The American Classroom: Texas school district tackles teacher shortages
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- Опубліковано 13 лис 2023
- ABC News' Mireya Villarreal reports from Mesquite, Texas, on the nationwide teacher shortage since the pandemic and the efforts of one school district to recruit and retain teachers.
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You want to recruit and retain teachers? Force parents to take responsibility for the children's actions.
Yes and dss shouldn’t get involved if kids get whoopings
That part!
Corporal Punishment
THIS! 100%
As a parent: AMEN!!
STOP BLAMING COVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The issues our schools have experienced have been there for years. COVID just put the teacher's problems in everyone's faces.
Exactly this! 🏆
For real, these issues were bad before covid. They would've gotten really bad in a few decades on a normal timeline, but covid accelerated it and just made the chickens come home to roost that much sooner. Sick of everyone blaming the pandemic on everything like it hasn't been here this whole time.
Also shout out to the parents who spent a year with their kid and then dropped him off feral when school resumed. Great job parents of America.
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Covid is an easy excuse for people to avoid taking responsibility for their shortcomings.
Pay is the #1 reason I'm thinking about leaving teaching. I can deal with everything else (paperwork, student behavior, lack of support) if I were paid for the amount of work I do. I do not want to hear, "Teachers are in it for the outcome, not the income." I can't focus on the outcome when I'm stressed about the income.
Exactly. Teaching is not a volunteer position. It's a profession that pays the bills.
Yes! I hate when people say, "It's a calling." No. Can it be a profession that is enjoyable? Yes. I have a family to support, and as a single mom, the pay barely cuts it.
A saw a video years ago interviewing teachers who were quitting and their demands were not unreasonable. This one poor girl said "You know I don't need to make a lot of money, i just need enough to not have to keep working two jobs." And this school district still said no. Sometimes it seems like parts of America are intentionally being destroyed from within.
My response was to teach in another country. Much happier where I teach now, where parents and students respect teachers.
Yet, why do people go into teaching knowing it is not a high paying position if money is the issue? It's like they are taking a gamble thing will change.
It's crazy with the outrageous amounts of Taxes we pay in Texas that they can't pay teachers a living wage, but have no problem paying superintendents 200k salary.
Its pocketed. Other countries pay less per kid and schools etc much better
It’s truly a bad sign of current events when teachers leave teaching, they’ve put up with a lot! Shame on America for not paying teachers! This is what happens when a society doesn’t value education.
It’s because the teacher pool is 80% women, if that number was inverted we would NOT have the same issues (different ones l, sure, but definitely not around pay like we do).
It's not just pay. The kids are not disciplined. In many schools teachers are actually attacked and beaten by students with no reprecussions. This liberal approach to teaching, raising children is leading to the destruction of society. We now have three generations of spoiled brats that have never been told no in their entire lives. Highschools turning out students that can't read on a 4th grade level. The US is near the bottom of the barrel when it comes to student education. Teachers need to be paid a professional's salray, and kids need to be made to mind. I, for one, believe in military style teaching. In the old days if a kid misbehaved he was taken to the principal and got his ass whooped. It's too bad the US did away with the woodshed.
@nicholastorres3381 They've already increased pay in some places in tx. Lack of parent presence and discipline is a big issue across America. I wouldn't want to be a teacher. Boring 9-5 style workplace, unruly kids, dangerous environment is a no for me.
Well, it's not boring. Everything else you said was true, lol. @@soufwesthoustontx
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One of my friends took a lower paying teaching job at a Catholic school. But she said it was worth it because the school doesn't tolerate behavior issues and there is more support across the board. Class sizes are also smaller. I don't know why anyone would want to teach at modern public school. They are basically tax funded daycares.
They are like that because they are allowed to discriminate children. They could turn away people with disabilities. Does that seem ethical?
@@scz798 I don't think it's unethical. I don't think private schools should be forced to take everyone, especially if they don't have the funds, resources, or expertise. The average teacher is not qualified to deal with special needs children. It's not about excluding but about realizing the school's limitations. It would be negligent to represent to the public that your staff are equipped to handle special needs children when they aren't.
@@scz798Public schools can turn away those with disabilities? Do you not know your laws?
You make no sense. “I don’t know why anyone would want to teach at modern public school” because some people have been given a gift to teach period no matter the obstacles, we overcome them. You’re sounding very selfish and only thinking of the upper class. Have more respect and consideration.
@@sidneycarrizalez8906 it's great that circumstances don't impair many teachers' gifts and desire to teach. But you cannot ignore the fact that many teachers are being driven out of the profession for reasons out of their control, and, as a result, their desire and talent for teaching is negatively impacted. I'm not sure where you got "upper class" from. There is nothing wrong with a Catholic school not accepting bad behavior so that the teachers can do their jobs efficiently.
Interview teachers who left.
Behavior, pay, forced curriculum implementation, lack of admin support
Texas teachers get paid pretty well especially in low-income districts. The main issue is lack of support for students and staff. Whether it’s an issue of curriculum or behavior it’s just not being supported enough.
Teachers put up with too much and have started to just say no and/or are leaving their district/ profession… as they should. Boundaries are healthy.
Interview the students
The administrators don't care about teacher. I'm in Dallas, and we are in no way supported when it comes to behavior issues. The admins just blame us for behavior and throw money at us hoping we'll put up with it. It's nothing but hazard pay.
😂 Hazard pay 😂
Pay them for their worth! and make those parents accountable. A teacher is not a babysitter and should not go to school worried for their life
Facts 💯 A teacher Create lesson plans to teach students subjects, such as reading, science, and math. Teach students how to interact with others. Observe students to evaluate their abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. Instruct an entire class or smaller groups of students.
There is no teacher shortage! It is a shortage of adequate pay and supportive workplaces!
Parents need to EITHER:control their children OR HOMESCHOOL
My sister was a HS educator and resigned due to health issues. The stories I’ve heard are shameful and a reflection of a society in decline.
Poor conservative people
Been a teacher for 6 years. Extremely happy that this will be my last year. It’s just not worth it as a career.
You all missed the mark with this completely. Kids can literally punch teachers in the face and swear at them and remain in the classroom. Tear down bulliten boards and then get a bag of chips from the principals office and come back up. And that’s just a part or the problems we’re facing.
That's wrong, though. You have no idea what you're talking about. I work at a public charter- high school level. Schools are more likely to call the POLICE after such behavior than they are to hand out punishments themselves. Why? Because it's assault. It will land a kid in juvenile detention. Teachers get health insurance- do you think schools aren't being pressed by their insurers of employees to take every active measure possible to avoid injury on the job? They aren't trying to cover those payouts or FMLA or therapy, PT and ER visits or anything else.
Kids today are BETTER behaved than previous generations. EBDs (emotional behavioral disorders) are diagnosed earlier and intervened on quickly to avoid outbursts. Even on reduced funding for SPED- kids are doing better behaviorally.. not worse.
You're steeped in juvenoia & you're allowing it to shape your worldview and it's OBVIOUS to anyone with half a braincell. 🎉
Not true…. They get sent out and then come back 10 minutes later with a juice box and gummy snack. Essentially rewarding them for punching a teacher and then swearing at them.
I feel bad for the students in Texas. However, Texas previous and current procedures, systems, payment and fees are ridiculous, that was the reason I moved from Texas to Washington State, and I'm glad I did.
What are some of the main differences you’ve noticed between the education system and/or the schools in Texas vs WA? I was born & raised in WA where I attended and graduated from WA k-12 public school, so Im curious & would love to hear your thoughts on some of the observations youve made between the two state’s education systems.
You couldn’t pay me enough to even consider teaching. That job sucks.
Let’s just tell the truth the reason why y’all don’t want to pay teachers a good salary is the fact that y’all just don’t want to pay people for the amount of effort that they put into going to school for their professions. Y’all rather pay people which y’all think is good enough for a person to live off of while you can take all the money in the world and live a lavish life.
The response to covid destroyed what was left of the educational system, but it's been dying for years.
This 💯
You have to be insane to become a teacher. Low pay, rude and violent kids and parents, oh yeah you might get shot/killed in a school shooting, etc. it’s not a respected profession. if you’re qualified enough to become a teacher then you’re qualified enough to have a much better job with much better conditions and pay.
Teaching itself is still a respected profession - just not with conditions where teachers are set to fail. If anything it should make you respect the people who stay in teaching even more, because they’re obviously not in it for the income
@@pattymayocakes lmao idk that sounds like someone being tricked into accepting less under the guise of some non-existent valor. Anyone intelligent enough to get a teaching degree should be intelligent enough not to get one.
@@user-sj5ju4jb7twho were taught by a teacher timeshare hard teacher put up with slot you want to judge become one for a week then get back to me..
@@user-sj5ju4jb7t so we don’t need any teachers? No one should teach - just the bottom of the barrel people who can’t get another job? You sound ignorant
Okay have fun trying to find a teacher for your children. I guess AI can do it, right? Totally not an important profession whatsoever, not like the future depends on how today’s children are raised/taught… (EXTREME SARCASM BECAUSE ITS INSANELY IMPORTANT)
Pay teachers more!! And also allow discipline into school, writing a sentence ten times will not traumatize a child!
More like 1000+ times
It’s pretty simple: pay teachers more. Let’s stop acting like the solution to this problem is complicated.
Pay is one. Behavioral issues that bleed over to home without good support from AP’s is another issue.
These teachers did a stellar job of convincing me and hopefully other citizens that schools require more of our support.
I think more teachers should quit.
If you're thinking of going into teaching because it's a "calling" or it's a "noble profession", you need to check your caller ID.
Good one
Every few months a news piece but nothing ever happens
Teaching is a nobel profession in the world.I think it.
I'm thankful I was gifted with a desire to learn. I attended public school but was in the advanced classes with other kids who wanted to be there and to learn.
Mesquite ISD has always had a solid reputation. I'm glad to see they are doing all they can to maintain their excellence.
💚🙏 we are gonna focus on this,drastically.... not messing around.. this is highly sensitive and important to do as much reasonable, appropriate changes
Coming from a Texas Teacher currently in his 15th year. Paying teachers more does nothing to assist the cultural and societal issues like the staggering numbers of young boys not having fathers or positive father figures in the home. A number that has skyrocketed in the last 40 years. If you don’t think the effects of that are detrimental to a society then you have blinders on.
The state of Arizona’s governor just completed a task force that researched the teacher shortage issue here. Two reasons for the issues popped up to the top- low pay and lack of support from administrators.
If I wasn’t so close to retirement I’d be gone….teaching is nothing like it was when I started 20 years ago.
I hope some of these teachers move to blue states where they will have academic freedom, better pay and retirement and better benefits not to mention peace of mind.
You mean like Maryland? Where in Baltimore the damn kids can’t read above a 2nd grade level.. how about Chicago then? Where there no guarantee that you would even make it back home… I wish a lot of these people would return to there blue crime ridden shitholes
there is still the issue of too much paperwork, unruly kids, crazy admins
Teachers afraid their students, parents, politicians, they don't pay them enough.
They don't deserve better pay. They're still going to do a lousy job while getting paid more
@@ElectricVehiclesAreGoodF-ti7xd So, are you going to sign up to fix the problem, yourself?
@@tipsandtricks6071 Unfortunately I was never given the chance. Today it would be like starting all over. I never graduated. My money is invested in my business.
Low pay, disrespectful students, overwhelming paperwork, bully principals, and no support from administrators. Next year will be my last! 👋🏽
Shout out to Angel Rivera, he used to be the principal at Rick Schneider Middle School in Houston.
Offer a higher pay and a 4 day school schedule
Stop calling students “over achievers”. What the hell is that supposed to mean? They are competing on a global scale. If they care to explore ideas beyond what you have to offer, or challenge themselves, encourage them!
Humans do not care about competition of slavery! Humans are free to go at thier own pace!
I don’t have the mentality to be a teacher
These are great teachers. I love it!!!
BAD ADMINISTRATION IS MAKING TEACHER QUIT THE PROFESSION. ADMINISTRATION ARE GETTING WORSE BY THE DAY BECAUSE THEY ARE CLUELESS.
The kids are out of control, it starts at home with discipline which most are not doing. Teachers and staff are fed up
Good job superintendent Rivera! Enjoyed this.
Dang, that guy teaches at Poteet. No wonder those kids were tough at Academic Decathlon events. Those kids were getting taught good lol
1. More on parents to make sure their kid is properly disciplined.
2. Better pay
Anything else?
Get their legislators to teach
Thank you, Abbott.
What's not talked about is how lenient the administration is on student discipline. The most disruptive and aggressive students repeatedly get a slap on the wrist. Ask the Judson ISD.
I wanted to be a teacher but got burned from my host teacher. She blamed me for stuff and when my supervisor called me, I replied, “well, did she also let you know _______ from my side?” Just getting through the teacher certification is complicated and a ton of kissing up, even after passing the PPR and ELAR. I honestly don’t regret trying but relieved it didn’t go through. It’s too much to get accepted and approved, and too much stress maintaining your job.
My cousin is a elementary school teacher in Texas. Her pay is decent but her district faces other problems. Some parents disown her because he’s not Christian. Her school is constantly getting sick children to the point the teacher’s are getting sick too.
I’m in my 20 something year as a spec ed teacher and am so over it. It gets worse and worse. Nobody checks in on sped except to come in and complain.
I guarantee, the lawyer/teacher is teaching an honors class. Good for him, but these are not your average students, and not your average classroom. And all that furniture that makes his classroom a court room??? He paid for all of that himself. Notice how they are showing only 2 teachers in a district with 51 schools, and just one para who became a teacher. Doesn't sound like a very successful program. Show the teacher who is in front of a class of 38 students, after lunch, trying to teach English literature. That's what a real classroom looks like, and it's hard. This was "staged" education. And teachers aren't leaving just due to pay, in fact I would say its mainly due to lack of administrative support in dealing with students whose behavior is out of control, and lack of support from parents. STOP going straight to pay!!! I just luuuuvv how all the major networks do the same education story over and over telling us nothing new! . Texas does squat for its teachers. I've taught in Texas. What they want in their classrooms are nuns--complete and utter give everything and expect nothing in return type of service, never speak up, never complain, be a robot type of teacher. That's what Texas wants from teachers. The fact that they now have a program that paras can use to become teachers says it all.
Even when I was in highschool (6 years ago) I knew the teachers didn’t make good money. This ain’t new
My first 5 yrs teaching was in Harris county, mid 80’s it was horrible then. Just saying
I thought the newsline was he physically tackled a teacher. 😂
There isn't a teacher shortage. There is a shortage of teaching jobs that are willing to pay a livable salary and that give support to teaches. And that help teaches deal with difficult children.
As a teacher, saying, "You guys...," can get you in trouble.
Like Australia, they probably have a unionised, protectionist racket in place for permanent staff. The rest, on contracts (rarely full time) are left transient and vulnerable. Try getting a bank loan in Australia if you are on contract or casual!
poor pay, no budget for resources, aggressive students, protesting parents over every little thing, states passing dumb laws against learning. Yeah, i don't blame anyone for not wanting to be a teacher in this day and age.
Let me tell you, those of us who teach a STAAR course, it is not fun. Even when I try, it’s just not like it was even just years ago.
How about paying them more?
This is my 6th year teaching. The pay needs to be increased, get rid of appraisals, and support with students' behavior.
Abbott is holding school funding increases and teacher wages hostages until he can get vouchers. Once vouches are approved, he will say sorry now no money for public schools. He is taking huge donations from billionaires who do not believe in public schools. Some charter schools in Colorado are getting public school money from Texas.
I’m getting my BA in elementary education and have absolutely zero plans teaching in the USA. Crap pay, crap parents, and crap administration, also the fear you and the little ones may get gunned down.. People say “Teachers make too much!” Then wonder why there’s shortages. My state starts paying teachers at 32k a year. Or you can go to China and teach for around 40k with a nice apartment costing 300-600 a month, and with no property tax.
❤ really should be the top issue for voters
Hey texas can pay for large sports complexes for high school sports but they cant pay teachers a living wage. You know where their priorities are.
This just feels like the same song and dance. This news story is played out. The industry just looks for fresh blood when needed
Texas does a HORRIBLE job rewarding advanced degrees. It’s not financially worthwhile considering the time and cost involved in earning a masters degree in education.
PAY any American with bachelor degree willing to be a teacher $77,000+/Year so you do not have a teacher shortage! Its that simple!
Public school system has BEEN needing reconstruction for the past two decades bruh
With technology leading the next generation and AI things need to change now more than ever
i think all other places in the world, they worry more about no kids, no students...
If they’re good teachers, they should be paid hundreds of thousands of dollars a year!!
Agree with everything but the part where the kid said that the teacher is also a friend. No. Teachers, like parents, should not be your friend. They're a professional who is tasked with teaching specific curricula.
That may just be how the kid describes their feelings, though. It may not reflect how the teacher themselves feels about the student. If it does, yes, that’s a problem.
Maybe pay them more?
You want to retain teachers ? PAY THEM A LIVING WAGE.
Poor behavior.low pay and they make you have a ton of credentials to teach. That's why I quit too
I recently met someone who was a former educator in Texas who left for Chicago because of Christian extremist parents threatening her life. She got death threats, and constant calls from CPS over child abuse. Why? Because she had a pride flag in her front yard and had a transgender child. She now teaches in Chicago for less money, but is more safe now.
Transgender child? Call the CPS
@@omusaatsawatuukha2513 how old is the child you seem to know them personally
@@Yo1297 Child - Under 18.
I'm relieved to hear that child abuser is no longer in Texas.
Thanks to the ridiculous occupational licensing in k-12 education, the teacher of the year in one state cannot get a job teaching in another state without an ocean of paperwork and red tape. I'm the author of EIGHT DAYS IN AN INNER CITY SCHOOL
Pay the god damn teachers living wages and teach them how to teach properly!!!! Its not that damn hard people!!!!!
The problem is the lack of parenting with consequences for misbehaving kids and the conservative mothers, liberty freedom mothers, whatever BS extreme radicals fear... These factors make teachers leave. Then the pay, unless educated loan forgiveness or aid reves up most teachers that have a spouse and children, but only one working parent struggle to live comfortably. Sad that the future of america takes a back seat to other political distractions that will only come back to hurt us double...
You can be a teacher....but first you gotta pay the state for the privilege.
Why not just lower the barriers to entry?
How come in schools they don’t teach kids how to be a hairstylist or barber or make up artist, fashion, designer, or even a graphic designer
Don’t have the funding. I’m sure schools would love to. I remember when I was in high school we had to raise money ourselves to fund (extra) programs like that. Luckily our community understands the worth of the investment but the burden shouldn’t be put on parents with how high our taxes are
Some schools do teach trades including working and hospitality
@@deekircher21 hospitality no thank you I’m not interested ideas end trade jobs anymore. Yuck
Because it's called getting an EDUCATION. We are already behind most other countries in education. People don't have information literacy, can't reason logical, have poor reading comprehension, can't write or communicate, and ya'll are like "why don't they teach them fashion" ffs. Americans don't even realize how dumb they are
That's usually 5 A schools. My old high-school is huge and now has an engineering department whereas it was only an electronics department over 20 years ago. It also was apart of VICA so they had culinary, nursing, CAD, and a hair school. Some of the other schools bussed kids over in the afternoon.
the high school teacher went from lawyer to teacher cuz of a calling? I doubt that. I'd say he sucks at lawyering.
Well parents can’t do anything because of CPS lol
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Two teachers who clearly are stool pigeons for the local school district
Thought they said texas was perfect😂
plenty of people are teachers but cant get jobs. this is a part of a larger plan......
We don’t have a teacher problem… that is a symptom of the biggest problem we have. Our single family households are churning out people that are doing everything from making our schools unlivable to filling our prisons. You don’t have to like it agree with it or understand but that is the problem. Schools with good students have no problem getting teachers for far less money than schools full of criminals.
Remember… the quality of a school isn’t decided by the board principal teachers or the kids. The quality of a school is 100% in the hands of the parents.
You need drones.
I have been teaching High school math for 8 years. I am one of the few people who actually like my job. I think technology masks a child's true understanding of the material. If AI is brought into education, I will resign. I want my students to think critically and form their own thoughts. AI has no place in the classroom. Furthermore, I will pull my children out of any school that uses AI for any reason.
When Mom’s for Liberty is bigotry, parents are not fit to parent and administrators that re oblivious of the reality…..but…..this IS A DECADES OLD PROBLEM!!!
There’s plenty of teachers, but you treat them like 💩. What do you think will happen when other jobs pay better, get respect and get more out of life other than health issues.
COVID is not the reason things are falling apart in US education. I just retired after 26 years in public elementary in Texas. A living wage would be a big help so you can buy a middle class house after a few years. Many of us also have our own kids to put through university. Many of these teachers are the head of the house and bring in the largest wage which is poor. We need a GI Bill for teachers with low interest housing loans and free college for our kids at community college or reduced rates at the big state universities.
Besides this discipline and behavior has fallen to an all time low. Kids will openly curse their teachers or attack them at times. They destroy school property and are not a held responsible. The admin does nothing and the parents blame the teachers for their kid's wild actions. Admin further, does not grow and develop young teachers and has no time to listen to the older teachers who are the core of the school. There was always an air of "If you do not like how things are run you are expendable and can transfer schools, transfer districts, or leave teaching." These older teachers should be kept at all costs since they have experience and can handle kids. Bonuses should be paid after every five years of teaching and grow each time after 15 years. I met very few poorly qualified lazy teachers in my over 28 total years of teaching in public and private. There is nothing wrong with an average teacher! If you can sit in that class and learn what the state requires that is fine. Some weight should be put on the students to work hard and for the parents to help them with the homework. This is very possible in elementary. I had many parents who could help but did nothing. They also did not motivate their kids to work hard and attain high grades. Finally, stop testing the kids to death. We had benchmark practice tests and benchmark tests almost biweekly to prepare for the big yearly state tests. Please let the teachers teach and do not teach to the test questions. Further, have honest grades that reflect the student's true ability and work habits. Grade inflation is killing our kids and keeps the parents in the dark as to their true abilities.
All of this is the opposite of what I saw when teaching in Asia where it is a merit based educational system. After working hard in elementary you compete and test into the best middle, high schools, and universities across most East Asian countries.
Fluff piece
How come they don’t teach American Sign Language to kids and they don’t partner normal kids with special ed kids
They do. It's the law.
@@colclark87 good
The teacher in the blue checked suit looked high.
If you want to recruit and retain teachers pay then what they are worth. Also, hire teachers aids.
The GOP war on education and educators has its consequences. I hope all teachers understand their value and walk away.
You know, it's not the gop that has its claws in education. Education is dominated by the left. It's failing has nothing to do with anything the gop is doing or has done.
All they doing is doing more programming these children so they can be more a robot. It was never anything wrong with traditional teaching.
LBJ started as a Texas school teacher and somehow managed to parlay that into millions while serving in government.
@@Donley76 No, I was trying to point out that LBJ was corrupt. That doesn't make me a MAGA troll. It makes me a person willing to accept when people from my own party have done wrong.
@@Donley76 I agree. People can do both great and horrible things in their lives. LBJ, for example, was a crook, but he also got the Voting Rights Act passed.
LBJ graduated from college in 1930. What do you think his tuition was back then compared to the loans teaching students have to take out now?
@@roccoz2231 I can tell you what MY tuition and fees were at UC Berkeley when I attended in the early 90s: $2800 per year. Today it's closer to $15,000 for state residents, $40,000 for out of state.
LBJ may have been corrupt, but he did a lot of good things while in office. If it weren't for Vietnam, he might have been one of the greatest Presidents.
I don't believe children should be forced to attend school past a certain age, maybe remote and trades would be the way to go as an option.
It is all slavery and Indoctrination! No thanks!