Even veteran teachers would be utterly discouraged by having their hands tied...
And that’s just by the kids!! :)
Once their hands are tied things get much worse!!
Guess the city fools can’t figure out that the schools 1) have no discipline, 2) have no discipline, and 3) have no discipline.
Not that I respect any NEA member, but I’ll give them on a break on the vermin (not all, but many) they have to try to teach.
The teachers coming into the system are literate in the particular methofology their school of ed espoused. They know very little about anything else. When the start in NYC they are required to attend workshops in their assigned school’s methodology. They are coddled and supported by the school admin. And yet they leave. Why? Many leave for better paying less stressful jobs in the burbs. Others to have kids andvraise a family. Oth er s because they simply are overwhelmed by the behaviors, both of the kids and the admins
When I began in the City in 86 a new teacher was handed a red binder for his homeroom’s attendance, a set of room keys and a handshake from the boss. 12 of us started together in 86. I was the first to leave, having done 13 years in Catholic schools, after 25 years. The last two of our class have their last day tomorrow. The rest retired in the last six years.
What’s different today? The people at the HQ have decided that you will teach their way, interact with the kids thrir way. Grade your kids their way. Or be on the highway