Texas schools in crisis: The factors driving teacher burnout in schools

[@JanJones12]

Low pay and children with no empathy as well as parents who think their children can do no wrong. Plus administrators who create toxic environments.

[@rondas7772]

Perfectly said

[@shanedriawagner5503]

😢😢😢 Yes!! It is sad.

[@sep1364-l3d]

Plus teacher's lack of security with school shootings

[@gods_child_8398]

This is it exactly.

[@dillong4513]

KVUE, as a former Texas teacher, I can tell you that student behavior is absolutely a big cause of teachers leaving. After years and years of unchecked behavior with little to no consequences from school administrations, the environments in the schools have become quite unsafe. The other factors mentioned in the video are indeed reasons for teachers leaving, but they also forgot to mention parent behavior. Many parents are outright hostile to teachers and get their way from administrators who won’t back their teachers. It’s sad to see so many wonderful teachers leaving.

[@b_4_real_]

Yes yes and yes. This is going on in Canada too. Student behaviour is becoming more and more disrespectful and is being backed by parents.

[@dillong4513]

@ that’s unbelievable! This phenomenon is not just in the USA then.

[@loriwollman6198]

I got put on paid admin leave recently for a parent claiming I was hostile to them during a parent teacher conference. I’m a veteran teacher in the district with 36 years of experience. This parent was new to the community. I did not do anything wrong, but was under attack.

[@dillong4513]

@ I’m so sorry! This is so terrible but also doesn’t surprise me from the interactions I have seen from some parents.

[@shanedriawagner5503]

You are exactly right. Something drastic needs to be done. Being kind goes a long way. If using the Bible were the panacea, there would be less drama, corruption, molestation, hypocrisy, racism, and greed in churches and schools. At the end of the day, love is the answer.

[@paulalobo1966]

For me it's really the behaviors the rudeness and the no support for parents who think just by sending their kids to school the will learn .I have kids in second grade that can't rear can't write and can't do simple math .It. Used to be where it was just 1-2 kids now it's about half my class

[@Ssssssssssssssssst]

She must not be in the classroom. I hate when people speak on things inaccurately. So many teachers cite kids as part of the problemmmm!!!

[@dillong4513]

I just commented about this on this video - I hope the comment is seen by others! Student behavior is hardly ever discussed when they talk about teachers leaving the profession.

[@Hilaire_Balrog]

@@dillong4513 It show that the problem won't be solved because even when teachers leaving is highlighted, the REAL problem is danced around or sugarcoated.

[@dillong4513]

@ yes! You hit the nail on the head.

[@professorprofessorson8795]

its just going to get worse, the new policies coming arent going to help

[@txspacemom765]

Former educator here- It's the students behavior, that trickles down from parents who have taught them this bad behavior. It's that simple. I have seen teachers spit on, sworn at, had their classrooms trashed and items stolen. I've seen SEEN teachers assaulted and the districts do nothing. That's just at the teachers. Students fighting and willing to mortally wound or hurt each other is beyond anything I have ever witnessed. I had an AP, who had 3 years of teaching in a classroom, try to tell me she was the authority and in charge- bullying from admin is real too. Parents show up to school, ready to physically assault everyone. If you are going to do in-depth, hard reporting, go to former teachers, because this woman cannot speak, due to her contract.

[@itsablessingbeinganamerica1401]

Exactly! It all starts at home with parents. They expect school to raise their children. SMH

[@Cath75CCC]

If parents are hostile to teachers their kids will be hostile as well because they are modeling disrespect. I don’t blame any teacher for leaving. No one deserves abuse, especially from know it all parents who have no idea what it takes to manage 25 + children a day no less teach them, plan instruction for them, clean up after them, grade them, provide guidance to them and supervise them 8 hours a day. It’s exhausting hard work. If parents don’t like it, let them home school.

[@reneedennis2011]

Thank you!

[@spyderlogan4992]

Main factor: Unsocialized children being dumped into the system by Smart Phone Zombie parents.

[@NoName-tx5gn]

This is the right answer for my wife leaving. Bad kids, bad parents and useless admins

[@texasseen]

🎯

[@singerjo5791]

Watching demonic cartoons and games and eating trash food…

[@RoyceMusic333]

Bingo!

[@kskitty68]

​@@singerjo5791and people citing demons instead of seeking education. It's ridiculous.

[@anarchistonsunsetdrive7813]

IT IS THE KIDS. Stop deflecting. Kids make teachers' lives miserable. Stop acting like it's not true.

[@UmmYeahOk]

I don’t understand why kids aren’t being punished in any way for things. You NEVER brought anything to school because it was either stolen from you by another student, taken from you by a teacher, or both. If you were late, you got detention. You said a curse word, detention. You have a kid hit you, and you tell, well, zero tolerance, you get yourself in school suspension. My entire childhood was punishment after punishment, yet this generation gets absolutely nothing? I asked my daughter why, and she claims it’s because they don’t want to deal with the parents. Kid gets detention, then that means they now need a ride home, and miss out in extracurriculars. I’m like, “so what?” That’s the punishment for misbehaving. If there is no negative outcome for bad behavior then they keep on doing it. Parents upset that their kid misses out, guess what? Now that kid has to deal with punishment at home too. …but no? It’s the school that should be punished?

[@MsSparky123456]

Student ARE one of the reasons teachers are leaving! Stop trying to gaslight people! As a former teacher, I will tell you the truth! Students are HORRIBLE! Watch that video, what do you see in those kids ears, their earbuds/airpods. They tune teachers out, they are not there for an education. Kids cannot read, spell, or write because administration forces teachers to pass kids for doing nothing. Students should NOT be allowed to get to middle school and still be on a 1st or 2nd grade reading level! Schools hand a computer to a student and think the kids are going to use them to do their work.....WRONG!!! They watch videos, take selfies, and other stuff. Students do not learn cursive anymore, so you ask them for a signature, they print (very poorly) their names. Teachers are told not to make kids read out loud, why? Because they cannot read. But guess what, when they take that ridiculous STAAR, they have to read! SHOCKING!! Some idiot decided that school needed to be fun and entertaining, well guess what teachers are NOT entertainers; so, now school has been dumbed down sooooo much, kids are dumb. How about stop making excuses for these kids and their parents and actually start letting teachers teach again. Stop labeling kids to make their life easier in school, because those IEP's and 504 accommodations are not in the real world!

[@nicob2063]

We need you leading the fight. Well stated. All of it!

[@reneedennis2011]

As a former grade-level teacher, I can attest to all of this!

[@MumbikGrimbelt]

Yup. Can confirm.

[@samlewis6615]

I've been bit, kicked and hit with hard objects and that's just in the last 5 months. I love children and want to see them succeed but I'll have to find another way to do. I'm burned out

[@newmamaful]

You might want to teach for an online school, like K12 or Connections Academy.

[@AndreaJames-dv1rr]

FYI - For teachers that work extra jobs to compensate for the low teacher pay, remember that your extra job or jobs probably pay into Social Security. However, because you will receive a government pension; you will not be allowed to keep all of your Social Security, even though you worked and earned it! 🙄

[@sharonwilkerson1402]

62 K is on the high end, after you have been teaching for 25+ years. Most teachers limp along on around 40k a year give or take. Imagine having a Masters degree and bringing home less than 50k a year because you are paid based on years of service, not certifications or degrees in most states.

[@DistrustHumanz]

Must be the locale. I'm in the middle of N.E. Arkansas, and the public teachers start at $52+k/year. A veteran teacher makes about $65-70/year.

[@mr.centrist5789]

@@DistrustHumanz YEAH RIGHT!!! LOL

[@loriwollman6198]

Teachers are leaving in my district in CA due to VERY poor student behavior and lack of administrative support for unruly children who can’t self-regulate themselves. Plus, all consequences for disruptive behavior has been taken away.

[@samlewis6615]

I'm afraid that children will get hurt on my watch and I'll be blamed even after I've done everything in my power to prevent it. I've already been severely hurt but who really cares.

[@thenation2093]

The lady is crazy. It is the kids. It’s their behavior.

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

It’s not only the kids, they also don’t get any help from the school district.

[@kskitty68]

It's the religious zealot parents too. Mental.

[@nicob2063]

It is everything: the students, the parents, the administrators lack of support, the low pay, the states focus on religion in classroom and not actually learning math and reading, etc.

[@elenajas7142]

it is the kids, what is she talking about! it's the disrespectful, uncaring, badly behaved kids and low salary. That lady has a cushy job and doesn't understand the profession. Kids now a days are horrible in the classroom

[@shanedriawagner5503]

Excuse me, but everyone is accountable. Some children are the problem, but some are amazing. Generalizations make anyone seem crazy . Some administrators , teachers, and parents are the problem, but forcing the Bible on everyone is not the solution. Happy holidays!!

[@EagleRue]

I was a teacher for a long time and I walked away for so many reasons and one of the biggest ones is over testing underpay and the complete inability for the system to acknowledge that over testing is bad idea that we have to look at diversified learning styles and we have to look at equity justice and Fairness within our systems and we also have to look at labeling is harmful. Even the labeling helps us help students and none of these things are actually a surprise. We are seeing these things play out in the national stage and we are seeing the lack of critical thinking being taught in schools and you can see us because they can pass a test but they can’t critically diagnose or separate factor fiction in news or false media, and these things are not being taught. We can’t leave it to the parents because parents are trying to work two in three jobs right now just to keep food on the table on the roof over their head and in many cases that’s not even happening and we are not looking at mental health issues. We are not looking at dental care. We are not looking at healthcare. We are not looking at the entire picture. We have passed it out into bite-size pieces along the edge of a pie and no one wants to talk to each other. We have side load out these issueswhere education has become its own isolated silo, and we are seeing all of these individual silos fall apart.

[@utrich31]

Toxic admins are one of the main factors. I can name a school with admins who havent taught for years...and try to implement things that require teachers to do more than they have time for.

[@xcaliberVirus]

Teaching should NOT be the career we should be saying: "You know what you were signing up for." Llike we do so many jobs

[@osvaldoraya1122]

It’s the salary; pay them more 💰

[@CRAFT7445]

Morale is the biggest factor; pay, pushing agendas, out of control kids, and seeing poor performing teachers getting promoted or not fired.

[@fremontpathfinder8463]

This is why I teach in a blue state. There are plenty of affordable safe area to buy a home in blue states with very high teacher pay. Transfer your teaching credentials now

[@samlewis6615]

I'm being hurt almost every week in a blue state school.

[@fremontpathfinder8463]

@@samlewis6615 I'm not. And my pay is 117,000 a year with fully paid health benefits.

[@MsSparky123456]

Please....blue state mentality is what got us here to begin with. You obviously teach in a rich private school.

[@itsablessingbeinganamerica1401]

Blue States are the problem. SMH

[@rondas7772]

Teachers are burnt out because the pay is too low and the students are bad because their parents are terrible

[@ewalkthroughs]

While I do think some of the issues mentioned in the video are a cause, let’s not ignore that sometimes students can be an issue. I used to work as a high school teacher and I currently teach in higher education. It’s hard to tell yourself to keep working hard when students don’t give it their best in school. I think COVID may have attributed to students being more lax these days when it comes to education.

[@dillong4513]

Student behavior is a big factor in why teachers leave. Former teacher here!

[@shanedriawagner5503]

I agree. This is why I said that behavior is out of control and children need a moral compass. I have been assaulted multiple times. I get it. The topic was using the Bible, not blaming the culprits.

[@itsablessingbeinganamerica1401]

Plus no support by Administration

[@DJ50068]

Nothing will change until leadership changes

[@aarontoalet]

"It's not the students." As a teacher, that's total BS. It's 1000% the students that are the problem. I am also an adjunct instructor at a local college where my students are all adults and mostly focused on mature. I have a classroom of 8-10 students and only one student that is obnoxious. But at the high school level, I'll have 30 students in a single class and half of them are obnoxious and using their phones.

[@dfyy-n3q]

At the end of the day, it all comes down to money. Not education. Not the students.

[@stingrayrusty9656]

I hope one these days a reporter will get it right. They keep missing the real reasons educators are leaving the profession.

[@Hulana42]

What are the real reasons?

[@100sonasty]

More work added and no more PAY added! There is tooooooo much on teacher's plate. It gets exhausting!You deal 20-28 kids/teenagers many reading below grade level and behavioral issues.

[@stephaniedawsey9354]

@@Hulana42too many kids for the workload/payscale. We have to do WAY too much on our own time and on our own dime.

[@aarontoalet]

One thing driving so many teachers out of the classroom is the district they work for being weak on their policy towards electronic devices. They don't ban them from campus.

[@summernightlavvy9771]

Wildly inaccurate- as an ex public school teacher, a huge part of it is the kids. I and many of my peers dreaded the kids behavior, disrespect, and no reprieve when contacting home.

[@Jboog742]

By design..

[@xijinbling2373]

Postal workers need a payraise.

[@bullyboy131]

#1 Factor - Disrespectful kids. Lol

[@barbarabrooks4747]

Teachers have a very limited tool box of punishments when positive reinforcement and time out fail. Disruptive students used to be paddled, assigned paper pick up, kept in at lunch or recess etc, but now there is just suspension and alternative school. Schools need to be able to require parents to get family counseling and professional evaluation of the student if bad behavior persists. Taxpayers pay a fortune for schools. Parents shouldn't be allowed to disregard their responsibilities while schools struggle. Parents shouldn't be able to get out of this requirement simply by homeschooling or switching to private school, as it's risky to the child and society for a troubled child to be left untreated. Also, students should be tested and sorted on the first day of school. Teachers have to teach too many achievement levels at once. All students need to be in classes they can understand, but that challenge them. Academic instruction would take less time if students were with cohorts of similar levels. Then there would be more time for practical classes like Home Economics, Gardening, Shop, Art etc.

[@robertovillarreal9719]

So it’s not the kids? Crazy. They’re always to blame.

[@Meagan19801]

Not just Texas

[@steveansley6824]

Yes kids are a problem so are parents and admine to. How do i know..... Because I worked in the education field. So is Low pay long hours . Your remark about th4 teache4 mot being in the classroom ls totally incorrect.

[@LS-he9xb]

Institutionalize the schools...problem solved

[@justbecause9645]

It's the kids!!!!!!!!!!

[@Prayin4U]

Teachers are gonna be a thing of the past if they dont have our youth to help revamp it. Pay for teachers, the ppl that deal with & teach our kids need real life solution. If covid allowed homeschooling maybe homeschooling should be the new way.

[@h_a869]

We love homeschooling in Texas! We don’t want your money, stay out of our home!

[@Liz-y1d]

?

[@MrDust2011]

If you don't like it, leave.

[@reneedennis2011]

That's what a lot of teachers are doing 😁!

[@MarieDavis-xt7er]

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[@Andrina-fl9ef]

I have yet to hear one teacher say what they could be doing different.

[@CharlesVaughn-bm9gq]

Here we go again. I have been hearing this for fifty years. Teacher pay is not that bad along with insurance and a pension. My wife and daughter were teachers did not think they were paid unfairly, especially with several months off in the summer. Should you complain if you chose that profession? Maybe you should have become an engineer or accountant.

[@singerjo5791]

I am praying for the voucher system to come to fruition. We should have a choice of where to send our kids to school on our tax money. Home school is not always a viable option.

[@MarieDavis-xt7er]

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