To: tennteacher
When will they?
It starts for most they first day of school. The turnover rate for new teachers is very high. Last I read, something in the neighborhood of 50% [I believe it's actually higher than my estimate] of these new teachers leave teaching within 3-5 years. A formal mentoring system for these new teachers is the remedy currently being used to give them a kind of support that will make them want to stay in teaching.
To: Clara Lou
Three years ago, my high school hired 5 new English teachers; only one is still there.
15 posted on
08/05/2007 10:41:24 AM PDT by
tennteacher
(Duncan Hunter '08)
To: Clara Lou
I teach in an inner city school but I grew up in a middle class, suburban, white town. It was definitely a culture shock, and still sometimes is. What I have come to understand is that “diversity” means the thug culture. It means gangs, drugs, and a lot of teenage pregnancy. “Diversity” means trying to fake a learning disability to get a “crazy check” from the government. This will be my third year teaching and I can believe the turnover rate. We have teachers retiring early because they can take no more “diversity.” Ironically, those baby-boomers are the ones that helped bring us most of the “diversity.”
20 posted on
08/05/2007 10:57:37 AM PDT by
goodwithagun
(My gun has killed less people than Ted Kennedy's car.)
To: Clara Lou
A formal mentoring system for these new teachers is the remedy currently being used to give them a kind of support that will make them want to stay in teaching.What makes them stay in teaching is their inability to write that complete sentence that business correspondence demands.
29 posted on
08/05/2007 12:37:16 PM PDT by
HIDEK6
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