Teacher: I feel so exhausted all the time
Central Office: Have you tried yoga or running or meditation
Let’s stop telling teachers to do yoga and meditate (UNLESS that’s what they want and choose to do). Instead, let’s advocate for making teaching a sustainable career!
When there is a nursing shortage, pay rates shoot through the roof for Registered Nurses. When there’s a teacher shortage, we just lower the bar to become a teacher and never touch pay.
👀👀👀 22 years teaching and I barely make more than a first-year teacher. Stop adding new positions that pay $20,000 more than a teacher with experience and up the rate for your existing staff.
Do schools need increased funding?
𝐘𝐄𝐒!
Do schools need to do a better job at allocating their current funding?
𝐘𝐄𝐒!
•Stop hiring consultants
•We need more teachers, student supports
•We also need to increase their salaries so we don’t continue losing quality teachers