A teacher describes why she felt it was impossible to do her job well, with all the demands on her, and have a life outside school.
By Valerie Strauss Valerie Strauss Reporter covering education, foreign affairs Email Bio Follow April 16 at 12:50 PM This is the way South Carolina’s Post and Courier newspaper started its 2018 exposé of the state’s stewardship of its public schools:
That sums up the state of public education in South Carolina, where thousands of teachers quit each year because they say they are underpaid — with some taking second and third jobs to pay their bills — and are expected to fill out near-endless paperwork while working hours long past the end of the school day.
While she lived in Charleston, she became active in local and state politics regarding education policy, and was an area representative for the grass-roots education advocacy organization called SC for Ed. She also represented three counties with the group Lowcountry Area Teachers Taking Action.
Team/grade level meetings were one day a week. Meetings with academic coaches and/or administration were one day a week. That usually left three days a week where I could try to schedule meetings with parents and other faculty/staff to discuss student progress and any academic or social concerns. This was the time to reply to emails, make copies, prep for the remaining lessons for the day, make parent phone calls, grade assignments, enter grades, and fill out paperwork.
Schools often hold PTA meetings once a month or every other month. All faculty/staff are expected to attend. Some schools may have it so you don't have to attend every meeting, but you must attend the majority of them. There are also special family nights or content area nights about once a marking period where families could come to the school from about 6-8 to meet with the teachers and perform some academic themed activities.
Districts and schools have additional testing than the state testing. This meant beginning of the year, middle of the year, and end of the year record keeping and test administration. We would have to input the data from these assessments into other systems or websites for their record keeping. Please understand that this has nothing to do with my children, Ms. Wallace, or the rest of the faculty and staff at Murray-LaSaine. I couldn’t have dreamed of a more perfect fit for my class, administrator, and school. I thought I had found my forever school.
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