Education / Teaching thread

Goatman Saint said
Having a wife that was admin at site level, now at District Office, and more than a few friends that are admin I take absolute offense to this and will tap out on this thread now so I don’t go off on a bannable rant.

Maybe where you are reality is different. Here, this is true. Maybe 1/2 the schools in the district have competent admins. The rest are a study in dysfunction. It's not entirely their fault, The board of ed is underfunded, and a lot of teachers and admins punched out for good during Covid. The rest are overworked. It's whack-a-mole for the ones left, and no one wants to sacrifice their pension to save the ship. They're protecting themselves, and to a large extent I can't blame them.

My wife has 3 years left to make 30. I hope she gets there but I wonder what will be left of her. Abby's caseload is currently 22 with 5 of them being heavy duty. 2 need one-on-ones so guess who's handling that?? Admin hired a part-timer to help then promptly shifted her to gen ed leaving Abby twisting in the breeze. They promised her help, got some, then took it away. There aren't enough warm bodies.

Admin here just blows smoke. Empty promises. Board of ed can't keep teachers.

I'm not sure why you took offense. What happens here doesn't impugn your wife or your friends at all. You know this **** varies greatly state to state and indeed county to county within any state. Didn't mean to offend but this is reality in this county, I hope yours is different. Abby's story is not unique at all in this county.