lol! You are so correct. I have a new set of glasses on order. Thanks for letting me know and I've been trying to work with these glasses for way too long!
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I taught for 8 years and unlike most professions where the job gets easier as time passes, it seemed like teaching got more challenging with each passing year. I resigned last school year and I don't regret my decision. It was the hardest job...all consuming.
Thanks for sharing how you've successfully transition out of teaching. Congratulations! It is most definitely all consuming and non-teachers won't understand this truth.
Teaching sucks
Come on . The main barrier to teachers is the Principal, the Dean, Instructional Coaches, the District. The teacher is blamed regardless of the child’s behavior. Keep it real.
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