I want to quit

I’m a 2nd year 3rd grade teacher with an emphasis in special education. I have 8 student’s with IEP’s some of which have one on one para. I also have a para for a student with a medical diagnosis to help when he has a seizure. I love my students and that’s the only reason I originally wanted to be a teacher. I know I’m not leaving the profession all together but I’m tired of how administration will take advantage of sped teachers. I am supplied with one para, I have 3 with the new one being trained currently. I’m expected to train this new para with little to no guidance on how to train them. I have to write lesson plans for my students, their one on one para’s, the class para and my Para. On top of that I have to do progress monitoring for my 8 students as well as my 26 others. I have 3 meetings with the students parents to schedule a time to meet to discuss his IEP. I have to do SLP, Social worker and OT progress reports. I do have an IEP meeting tomorrow. I also have to do the progress reports on ALL 34 students. I was also chosen to do the benchmarks for the 3rd grade classes which hit 60+ students, an additional to the 34 progress reports I have to do. I also have to schedule time to go on the playground to watch the kids and I have to contact 11 parents just to check in on the students. I’m so tired, I’m barely making ends meet. I’m barely keeping my head above water. I am drowning. <br><br>I’m ready to leave the school system as I fail to see how they can keep over loading us with work and responsibilities. I’ll stay in the teaching field but we’ll see how long before I just quit and get a normal job. <br><br>It’s so hard to see other teachers around me thriving and I’m struggling to survive.