Exit interviews reveal the brutal truth behind why teachers are leaving #Florida classrooms in droves: Money, stress, lack of support. abcactionnews.com/news/state/exi… via @KatieLaGrone
According to our analysis of the voluntary exit interviews: •about a third of teachers who filled out these surveys cited moving and relocation as a major reason for leaving. •nearly a quarter listed salary as a top area of concern. •Other notable factors for leaving included stress and lack of support from districts The interviews also revealed Florida educators are leaving because of a lack of parent accountability and student respect. Dozens of teachers from both Florida coasts described how student behavior is “out of control.” “There has been a decrease in disciplinary action but a dramatic increase in extreme behavioral issues,” explained a former Hillsborough County teacher. “There are students with multiple infractions that are allowed to remain on campuses there. They sow discord and often make it harder for other students to learn,” stated a former teacher in Palm Beach County. The following comment comes from a former elementary school educator in Pinellas County. This teacher left just weeks after starting this current school year: “The absolutely ridiculous and violent behavior of the students coupled with little to no consequences for said behavior was abhorrent. In the less than 3 weeks in this position I hated every minute of the day. It was negative and I couldn't wait to leave each day.”
@craigtimes @KatieLaGrone We need to pay our teachers as we do doctors and lawyers. It’s a time honored degreed profession. And, they should have never become a political whipping post like DeSantis did with his culture war politics which have backfired.
@craigtimes @KatieLaGrone "Nearly 10% of Florida teachers left their district last year." In Florida we have swamps...many are man made. Public education is one. Good work @GovRonDeSantis and your buddies in Tallassee.
@craigtimes @KatieLaGrone Don’t blame them. The attitude in Florida towards teachers and education is brutal.
@craigtimes @KatieLaGrone Another victim of DeSantis’s “woke” war fox13news.com/news/florida-t…
@craigtimes @KatieLaGrone Bang up job by @CommMannyDiazJr and the subservient @FLGOPMajority, eh?! 🙄
@craigtimes @KatieLaGrone Soon, we’ll be like Texas where a woman I know who was fired as a elementary Ed teacher a couple decades ago for her bad temper is now back in the classroom & her 19 y/o kid who finished HS at an alternative school for troubled kids is a sub teacher.
@craigtimes @KatieLaGrone Let’s be clear-Many exp educators left when @GovRonDeSantis political ambitions were more important than education. FULL 🛑 I left, & many of my colleagues left when he & his admin dubbed us ‘Groomers!’ Let his retired military, rogue LE, cashiers & roofers teach your kids.😘 ✌️
@craigtimes @KatieLaGrone What else could be expected when the governor's administration/representative refers to teachers as groomers?