Sorry about the brush. I know there are good ones. My HS geometry teacher moved into admin after 30 years of teaching, and she was one of the best. I loved her, and saw her in September - took a trip to the old stomp - she’s STILL full of vinegar.
My opinion is that those who love to teach will do it for as long as they can - not taking note of the encumbrances here (burn out/frustration).
The system is top-heavy with admins. Fine get rid of bad admins and teachers, I’m good with that.
But “the system” is RUN by unions, goons, and admins. The teachers are just cogs.
DISBAND the union.
Whittle out the bad admins and teachers.
Vouchers.
To me, teachers are always the ‘little guys’ in these discussions, and I wish conservatives would target the unions and admin bean-counters.
recently - with the economic collapse of our state - and thus a collapse in state funding to schools - we have gotten to see a very ugly side to the unions and the teachers who support them.
Local administrators from all our local district are going on their 2nd and 3rd year of pay freezes.
As some administrators retire - their duties have been divided among the remaining with no increase in pay.
The teacher said - lead by example, we’ll follow.
Except they did not.
They’ve received their raises at the expense of the new hires and “could be” hires.
The reps don’t even tell their members what occurs during negotiations so as to better demonize administration when the deal is done.
It is always easy to demonize when you don’t have to sit in the chair and assume the responsiblity - or try to reconcile the math.
The level of animosity is discouraging and, quite frankly, disgusting.