I’ve heard that three teachers have quit my old job. I know they’ve lost other teachers, too. But specifically three that were teaching my age group, in my class room, have quit. So much for me having the “easy” age and “easy” class, huh?
I loved my old job, don’t get me wrong. If it wasn’t for the pandemic I likely wouldn’t have quit (although there were some issues here and there that were getting to me) but a recurring theme was always that I had the easiest group. Drove me up the wall.
I was the only solo teacher and my kids, whilst the oldest, also had a different schedule from the rest. My kids never napped so I was on all day long with them. That gave me less time to plan activities, hang up art, do the in class paperwork, and clean the toys and such. But I still managed it. It was hard and what I was doing was overlooked but I loved my kids to pieces so I tried my best.
I don’t blame the new hires for walking away as I’m sure those problems above have increased tenfold with all the new covid measures. It doesn’t help that I’m sure my directors waved off their worries the same way they did mine. Baffles me how they can still blindly believe they’re the best preschool/child care centre in my area when they can’t keep staff. You’d think they’d connect the dots or at least try to keep staff but they just don’t seem to care. There’s always gonna be new graduates who’ve never worked in a centre before and won’t know any better.
