I was socked at what is expected of teachers, I can't post on the other sub though
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Apologies for potentially poor spelling but I'm in the middle of a lesson at the moment. I (25m) recently left my job, sold my car and moved to a new city. I'm currently looking for work, but my finances are temporary a little tight. To try to help fix this I decided to temp, I applied at a school, was interviewed at the same time as three other people, and I got the call offering the position. I had little to no interaction with the school before my first day of work.<br><br>I've been there six days. The school is seriously understaffed with I think 10 temps, a large English as a second language population, and the largest special needs population I've ever seen in a regular school (12 out of 30 of my first class were special needs).<br><br>I'm not complaining about any of that, kids get what they get. What bothers me is what they're asking teachers to do. I was given a paper at the end of the six days that said I'm to read all of the students their standardized test reports the last week of school, I have to write each student a personalized letter, I have to post their test reports on the wall, but I have to put an empty envelope over the grades of students who failed (because we can never tell a kid they're failing) and for students who do fail, I have to write them a customized letter on suggestions about how to do better.<br><br>I also have to sort all of the kids desks, backpacks, and lockers by last name, take down any posters in my room, and then have the room spotless. I also have to clean up anything that is not bolted to the wall on my part of the patio.<br><br>I'm not sure of I can post links, but I saw other teachers post about how they have to work until July 1st. I'm still on probation at this school, they told me that I'd be here until the last day of school for students (June 15th) and that they would be in touch about if I'm allowed to stay. I'm not sure if I'll be allowed to stay after my probation ends. I'm also becoming increasingly less interested in staying.<br><br>Can anyone help me with some facts here? Should I just be glad to have a remote job where I can sit on my phone all day? Do I have to stay until June 30th? I'm burned out on this right now, so any info would be great.<br><br>Edit: We have to stay until June 30th. I'm not sure what will happen between June 15th-June 30th, but the principal did contact me and said that I'm here until then. I'm going to keep my head down and do my best, because I really need the money. But we did have a staff meeting and it's 1st and 2nd grade. I never want to be a teacher and I don't know how they do it. I've never had a more difficult job, there's no break and no down time. There's someone always asking you for help, a million things going on at once, and you're definitely over worked and under paid.<br><br>Edit: I had to edit this comment because grammar app tried to change the content. This was a heartfelt comment from someone else. <br><br>I don’t think any teacher would ever tell you to do this job. I don’t want my kids to do this job. I don’t want your kids to do this job. I’ve been teaching since 2011 and the job has WORSENED. It’s the worst it has ever been. I quit over Christmas break and started a new job at 70% of my old pay. I didn’t care. I still don’t care. I’m not looking back. The pay is too low and the stress was killing me and the joy I used to have in my heart was dying and it couldn’t be saved. I had to leave. I loved my 10-15 minutes a day w/each kid. I loved my content. I loved my colleagues. I loved seeing kids “get it.” I just couldn’t do it anymore. I am happy. Please don’t do this job OP. It will ruin your heart.
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