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re: Teachers of the OT: Dealing with Burnout
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:32 pm to Falco
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:32 pm to Falco
Reading things like this remind me I need to show more appreciation toward my kids good teachers. You are appreciated, and making a huge impact, even though you don't get the feedback you deserve.
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Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:34 pm to Falco
Problem with education is we have moved from a model based on meritocracy and excellence to a model based on feelings and self esteem.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:34 pm to Falco
Just mentally check out and enjoy those 15 weeks off a year. Or get certified in PE. Easy money.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:36 pm to Falco
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Considering I spent two weeks of the summer at training, along with summer school. So my summer consistented of May 27-31 free, followed by June 3-28th at work, then July 1-3 and 10-12 at training. So I had July 13 until the 23rd free until stuff for work started again.
Nevermind, you're doing it way wrong.
In all seriousness, do you have any interest in sports/PE? I'm in my 20th year and all the things you hate about teaching you don't have to deal with at all. When I leave at 3 I don't have to think about work again until I get there the next morning. My summers are my summers, weekends, holidays never have to spent one second thinking about work. No grading papers, no standardized testing, no meetings, no parents or admin breathing down your neck. No pressure so you can actually enjoy your time with the kids and they generally enjoy your class so you don't have to deal with that aspect either. It's obviously a less structured environment so it can get kind of crazy sometimes and kids whine a lot but if you can deal with that then it's cake. If you are going to stay in education I highly recommend it.
This post was edited on 11/1/24 at 8:44 pm
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:36 pm to Falco
quote:Would you do it for 3 months off a year?
I'm not taking a 20k a year decline in pay
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:42 pm to Falco
It sounds like you have a terrible administration. I used to deal with crap like that in Caddo Parish, moved to teaching in Bossier and it was night and day.
Now I’m at Huntsville City. The bar is just as low, but the stress is non existent. I feel like the pendulum is starting to swing the other way for the education profession.
It also doesn’t help that in Louisiana teachers aren’t respected at all and pretty much thought of as losers who couldn’t make it in the real world. That’s not a nationwide mentality.
Now I’m at Huntsville City. The bar is just as low, but the stress is non existent. I feel like the pendulum is starting to swing the other way for the education profession.
It also doesn’t help that in Louisiana teachers aren’t respected at all and pretty much thought of as losers who couldn’t make it in the real world. That’s not a nationwide mentality.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:42 pm to Falco
Your great granddad, who worked sun up to sun down 6 days a week from age 5 (with a brief vacation to WW1 or WW2) until he died, often in dangerous conditions, would beat the ever living hell out of you for being 'burned out" at a job in the AC, working much less than the 2080 hour standard work year and making decent money.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:47 pm to Falco
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I'm in year 15 teaching
Move up or move out. You have more years of experience than probably many of the incompetent administrators making the decisions above you at this point.
Or get an endorsement or two that allows you to move into an adjacent position and out of the classroom without all the stress.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:49 pm to Falco
Then get a new job. Man up and stop crying.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:53 pm to Falco
If you have burnout with summer off and a month at Christmas …..
I don’t know how to help you.
I don’t know how to help you.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 8:56 pm to Falco
Wait we spend more money per pupil than most states and still they can't read. Wonder what happened along the way. Boy we need a lot of changes. I'm not blaming you, it's the system that has failed all of us.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 9:27 pm to Falco
Put on a doo rag and let them teach you how to dance. Then they'll trust and listen to you.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 10:03 pm to Falco
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enjoy my job I really do, I love teaching, I love those "a ha" moments. However, I hate data shares, I hate PLC, I hate pacing guides, I hate not being able to reteach information I can clearly.see students didn't acquire. I'm debating quitting and moving into a different profession because teaching isn't about teaching anymore. It is about testing, it is about IEP, it is about making sure students pass whether they understand the information or not
I'm frustrated because I have several students who cannot read on grade level, they can't even read in English, yet I'm supposed to have these students at "Mastery" by the end of the year when they can't even read the word "The" correctly.
I tried teaching at a community college, needless to say, it didn't work out very long. Without getting into the ugly details, state employees are the most useless people on the planet. Most are incompetence because they are underpaid and the state can't get good people. Then you have the DEI/affirmative action hiring which makes it even worse. They will hire a white instructor at one college and won't tell him in the hiring process that he will be working at a nearly all black campus different from the one that he thought he was getting hired for. Or they will say he is only going there temporary, then afterwards he finds out he is there perminant, because nobody else wants it. Then if there is a dispute between the white instructor and a black employee, they will ALWAYS side with the black employee, regardless of who is right or wrong. Its very chicken shite and cowardly, which is what todays white man has turned into.
Sending a complaint to your local state representative is also totally useless. They will do nothing. They can't even get your final paycheck to you on time. I had to hire a lawyer to get my last paycheck, who then forced them to pay thousands of dollars in late penalties. I've never seen such incompetence.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 10:51 pm to Falco
I don’t like my job either. Trade a bunch of whiny kids for a boss who’s breath smells like coffee and shite every morning
Posted on 11/1/24 at 10:57 pm to Falco
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I'm not taking a 20k a year decline in pay
Doesn't seem like you ought to be complaining.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 11:19 pm to POTUS2024
I don't have an answer.
I'm in year 10. I do still love my job. Love teaching and coaching. But same stuff. We have guided "PLC" 5 days a week, sped paperwork, class paperwork, data digs. Insane parents in sports.
I did step back from Varsity to JH sports to take some pressure off and spend more time with my own kids.
3 years ago when I took my kids full time I really looked hard at trying to find anything I could possibly do to make more $ and take care of my kids. But came up completely empty on anything that wouldn't require me being away from kids significantly more.
So here we are.
I'm in year 10. I do still love my job. Love teaching and coaching. But same stuff. We have guided "PLC" 5 days a week, sped paperwork, class paperwork, data digs. Insane parents in sports.
I did step back from Varsity to JH sports to take some pressure off and spend more time with my own kids.
3 years ago when I took my kids full time I really looked hard at trying to find anything I could possibly do to make more $ and take care of my kids. But came up completely empty on anything that wouldn't require me being away from kids significantly more.
So here we are.
Posted on 11/1/24 at 11:47 pm to Falco
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Teachers of the OT: Dealing with Burnout
Anyone can get burnout. That isn’t some badge of honor that only teachers can have.
Your life is in your hands. Plus you don’t work for almost a third of the year. I haven’t had more than 5 days off in a row since 2005 while averaging 50+ hours a week. Please tell me again about burnout?
Either change it or accept the situation you chose for yourself. You aren’t special.
Posted on 11/2/24 at 12:10 am to High C
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When I started, I made $18.8k/yr. and
Hot damn. Was that at a private school?
Posted on 11/2/24 at 12:22 am to Porter Osborne Jr
The year must have been 1950
Posted on 11/2/24 at 12:34 am to Falco
Putting aside Angola prep types of public schools, within "decent" schools and school systems is the bureaucratic b.s. universal or are there better and worse places to work? For instance, is a public school in Mandeville about the same as working at Ben Franklin, BR High, etc., or is it better working at the more selective schools? Conversely, is the soul crushing stuff universal and teaching sux no matter where you work?
This post was edited on 11/2/24 at 12:36 am
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