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Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?
Posted by Stressed to the MAX. on 9/30/08
I am currently in my second year of teaching. I have also relocated to
NC from the North. My school is not in School Improvement, however
many, I would say the majority of the teachers (new and old) are
stressed to the max... ready to walk away from teaching. We have
many "new" things going on within our school. Which means more NON-
TEACHING time throughout our days. We all feel as if there is no
support from the top... just demands! "You will do this then you will
do that...."
Today I broke... I come home every night (after being at school for at
least 10 hours) with a headache and a list of things I need to do, such
as PEP's, the new Writing "professional development"online 20 hour
class, and many other NON-TEACHING duties. I didn't know I went to
college to do college busy work/classes for the rest of my life as a
teacher. I am thinking this is not the career I signed up for. I also
was hoping it was JUST my county. I guess it's time to recheck our
futures!!!
On 9/29/08, Tracey wrote:
> I am glad to see someone tell the truth about this. Teachers at
> schools with a large number of struggling students are punished-with
> excessive and useless trainings and extra (again useless) paperwork.
> No one seems to understand that punishing teachers will only run them
> away from the school. Teachers typically do all they can and teach
> their hearts out, but students take the tests and make the scores.
> Not all students are straight A students. Many times they are doing
> the best they can. Teachers motivate as much as humanly possible,
> but we are not God.
>
> On 9/28/08, Bill T NC grade 6 science wrote:
>>
>> Making teachers at struggling schools jump through hoops, do
>> mountains of paperwork and be "trained" half to death will
> not
>> change a thing.
>>
>> It won't help the students.
>>
>> I lived this scenario, during my last two years (NOT this year,
>> thankfully...I got myself OUT!) at a school with many "at risk"
>> students. Nothing got better. Instead, morale plummeted and a lot
>> of staff members, most of them excellent teachers, departed. Where
>> does that leave the students? How does that make things better?
>>
>> It didn't. It won't.
>>
>> Then why does it happen?
>>
>> Simple. Administration is covering their tails. They want to be
>> able to prove they did all they could to make things better. This
>> way, they can point the finger of blame at the classroom
> teacher.
>>
>> Holding useless meetings and trainings and putting more
>> responsibiity on already over stressed and over burdened teaches
>> is hardly going to solve the problem, but the "suits" won't see
>> that....can't see that.
>>
>> What I would not give to see a little leadership, somewhere in this
>> country, somewhere in the educational establishment...
Posts on this thread, including this one
- Very unhappy - wondering if it's my district or my school, 9/28/08, by 1st year/5th NC .
- Re: Very unhappy - wondering if it's my district or my schoo, 9/28/08, by It's typical .
- Re: Very unhappy - wondering if it's my district or my schoo, 9/28/08, by Anon.
- Re: Very unhappy - wondering if it's my district or my schoo, 9/28/08, by 1st year/5th/NC.
- Re: Very unhappy - wondering if it's my district or my schoo, 9/28/08, by OutOfTeachingInNC.
- Re: Very unhappy - wondering if it's my district or my schoo, 9/28/08, by Susan D.
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 9/28/08, by Bill T NC grade 6 science .
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 9/28/08, by I agree with Bill T.
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 9/28/08, by Bill T NC grade 6 science .
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 9/29/08, by 1st year/5th/NC.
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 9/29/08, by Susan D.
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 9/29/08, by Tracey.
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 9/30/08, by Stressed to the MAX..
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 10/01/08, by Mikey777.
- Re: You know what's really sad about all of this?, 10/06/08, by I'm relocating to NC.
- Re: An additional truth is...., 10/07/08, by Bill T 6 NC.
- Re: An additional truth is...., 10/08/08, by bookworm.
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