Severe teacher shortage across the country | GMA

School districts are looking for a solution to the critical shortage as some students are already back to the classroom.
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[@1shelskid]

There isn’t a shortage of teachers! There are plenty of teachers out there; they’re just just tired of being disrespected and treated poorly by the schools, the parents, and the students.

[@ericanderson8795]

Good luck fixing that then if that's the problem

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

And not being paid enough to even pay rent.

[@russellgrimes3491]

There is a teacher shortage if there are no teachers in the classrooms. There is a food shortage in certain homes or communities even if there is plenty of food. Some people just don’t have access to the food like some students don’t have access to the teachers. Your brand of slack thinking pervades society and because teachers are part of society slack thinking also pervades the schools. Countries like China are licking their chops, patiently waiting for the United States to continue weakening so they can eventually become the dominant world powers. Destroying America begins by subverting the education system and rendering young people weak and ineffectual.

[@SolitarySoldier]

@@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059the pay is insulting. My friends who are teachers tell me they treat you worth nothing. Dont ever settle for this profession aka low hanging fruit

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

@@SolitarySoldier I quit teaching in 2005. I have known for a long time that it wasn't worth it.

[@JenniferLee273]

I’ve been teaching elementary school for 19 years and I’m SO DONE! And it’s 100% because of student behavior and parents. Parents blame teachers constantly and don’t hold their kids accountable at all. This will be my last year in the classroom and it’s going to take absolutely every ounce of strength I have to get through 180 days. I would never recommend this profession to anyone. It’s not worth it. Which is really sad, because the teacher shortage is going to be a tremendous problem in just a few short years.

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

21 years teaching and I want this to be my last year. I am taking certification classes now to prepare to transition.

[@JenniferLee273]

@@SimplisticallyDigital good luck with everything! I feel your pain!

[@midlifeandnailingit6342]

Yep!!

[@Speedyskull15]

What about the parents who accept every disciplinary action and try their best but still have a special needs kid? There are some of us who feel guilt every moment our child is in school. A good school will support the teachers with resources for these kids. My sons school is amazing. He has a team of ten to twenty different people interacting with him throughout the day like it should be for these kids.

[@Amanda6532]

@@Speedyskull15if a child has special needs then it’s the parent’s job to advocate for them to ensure they are getting the services they need in school with documentation of their specific need/disability. That way the teacher is aware and knows how to work with them. They aren’t talking about kids with special needs though. It’s the rest of the student population who feel like they can talk to their teachers any disrespectful way they want and, in some cases, have physically assaulted teachers. There are no consequences for poor behavior and no expectations that can be enforced for the majority of students. They may suspend or expel students for behavior but the kids don’t care because to them it’s a free vacation. They had in school suspension when I was in school where kids had to go to school but were in “detention” all day and had to help clean the cafeteria and sweep the halls. Schools in my area have gotten rid of it now. It’s demeaning and abuse of power. 🙄

[@ozarka7834]

Idk why people are still lost and confused about the teacher shortage situation. Teachers feel unsafe, parents are starting to become ruder, teachers are being over worked, and teachers are NOT getting paid enough! Until something changes..they’ll still be a teacher shortage.

[@ribbitopower851]

I was a teacher for only eight years, yet I received abuses and toture from parents and the administration. I couldn't take it anymore and quitted four months ago, to everybody's shock. Now the parents and students want me back, but I have had enough. I am only in my 30s and still young. I have my own shop, selling clothes and I don't regret my decision to quit.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

I quit after only six years and that was back in 2006. They can't pay me enough to go back.

[@carlab.3927]

We need to start holding parents accountable. Safety and morale is an indirect PARENTAL issue. This new generation lacks morals that must be dealt with at home. If not dealt with at home, the teacher has to deal with it. And when the teacher deals with it, they are fought with violence by the children and cussed out, only to be paid a little less. God bless teachers and faculty. 2023 is a whole new meaning of teaching in a classroom. These children are rebellious.

[@SnailWhales]

Parents have been trained to believe the government owns and raises their children so what do you expect? Everyone is so clueless. I homeschooled because my children are important to me. Public schools cannot fulfill the true needs of children.

[@ga6589]

@@SnailWhales You are quite clueless if you think every parent has circumstances that would allow them to homeschool their kids. Not only that, there are far too many homes that cannot fulfill the true needs of their children.

[@Trout811]

@@ga6589 always the youngest generation's fault, huh? they have nothing to do with teachers receiving inadequate pay, they didn't cause the pandemic, and they didn't make it ridiculously easy for anyone to obtain a firearm.

[@ga6589]

​@@Trout811 Huh? That's quite a stretch you've made batman, assuming I think the younger generation is to blame for the world's problems. As as senior citizen, mother, and a retired public school teacher, I know full well that there has been no shortage of irresponsibility and poor parenting coming from every generation, including my own.

[@ebtetc531]

You’re absolutely right. However there’s a greater issue that needs to be addressed. These parents are adult teenagers that were guided wrong. Therefore they lack morals and values the children pick up on it. How can they teach their children something that they do not know? Parenting classes is the way to go in my opinion. Yes they should be held accountable as parents. They should also be taught the necessary skills to become a better parent. Asking them to be better parents is like asking someone to drive a spaceship that has no knowledge or skill. Basically some of these parents had no example of healthy parenting.

[@debbiegum2226]

I accepted a position teaching Middle School English/ Reading. Was excited to begin a new chapter in my life teaching older students. I was promised support from admin, a consistent discipline policy, and manageable class sizes. What I got was the complete opposite. I gave it my all for over a month and spent most days working from 7 am to 8 pm. Yesterday was the last straw when a group of 8 boys, all taller and stronger than me came at me yelling and screaming in my face. It was unreal and I truly feared for my safety. The way I felt in that moment was so awful. I felt sad for them, upset that I couldn’t get any of them to calm down and stop screaming at me, I felt bad for the rest of the class, and many other feelings going through my head and heart. I called for backup and went to tell my principal that I quit.

[@marcelmoulin3335]

I am gutted to read your comment. I experienced similar moments (!) years ago in a state school in the Netherlands. By the time January arrived, I felt utterly distraught, worthless, and suicidal. I left before the end of the school year.

[@maribelle7673]

Parents don't raise their kids anymore and this younger generation is too out of control! School administrators do not protect or support their teaching staff. No amount of money in the world would entice me to teach these kids😕

[@KaceyAnnReynolds]

I would never go back to teaching!! Students and parents are out of control!!

[@KaceyAnnReynolds]

I had had enough of teaching after 20 years in the classroom as a special and regular education middle years teacher.... I faced loaded guns, gang fights, brass knuckles, being bitten, students that all carried razor blades, desks being thrown in the classroom, used sanitary napkins being thrown at me, and the constant stress of dealing with a classroom full of unruly, screaming students... The students tormented each other, constant bullying, harassment of students with special needs, constant fighting, and admin did NOTHING!! I had to write behavior plans for the misbehaving student to go to the office to receive a bag of Taki's if they didn't curse out a teacher or hit anyone that day.... There is NO discipline, parents will fight tooth and nail for their child to have the right to use profanity and hit other students and teachers.... So, I retired and became a cocktail waitress.... I make way more money, have better benefits, and only work 30 hours a week!!

[@dillardphilosophy3333]

the bag of Taki's got me. That's so accurate. As a high school teacher, I spent several hours every day writing up disciplinary reports to deans. If I didn't write them correctly, or failed to write them, I received all sorts of toxic feedback from the administration. And none of it was actually effective. It cataglogued misbehavior, and rather than being a record of student issues, it became a record of a teacher's failure to control their class and student. The students, meanwhile, are given Taki's.

[@KaceyAnnReynolds]

I am saving so much money since I retired from teaching!! I had had enough with my last student who was way bigger than any female teacher.... He was bribed every day if he didn't beat anyone up, and I had to write the plan.....@@dillardphilosophy3333

[@anthonytigner]

Good for you

[@LR-mh8hs]

A teacher at our local HS got fired for sleeping in his classroom. He couldn't afford his one bedroom apartment after huge rent increase, lost it and had no place to go. SAD.

[@fixitchic]

I just quit after 17 years and I’m so stress free. Disrespectful students, absent parents, and unrealistic testing expectations are just a few reasons I left. God bless teachers and students as the new year begins with my replacement.

[@thecreolecajun]

Congratulations 🎉

[@Smiler2724]

Congratulations also school bus shortage driver because of kids misbehaving

[@sharinaross1865]

Congratulations.

[@themacocko6311]

That me with you!!!

[@scz798]

I had an internship 1 year as a teacher and I was shocked at how aggressive parents were. Like they straight up wanted to start fights with me because they didn't realize the student's release time was at 2:05 instead of 2. They clearly didn't read the paperwork sent home to them. There were plenty more aggressive parent situations.

[@CatholicForever1]

Being a teacher used to be a respected profession...now they are underpaid, disrespected by students and parents...I have several friends who are teachers and I believe only one has not talked about changing careers

[@LTGDSP]

Cashiers can make more money then getting an education to become a teacher

[@mehmey]

It takes one abusive parent tormenting you for a year without support from admin to make anyone leave.

[@karllieck9064]

If the parent is abusive call the police. You have the right to protect yourself.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Then you get fired for not dealing with the problem properly, within the district guidelines. That means dealing through the school and district first. I have been there first hand. I quit teaching in 2006 after only 6 years. They can't pay me enough to go back to the classroom. @@karllieck9064

[@mark-pe3bt]

@@karllieck9064 then the admins start giving you bad reviews, put you on a CAP and have you fired for nonexistent reasons.

[@diamondsaphire3444]

I’m surprised people are acting surprised? We warned you all.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

This has been an issue simmering for decades. They ignored it.

[@isabelamogosanu7777]

pay them more

[@AmyKaylasVegas]

If they paid more I would definitely go be a teacher. And had better health insurance.

[@user-nn4nv2tt8h]

In my district, teachers are paid the same as dishwashers at the Google facility. The dishwashers are in a union and have way better benefits too.

[@CatholicForever1]

I was horrified to find out how little my teacher friends make.

[@AmyKaylasVegas]

Just what kids need. More AI so they continue to not learn how to socialize and interact.

[@KaceyAnnReynolds]

At one school I worked at, there was a substitute, the students took advantage and pulled down a girl's pants in front of a bunch of boys.... Another time they sodomized a boy with a pencil..... And AI is the the answer???

[@lisaj4441]

Hmmmm didn't we use technology extensively during the pandemic and discovered that our American kids cannot and will not learn that way? It was a complete disaster. In most urban school districts, 30% of students NEVER logged into their class portals and NEVER showed up on Zoom. Such a joke if these folks think that AI will fix everything. I can remember all of the various movements over the last 30 years that would fix everything and NONE of them worked at all - many of them made things even worse.

[@BrighterThanYours]

This is exactly what people wanted. What result did you think would come from underpaying,disrespecting and dismissing them? They’re not nuns THIS IS A JOB they’re not married to it.

[@themacocko6311]

Nicely said!

[@rara1800]

What do you expect when you pay them little making them buy their own school supplies terrible parents, bad kids. That is one occupation. I would never want to do.

[@searchanddiscover]

i commend every teacher that makes the choice to prioritize their mental and physical wellbeing first. i bailed after student teaching a decade ago because I do not have the temperament to deal with verbally abusive parents and their verbally and physically abusive teenagers. the amount of things parents and students were allowed to get away with towards the teachers was sickening. i can only imagine how its gotten even worse. the ship is sinking, no point in sticking around trying to bail water out. time to put yourself first.

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

Listen to this person. ^^^ put your mental health first and do not go into teaching! Admin will sell you out every time and you will wake up 10 years in and regret it! Put yourself first. It gets worse every year.

[@anthonytigner]

Amen

[@fatinabangura7265]

People don’t realize how serious this issue is. We’re dealing with a system that lacks structure and discipline. Without the proper structure and tools, teachers are always going to feel burnout and eventually leave.

[@MC-dr4vp]

I don’t know a single teacher who isn’t counting the days until they can retire.

[@saywhat3654]

22 months!

[@xwrtk]

I actually know some but they get paid well.

[@xwrtk]

I actually know some but they get paid well.

[@danzbutrfly]

very true

[@TradingGzwithG]

@@xwrtk $140k a year is not well, after taxes thats under 100k. Full time teachers should be getting paid 300k a year and substitute teachers should be earning over $300 a day. Phuck them kids and the administrators man we deserve better

[@sweetcherry7759]

No Living Wage, barely paid over the POVERTY LINE for a job that requires a DEGREE. Plus; + risking your life (school sh00tings, angry students or parents who’re the violent types) + putting up w abuse (from staff/students/parents) + having to actually RAISE the kids bc the kids parents don’t parent + little to no actual respect + Much better pay/treatment/appreciation/quality-of-life outside the US, much better, looking for English Teachers & paying well You get what you don’t pay for// smh

[@eddielacrosse2]

I was an Tech Educator for a non profit in Detroit for almost 5 years. The kids and the pay are the reasons. I’m now about to be evicted from my home a few months later even though I’ve finally found work with software development. I’m so deep in the whole with no help that it’s left me almost broken. The last class I taught I just couldn’t take it anymore

[@B_T.E.A.M.]

Stay strong and never commit suicide and everythang gon C alright

[@user-mq8ls7bz3w]

I am writing to shed some light on the real reason the teaching shortage exists. It’s not because of Covid, retirements, the stress of the job, or any of the other things that teachers have to endure. It’s a topic that isn’t talked about, yet if you google it, you will find it. Workplace bullying is a topic that has been overlooked and ignored. Yet it happens all too often. The teaching profession is only second to nursing. Both are female dominated professions. This is a serious situation until some light is shed on it and it is brought into the open, it will continue to occur and there will most likely continue to be a teacher shortage for many decades to come. The sad thing is workplace bullying is completely legal in this country. According to the HWC (Healthy Workplace Campaign) bullying is four times more prevalent than illegal discrimination, yet it’s still legal in the United States. There are currently no state or federal laws that forbid this type of behavior. Since 2003, 31 have introduced healthy workplace bills. Yet, none have passed. There’s no law that prevents it. It is considered “non-status”, because it’s not covered by the human rights legislation. This makes it harder for targets to sue and give companies less of a reason to be accountable for their employees’ behavior. Workplace bullying isn’t accepted or tolerated in most industrialized countries, yet we are behind in passing a bill to prevent workplace harassment. We tolerate, look the other way, and encourage negative workplace behavior that would get people fined or even jailed in other countries. We go about our day and consider this behavior normal, because it’s become too commonplace. Workplace bullying is just a normal part of the workday. It’s as routine as going through the Starbucks drive thru every morning before work. My own personal experience took place at Sayreville War Memorial High School during the years 2001-2003, which I talk about in my book about workplace bullying “Women Who Hate Other Women”. During my tenure at Sayreville War Memorial High School, I was harassed, bullied, hazed, ostracized, ganged up on, shunned, intentionally inflicted with emotional distress, humiliated, ridiculed, excluded, insulted, undermined, mentally injured, slandered, isolated (physically and socially), and my character was defamed. I was continuously subjected to incidents that the Sayreville administration allowed and didn’t put a stop to; that were sufficiently continuous and concerted to alter the conditions of my working environment- all of which created an intimidating, offensive, abusive work environment. I had to endure a hostile workplace in order to stay employed. Yet, this is all too common for many teachers. It never occurred to me at the time that the bullying I endured for almost two years at Sayreville War Memorial High School, which resulted in my wrongful termination, was illegal, morally wrong, and unethical- amongst many other things. It was only many years later, as an HR professional, that I came to the realization that it was. We all knew what was happening to me back then, we just didn’t know the words to describe it- workplace bullying. My 2 short years at Sayreville War Memorial High School drove me from the teaching profession, so I left to enter the corporate world. For years I had anxiety and couldn’t even go into a school, because of what had been done to me there. I went on to never teach in a full-time capacity at a public school again after my experience there. And I’m not the only one! We are losing valuable teachers because of this. When I typed into google “teaching shortage workplace bullying”, I was able to get about 3,370,000 results. Yet no one talks about it. The union has chosen to ignore it since they “don’t get involved in issues between teachers”. At least, that’s what I was told 20 years ago when it happened to me. In the teaching world you have unions to protect you. Unions that protect you from getting in trouble for hating, harassing, bullying, and mistreating another teacher………………. One would think that in a school environment, of all places, where there are impressionable children, that the administrators would go out of their way to make sure there was nothing and that staff behave professionally at all times. Schools teach that bullying is bad, yet it’s “acceptable” for students to see teachers acting more immature than them and engaging in unprofessional workplace behavior towards another adult. Unfortunately, a lot of high school teachers still behave as if they are in high school. The teaching shortage will only continue and get worse, if nothing is done about the toxic environment that exists in the teaching industry. As a teacher you can literally lose your job really not because you have an issue with a parent or a student, but because you have a female coworker, who doesn’t like you. If a teacher can lose a job- not because they weren’t good at their job or not because their students disliked them or not because parents complained, but because they were doing a good job which sparked jealousy amongst colleagues- then no wonder a teaching shortage exists! Lesson #1 in life learned: It doesn’t matter how good you are at your job- if a coworker doesn’t like you and wants you gone, you’ll be gone.

[@SonDeku-y5x]

THANK YOU! You are the first that actually talks about this. I am a male that recently left (2-3 years ago) so imagine the complexity added onto workplace bullying (the implicit bias against men)...I was also young and most of it was by older female teachers. Now did I feel bullied? Well being a younger man, I can say it was a different type of bullying, more like social violence was committed against me. I could not fight back, I was like a lion caged. A lion that was muzzled and continuously getting poked over and over again. I was a spectacle and my name was defamed so many times behind closed doors...it was different from a male perspective but I felt ganged up and targeted, as if they wanted to provoke and set me up so that they can fire me. Thankfully I was smart and used my wits and it saved me...yet I was left exhausted and mentally drained and often fearing for my life due to the fear of false accusations (imagine a female coworkers trying to pin you as a pedo all because you did your best to ignore and avoid any possible interactions with her, SMH) I left the school and the kids were the ones who were hurt the most, many of them cried and told me that they would never forget me, some said they would even lose interest in the subject I taught bc other teachers did not teach it well. It hurt me immensely but I had to go. I want to bring more awareness to this because from what I see, many teachers go through it but are afraid to speak up. If there is a way I can help or aid in this issue please let me know. I am so thankful to find a teacher like you who is brave and honest enough to tell the real truth about the teacher shortage. Some even commit succeed because of workplace bullying, it is that serious! Please teachers if you see this, PLEASE SPEAK UP!!

[@terrestrialradio]

Putting people into positions they don’t merit or have the skills for, due to affirmative action, quotas & fear of discrimination lawsuits, has fueled the current sad state of affairs.

[@SonDeku-y5x]

@@terrestrialradio I think it is due to much more than that but I see what you mean.

[@russellgrimes3491]

I gotta say I have never been bullied. Not even close. I have a suspicion you are to blame, at least partly, for your perceived problems and that your perception is likely skewed. Even as a new teacher, I always felt in control when talking with other teachers or administration and people have always respected me, my input, and my actions. You need to look at yourself objectively.

[@user-mq8ls7bz3w]

Funny! I wrote a book on the topic "Women Who Hate Other Women" You should defn educate yourself and google "workplace bullying" Good luck to you!@@russellgrimes3491

[@gabrielleangelica1977]

Retired teacher after 40 years: parents, control 🛂 your children!

[@joshncalsmommy]

Trying everything except raising teacher wages!!!

[@anthonytigner]

Good for them let the parents teach the kids for a change.

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

Parents - i have to work 2 jobs to pay the bills. Where do i have time to teach my kids?

[@anthonytigner]

@@bigvaxmeanie925 It's a two edged sword. teachers are fed up and parents do not have time for their kids welcome to the new America.

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

@@anthonytignerAmerica is turning to trash.

[@clonedyots]

You like being beaten up at work but can't punch back?

[@constancefurey2146]

I had a student attack me and the student was NEVER asked to apologize or explain why it happened. Then I was told that the parent didn't want me to teach the student any more..The student was pt back in my room with no explanation or discussion.

[@johnnyboyvan]

Get rid of Superintendents.

[@danielpupo7013]

As a retired teacher, this comes as no surprise. Being required to teach "revisionist"history along with an almost complete lack of respect along with submarket compensation, unrealistic demands of performance what can you expect? Teaching is a thankless and pretty much a dead end job unless one seeks to move into administration. People focus on what they see as perks but dismiss the hours of preparation, the pressure to constantly improve their skills and dealing with the developing of children in other areas, values, attitudes and personality among them. America has to adopt a more "European" attitude if they want a better education system.

[@AlyssaK-tpwk]

Let’s be honest no kid in American public school has gold standard learning unless that teacher is getting paid hella .

[@SDpapa]

Pay teachers living wages, not $41K a year.

[@SolitarySoldier]

Yea the starting salary should be $70k a year and go up 2k each year the first 10 years. Then the salary stays stagnant for a few years then up 3k again for 5 years. You want teachers to stay and feel welcomed especially with the red flags they gotta deal with? Do that

[@xwrtk]

States like West Virginia are lowering the standard to high school diploma just to have teachers teach. They had a anti-Semitic teacher in WV and he was only let go due to retiring. Luckily, my county pays well so we don’t have teacher shortage and even music and art teachers get paid well.

[@rosameryrojas-delcerro1059]

Nevada already did this. a HS diploma to be a substitute teacher in Clark County. And with 50% of kids in the US leaving high school functionally illiterate. So it is possible that 50% of teacher s will be functionally illiterate...

[@lisaschooler9992]

Wow - I thought at least a two-year degree was required everywhere (I think California and Oregon are still four year degree minimum even for substituting)….

[@xwrtk]

@@lisaschooler9992 Nope. Some states lack teachers so they her to lower requirements for teaching.

[@crystalnait455]

Pandemic burnout is the first reason? Lol Disrespect by students parents and administrators, that's the number one cause Second is the insane load of work and paperwork Third will be the pay Fourth will be lack of any authority for teachers or autonomy , the micromanagement of everything we do give us that extra stress and depression that leads eventually to serious mental health issues

[@tonii2019]

We warned everyone! 👋👋👋

[@susanne9602]

Want more teachers? Give the power of decision making back to the teachers, not parents, not politicians.

[@elaineshepherd2748]

America ain't seen nothing yet!

[@shawbrothers18]

Haha

[@Speedyskull15]

They need to be paid triple childcare for one child is 1k so why are we not paying her 30k a month

[@MC-dr4vp]

Not like I would look to PG County as a leader in education.

[@jackjules7552]

Why would anyone with a college degree (Masters) want to be a teacher in the US? If one has such a degree you can do much better in another profession as far as respect and money is concerned. Here in the U.S. a teacher is automatically singled out for disrespect by the principal, management, students and parents. Now politics has entered the classroom and the teacher's judgement is no longer considered valid as far as educational materials including books. Now you know why there is a shortage of 55,000 teachers in the U.S. which now has to be filled by foreign educators. I was a teacher once and I can tell you that principals and management actually sit down and think of new ways to harass educators who they don't like for reasons that have nothing to do with performance criteria. I can tell you that they actually have fun doing this.

[@charlessantee8329]

In order to get more teachers/substitute teachers into the classroom they need to raise their salary to, or above the national average maybe, they will get more people interested in the teaching profession!

[@Wjohnson8437]

Teachers are leaving or can't wait to retire. This poll is wrong. Teachers in most states are getting low pay, beat-up by parents & system, disrespected by all and not supported. I see it everyday.

[@carolinehera3445]

most teachers have to get a side hustle to supplement their income. it's not suprising

[@dillardphilosophy3333]

Our education system needs an overhaul, starting with administrators. Administrators are granted license to bully and threaten teachers, resulting in widespread emotional and psychological harm to teachers. Administrators lack the ability to control students (i.e., they have no good solutions), but they can control teachers (e.g., by holding their jobs and teaching license hostage with an archaic and convoluted observation system, and worse), so blame teachers for what students do, and hold teachers rather than students accountable for discplinary issues and poor grades. In particular, high schools are dominated by narcissists individuals with doctors of education, which is the most useless doctorate. Until we curb the abuses and excesses of EdD principals and administrators, our education crisis will only worsen.

[@ralph4370]

Worked in several school districts over 15 years. At the last job I was let go at the end of my probation period. I was burned out, tired and frustrated and it showed. That was the best thing that happened to me. School districts, unions, and administrators are setup to fail, nepotism and a lot of BURN OUT. Many older burnt out teachers keep out the young blood out of school districts. Why? Cause they look younger and hate the competition for male attention, don't want to train the new recruits, young teachers bring in new ideas and projects that makes the old guard look like they don't care or have to do extra work. Teachers are not supported by their principal. Principal are sellouts in the sense they only lookout for themselves and not getting sued. I have seen principals who tightened security on campus to be met with angry parents who pushed to open the campus so parents can come in and interrupt the classroom and by passing the front office to deliver food to the kids classroom. Parents pushed and ousted many principal. While the terribles ones never leave. I saw the gradual woke culture creep into it. I have friends who still work and the Jab Mandates are what are keeping many out. I worked in support side of School Districts thought about going in as teacher. With the C-19 jab mandates, F and U.

[@atomictime9410]

Address the student behavior issues and lack of parenting first. AI? Oh please, today's students would destroy it

[@rapunzelz5520]

AI is useful. But nothing replaces a human teacher esp for young kids.

[@gregjames9875]

Unruly, incorrigible, delinquent students should be suspended/expelled, without the school being held accountable for those student's schooling while they're out of school.

[@nicolemonheim3941]

they should do something about it

[@isabellaflorentina7574]

It's not safe to go to work anymore. I don't recommend this profession to ANYONE. Eventually it will come to AI doing the teaching because it's just so inefficient and unsafe in tge public school system. So if you are young and reading this.... don't do it! You will regret it!

[@mark-pe3bt]

I left teaching in an inner city high school after 16 years because of low wages, I had to work 2-3 jobs , there was ZERO accountability for bad behaviour like cuts, cell phone use , no work. The Admins were A-holes , their solution was "call the parent" , they expected us to pass everyone regardless of absences etc. I had a kid with 140 unexcused absences and cuts, and they wanted me to give him a make up packet in June so he could graduate. I refused. They changed his grade anyway . On top of that we had a contract dispute , they offered us a zero percent raise and wanted us to teach an extra class for free. HUNDREDS of us quit. Kids would have 8 classes and only 2 teachers. I got hired in a rich suburb making double what I made before, doing curriculum support, and the admins, students, parents are wonderful. I still get 4-8 unsolicited job offers a week via Indeed and Linkedin from charters etc , my old district even sent me an offer...(I didnt respond)

[@linhaton4957]

You get what you pay for. Supply and demand. Teachers need to make more money. Servers make more money than a Florida teacher.

[@jrm371]

There are so many issues in the profession that I wouldn’t recommend anyone to go into teaching. Even if the behaviors aren’t awful (which they often are), there is still awful pay, limited resources, frequent unpaid overtime, etc etc

[@user-bz7iw6ke1l]

Being an aspiring educator and hearing about problems like this just saddens me. It saddens me because educators are disrespected and aren’t applauded for the work they do. America has to do better when it does come to education.

[@eternal5167]

First of all it cost a lot to go to college and teachers don’t get paid the amount they deserve.

[@mencken8]

Yeah, there are dozens of current news items out there now stating the problem exists, but zero addressing solutions. Part of this problem has existed for a long time with teaching: low pay, hours extending well beyond the school day, open-ended extra duties. But when we now add the lack of parental / community support and students who are simply not teachable, we’re circling the drain. And we do not want to go down there.

[@alejandramonteblanco2530]

Do you think like in the coin shortage almost 228,000 teachers have abandoned their positions in the schools district.

[@alejandramonteblanco2530]

Truthfully to answer the question of why teachers don’t make it to doctoral nor to law school? Most of the chaos pertaining to unemployment strikes because low salaries have to do with the shortage. No one honestly wants to work if they do not have a license nor credentials, many people just go to work.

[@gigichilawuiles1029]

Where did the respect for teachers go? I remember when I was in elementary-middle school we feared the teachers yet we also had major respect in a PUBLIC SCHOOL TOO and now I’m in college transferring to University for a American Sign Language Interpreter Degree or Deaf Education

[@brianbyrnes892]

No Discipline = No Teachers

[@BLUEDRAGGON777]

You guys do a report like this every year instead of short segment do a large so country could know what's going

[@leonardodakimchi]

How is AI going to keep the class quiet?😂😂😂

[@jm7578]

If I told someone the truth about teaching these days, they wouldn’t believe me. Some things are better left unsaid.

[@user-xb2hh1tg5v]

I am willing to teach in America to help fill in the shortage of teachers,I am an elementary teacher.I am a licensed teacher,9 years experience in teaching

[@jascam1]

Two of the most essential jobs in our society that of a teacher and that of police’s officers are no longer appreciated. It’s just a matter of time before teacher will have to put on body cameras to protect themselves from frivolous law suits from undisciplined parents and children. America is in serious decline.

[@mathisnotforthefaintofheart]

It only takes 2 years of police training to become a bureaucrat with a gun. Hence the police troubles the US has. When I get pulled over in Europe, I am afraid of a ticket. When I get pulled over in the US, I am afraid of my life. Increase police salaries and also increase the whole police program. An army vet with PTSD cannot and does not fit the police force. An army applicant who fails the test should not be considered for police either. It's ridiculous how low the bar is to be admitted in the police force.

[@matseporamaboli4275]

Recruit teachers from other countries

[@elisaaguilar6423]

😂😂😂😂 let’s see how long they last with these conditions 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@marcusanthony179]

Like they say, "Teach a man to fish, or teach gym.". Something to that effect..................

[@tressains3463]

Would they hire teachers from other countries?

[@xwrtk]

Some already have. It only helps for select school subjects.

[@StrongstallionWest]

The Spanish teacher should have refused to teach in a subject they’re not certified. Just Say No.

[@scrumbles]

If there is a shortage of severe teachers, that's fine with me. Teachers should be nice.

[@caseyevans7125]

I love how there’s every solution but the real one: deserved pay, benefits, and a feeling of satisfaction🙄. Children are doomed bc we’re quitting in droves and not looking back.

[@GrantSR]

I think it's hilarious that you list the three reasons why teachers are quitting, and then you go straight into the supposed extraordinary measures that school districts are taking, absolutely none of which address the three issues you just pointed out. Rather than pay teachers what they're worth they're just looking for teachers that aren't worth paying. Rather than reduce the stress, they are simply throwing untrained people in the classroom knowing that they can replace them with yet another untrained person in 2 months when the first one bails. It's a problem that no one who has the power seems to actually WANT to fix at all.

[@Destinychanged]

"Why are people not having as many children?"

[@patriciamitchell9365]

Pay the reachers their worth. You pay delivery drivers $100,000 a year - the same should be for "good" teachers.

[@phillychannel394]

Unruly parents beget unruly kids. Self entitled parents beget self entitled kids. Angry parents beget angry kids. Let parents be their children's teachers of Mathematics, Science, Technology and other subjects. Let's see how long they survive.

[@My2CentsYall]

Look at the headache they have to deal with. I believe by 2030 the it will change to learning a centers corporate model.

[@christinecrow4251]

At the beginning of the school year when your school goes from unfilled teaching position to saying "We're fine. We've got it covered." Parents and the press need to start asking questions about HOW those positions were filled. Here are some ways that schools are "filling" those positions. 1) If the class is an elective (nonrequired class) they simple eliminate the class and redo the schedules of all the students who had wanted to take those classes. 2) For elementary classes and core mandatory classes, they don't fill it and then divide all the students into existing classes so class sizes increase drastically. 3) They eliminate an elective class such as Home Ec. and move that teacher into a mandatory core class such as science or math. While at least their is a certified teacher in the classroom, the teacher does NOT know the material and will be one chapter ahead of the students all year long. 4) In middle school and high school they will divide a teacher's six class and then beg for volunteers and then force six other teachers into giving up their prep periods\. This has a double whammy because not only are they loosing their prep periods, they are probably teaching an area they are not certified in so it takes ten times longer to prepare for each lesson. 5) Hire one of the schools subs to fill the position until its filled. Some of these positions will not be filled at all. So the sub becomes a long-term sub. They get paid significantly less that teachers and this means that when the school needs a sub because a teacher is sub, there's not one available. Best case scenario is the sub is a certified teacher, but probably not in the area they are teaching. PS we also have a sub shortage as well. 6) They hire someone with a degree in the area that they are teaching, but they have never worked in a classroom before. Most of student teaching is spent not on content information but on classroom management and thing that you should and CAN NOT do in the classroom. I wonder if anyone has done a study on how many more legal issues have come up because of just throwing non-certified teachers into the classrooms. I'm especially thinking about all the mandatory things that we have to do for Spec. Ed students here. 7) They put a para into the position. In this case the para does not have a degree, but does have some school experience from working as a para. But it comes as a real shock to paras to make this move, just how much lesson planning, prepping, parent contact, training, meetings etc. that goes into the job. You can't leave at 3:00, 8) A combination of 6 and 7, they put someone in who has no recent experience in a school and had no content area either. This person may or may not have a degree. 9) They divide the students and put them in a teachers classroom who is teaching a different subject. Its basically a glorified study hall with the teacher monitoring them plus trying to teach her regular class. 10) Here is the most recent one. The teacher and the students are not in the same building. The teacher is teaching her class in one town and having a "zoom meeting" on the overhead projector with an entire different class in a different town. SO now she is teaching twice as many students, plus having to deal with all the discipline problems that come from not being in the same room as her students and oh yeah being forced to essentially stand still so she stays withing the camera view, which means she can't walk around her own classroom and help/monitor students. 11) Same scenario with one teacher and two different classes in two different buildings/towns. In this case it is not a zoom meeting, but A and B days. On A days the teacher is in A school and the B students are working on packets. Then if flipflops on B day with the teacher traveling to the other school. So half the time the kids are getting very little instruction. 12) Students are basically forced into online classes if they want some of the electives. 13) They give college seniors in the education field and quick start and essential free pass to their teaching certifications. The problem is the last thing you do as a student is your student teaching. This semester of working in the classroom under a certified teacher is where you actually learn how to be a teacher. This is theory becomes practice. Skipping this means that the chances for success their first year, drops drastically. We already see almost half of all new teachers leave before their 5th year, we can't afford to increase this percentage. 14) Hiring new teachers from other countries. This can lead to some interesting issues. I am sure I am missing a few. Back to what I was saying at the beginning of the list, if the school is saying they've got it covered, more questions need to be asked about how they are actually covering it and what the long term consequences will be. Maybe its time to seriously start looking at why so many teachers are quitting and deal with that issue instead.

[@never-mind26]

What do you mean they're going back to school right now???? It's the beginning of August!!!!

[@midlife_minimalist]

Students in NE FL start 8/10. South tends to start much earlier than more northern states. Growing up in Northern VA, we never started until after Labor Day

[@never-mind26]

@@midlife_minimalist wow that's crazy to me. In France it's the first week of September. It's way too early now. Kids are still enjoying summer

[@tc8440]

In southwest Virginia, we start back to school tomorrow.

[@shoobydoobiemauiwowee]

What if there was a Netflix-like educational streaming service that had a sliding cost scale for anyone with an internet connection, and had the aim of ensuring quality education for all of humanity...some of the earned money could go towards treating teachers more fairly, and give students more options to succeed.

[@danielgolarz674]

Does anyone talk about the out of control OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING for k-12 teachers in this country! I'm the author of EIGHT DAYS IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL

[@themacocko6311]

The state keeps stripping away disciplinary action for kids and so rhe kids behavior becomes horrific because they get a slap on the wrist. Teachers are breaking the doors down to get out. Admission is as abusive as the students! Most teachers see from 2-5 parents at parent/teachers conferences.

[@TravelswithTanya]

No money for teachers...but more than $75, BILLION for Ukraine.

[@bigvaxmeanie925]

States pay teachers. Not the federal gov

[@MrBillybathgate5]

they removed the boys bathrooms at the publics schools here ... girls bathrooms and unisex bathrooms ... COME ON NOW

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

I was just thinking that AI could become the teacher. I am taking an Instructional Design course and I can see how online courses could replace teachers. 👍🏿

[@twiedenfeld]

That'll work for maybe 10% of students who are self motivated, but the rest will do nothing and learn nothing.

[@aracely1198]

As someone with adhd, AI learning is a recipe for disaster. A lot of students NEED human interaction to stay focused on what they’re learning. Otherwise kids would already be learning by themselves through books, but we both know they don’t because that’s just not all that exciting to be honest 😂

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

@@twiedenfeld True!

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

@@aracely1198 i’m taking an instructional design class and they’re teaching us to make the lessons engaging by gameafying them. We’ll see if that even works. 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@lisaj4441]

Hmmmm didn't we use technology extensively during the pandemic and discovered that our American kids cannot and will not learn that way? It was a complete disaster. In most urban school districts, 30% of students NEVER logged into their class portals and NEVER showed up on Zoom. Such a joke if these folks think that AI will fix everything. I can remember all of the various movements over the last 30 years that would fix everything and NONE of them worked at all - many of them made things even worse.

[@LR-mh8hs]

DO NOT teach in the US! It is a stressful, unappreciated, even dangerous profession. Don't do it! You'll regret it. Go teach in another country if you really want to be a teacher.

[@Anthony-dj4nd]

Just get a security gaurd😂

[@midlifeandnailingit6342]

Most schools haven them, so………. Not valid and not working!

[@amberotl5276]

😂😂😂 AI? AI cannot control a classroom of students with behavior issues. 85% of the time you have to tell these kids to sit down and stop talking

[@bryanhill3041]

If you want anything you find a way to pay for it!!!! Y can’t a teacher get paid more than the garbage man? I would never go to college to get a job that I would not be able to support myself!!!!! That’s why they leave!

[@sharinaross1865]

They should state the problem in alphabetical order.

[@postivevibes3030]

More homeschooling coming soon watch

[@alezandradavila2581]

Ya it’s nuts because the parents need to be held accountable too it’s a lot

[@spicywater123]

AI is The Beast from Revelations 13.

[@user-ff7er1zu5n]

No daddies. Mommies not qualified to train an break a child. Government don't want child train an broke by daddies. This is ur reward. Mommies Freedom. Imancipaion proclamation. The price of freedom is retart kids grow up to retart people. Let see what happens. Don't drop bombs on us yet

[@stevenhenry5267]

Blame Republicans, corporations and sellout Dems.

[@kaiskajani5305]

Soon I’ll be joining that teacher force and I’m super happy to do it and I do it all for the students

[@isabelamogosanu7777]

i joined and left within 2 months. no parental discipline even when i called multiple times/ had in person conversations and was paid scraps

[@user-nn4nv2tt8h]

Good luck

[@scz798]

Hoping it goes well for you. Truly.

[@kaiskajani5305]

@@scz798 I don’t do it for the money

[@saywhat3654]

I wish you well!

[@jillianleda6732]

Parents should homeschool their children, modern day teachers are always expressing how much they hate thier students, this generation, thier parents, thier job, thier paycheck etc. They resent your children and you and its unfortunate children have to be around them. HSLDA makes it easy to homeschool your children they changed my life, i no longer have to worry about my child being subject to bullying and unfit teachers and I never have to worry about my child being just another forgotten school shooting victim.

[@KaceyAnnReynolds]

All parents need to homeschool. I was a special education teacher, and my sweet babies were bullied horribly, and admin refused to do anything about it.... Their answer; send the bully to the office for a bag of Taki's if they don't hit another student or teacher that day....I was told by admin, the only way a bully could be suspended for more than 10 days, was if the bully put a teacher or student in the hospital with life threatening injuries... The child in Florida shot a teacher in the stomach, and the mother said it was his ADHD....

[@midlifeandnailingit6342]

Not a modern day one here… I’ve been working in education since the late 90’s my dear and I 1000% agree with what “new” teachers are saying. The violence and disrespect of parents and students is COMPLETELY out of control. That is the CHANGE! That is the PROBLEM! There are tons of veteran teachers on here saying that. WAKE UP!!

[@aracely1198]

Not everyone can afford to homeschool their kids, especially in this economy. Two parents working seems to be a struggle to get by now a days too.

[@mikethemechanic7395]

Bunch of babies. Been a mechanic for 22 years. We have had a shortage the last 13 years. Way before teachers. I am 48 with 5th graders. My kids teacher was bitching to me about the pay and hours. I laughed and said. “Go to a private school if your want more money. Also since when did teachers do it for the money” I got blank looks….

[@MC-dr4vp]

Teach your own kids then.

[@nathanielm77]

Private schools actually pay less compared to public schools

[@ga6589]

Teachers have put up with low pay for eons. It's the lack of respect, support, out-of-control kids and the politics that's driving them out.

[@midlifeandnailingit6342]

You don’t even know what you’re talking about. 🙄

[@twiedenfeld]

So you fix cars for free right?

[@aracely1198]

Sorry I’m not gonna risk getting shot up for shit wages and getting disrespected on a daily basis by both students and staff 😂

[@aracely1198]

School has become so political for no reason now a days. Why would anyone want to be a teacher when you have parents shoving their religious beliefs on you 24/7? At that point they should just homeschool their kids. They’re making teachers miserable.