This following quote really made me realize that the issue we are presenting in class on Monday is very important and WILL pertain to all teachers.
“Salary aside, the number one reason teachers leave their school divisions or the teaching profession is a lack of administrative support, both at the district and the school level”
Imagine leaving the profession altogether! After working in college for five years, you finally get your "dream job" and you quit - not because you don't like or care for the kids in your classes but because you feel that the principal or other people in the administrative position are not helping you with what you need in order to get your job done. This will msot likely be an occurence with at least one of us (if not all of us) and it's important to find out how you can change your situation without getting so frustrated and discouraged that you simply quit! I can't wait to do our presentation and see all the others! Good luck everyone! :)
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I can't wait to hear it! I have often wondered how a teacher can deal with the issue of an unsupportive administration. At my current placement, I love the classroom I am in, but the administration creates a prison-like environment within the school. The principal is not a very approachable woman—to be honest, she scares me a little. She sits on a microphone during lunch barking orders at the students and hands out suspensions like they are the only discipline she knows. If I were a first year teacher there, I know I would not feel like I was supported or that my opinion was valuable. I do not think that I would stay there long, despite the wonderful students and staff.
The problem is that the administration sets a tone and the rest of the school has to follow it. If it is not something a teacher is comfortable with, the school will never feel like the right fit for her style of teaching. That teacher’s views will always conflict with administrations and students pick up on that. Which leads to the point, how can you make your students follow an administration you don’t believe in? You can’t.
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