Show Notes:
Listen in to this sobering conversation as 2 teachers discuss the challenges they are facing with students, parents, and the educational system post covid.
Dr. Jordan discusses the effects of covid on students, teachers, and their educational progress in this interview with an assistant principal and a 7th grade teacher/supervisor. The following are the issues discussed in this podcast:
What’s going on for teachers today?
What we are hearing about teachers: unhappy, shortage of new teachers & people going into teaching, exodus of experienced teachers due to burnout & stress: what’s going on? What do you hear from your Ts?
The pandemic burnout issues experienced by teachers
Student’s have developed an “I don’t care” ATTITUDE
How students have developed an attitude of, “Does anything matter anymore?” and the rising mental health issues seen in their students
Lack of support from administration and parents
How students are falling behind
Kids with huge deficits but lack support for catching them up
Mental health challenges of students
Changing behavior since covid; mental health challenges making teachers become social workers & therapists; how teachers are experiencing compassion fatigue.
Need for mentors for new teachers
How the teaching profession has changed
How has the profession of teaching changed? New teacher’s picture of what it will look like to teach does not match the reality of today’s classroom.
The effects of low pay and a lack of respect & appreciation for all that teachers must do today
What do teachers need most?
What do teachers most need? How best to change/modify the system
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