Cincinnati Public Schools feeling the impacts of teacher shortage 

Those parents who keep saying "I'll have your job". Let them have it now. Require those parents to be the teachers of those unruly violent kids

Lack of student discipline.

Funny how they keep saying "how can we support you." But as soon as you tell them you get gaslit. Eliminate the unnecessary workload and remove disruptive kids who have ZERO interest in learning out of the classroom. That'll solve more than half of all teacher problems.

Students know how their teachers are treated because they are in the room. They will tell you. That's why they're not becoming education majors. Point Blank. It is no longer a desirable or sustainable profession. and as an educator, I DONT BLAME THEM.

It's pretty traumatizing to have a student who has physically (or even verbally) assaulted you return back to the classroom after what? A one-day suspension? And they won't even call it that in most cases so that the child/ school doesn't look bad. It's pretty exhausting to go into work every day to complete your contracted work hours, only to go home and spend even more hours planning, grading, making phone calls, attending meetings, etc., because the work expectations simply do not fit into a work day/ week. It's pretty frustrating when you have to spend your own hard-earned money to provide necessary resources for your classroom (headphones, pencils, paper, paint, etc.). It's pretty daunting watching your peers in other fields receive promotions that are paid for by their employers, because in education, to receive a promotion entails of going back to school for at least two years (most of the time) and coming out with no less than 25k in student debt if you're lucky. And please, no one start with the, "but you get paid and are off during the summers" blah blah blah. Most teachers in the country sign 10-month contracts, and the only reason why they receive paychecks throughout the summertime is because they have already earned it and are receiving it late. Let's not even start with the pressure to pass students who show up 20 days out of a 180-day school year. It is beyond insulting. And the only reason why teachers receive so many breaks throughout the year is because the government has learned time and time again that the workload is far too much for most teachers and have recognized that they will call out anyway and will likely even take a leave of absence or file some sort of mental health/ stress claim authorized by their medical professional at the district's cost. Furthermore, most districts really have 2 to 3 times the amount of SPED/ IEP students than what is documented. While I am certain that the majority of students weren't born with learning disabilities or at any sort of intellectual disadvantage, I do believe that many students are developing them due to technological addictions, the "need" to feel entertained at all times, their "need" for instant gratification at all times. So just because you don't understand a math problem the first time, you become completely disruptive and start throwing tantrums? Just, ugh. This is only a fraction of what teachers deal with. Districts can start by paying them MUCH more because we can quickly climb the corporate ladder at Amazon and the likes while doubling if not tripling our salaries.

The students' behavior mirror their parents and their environment.

Teachers are overworked. It is one of the hardest jobs to get, hardest jobs to keep, and it it loosing its luster. I could easily work 24 hrs a day, seven days a week, and still not get everything done I am required to do. Hours and hours laying on the floor at home grading papers after a 8 hr work day and coaching a sport.

It’s not pay. It’s horribly disrespectful students and their equally misbehaved parents. I live it every day.

I loved teaching for a decade as a high school teacher until a student pushed me down a flight of stairs, permanently disabling me and ending my career. I was finishing my thesis pursuing to teach at university. It wasn't the first time I was assaulted at work.

Why? Disrespectful students, parents, and less supportive administrators. Less pay, more work, no discipline gor students. I mean news are spreading that many students haven't had an actual teacher for months.

Pay teachers like you pay CEO's 😊

Cincinnati, is not the only city. There is a teacher shortage all over the country. Why? Because of the issues that have been stated here.

I'll go back to the classroom for 300k

IT BECAUSE OF LACK OF PAY !!!

I just retired after 26 years in public education and I have seen all these things. I was shocked when I returned from my studies and teaching in Asia in the early 1990s and saw how behind our American kids were compared to their Asian counterparts. I studied in Taiwan, China, and Japan. I also taught in the after school cram schools that teach English and higher math. The Asian kids go to regular school and work hard and attend cram school after school for several hours on their dime. In school poor behavior, lack of effort, or poor attendance are not tolerated by teachers, admin, or parents. The kids compete in a merit based system to get into the best high schools and universities. We are losing to the Asians in education. I hold a MA in East Asian Studies Chinese, a Fulbright Scholarship in China, and a Fulbright Scholarship in Japan.

honestly.. the worst thing when i was a teacher was starting at 7:30 am with kids hyper as hell running through the halls. why so early? its nauseatingly early.

Education is mandated, but not valued in America. We all pay for this poor choice. Instead America is a wealthy, impoverished, dysfunctional country. Everyone has a critique, but who is willing to invest in teaching what they know, if indeed they really do know it.

People have no idea how difficult it is to be a teacher in America right now.

This is republicans fault.

little too little, little to late---this has been coming down the road, and we have been expected to just suck it up and keep it going with very little support for what we are dealing with

Too much work, too little pay, that we already knew. But forced semi-nomadism, aggression by students or student's parents, political manipulation, pressure and persecution so 100% high marks are achieved ... Oh, it's not only in the in States it's in Europe as well.

Gee, I wonder why?

I can't understand why people are not lined up to be reprimanded for their students refusing to follow lesson plans and do assignments. There should be hundreds, if not thousands, of college grads willing to be assaulted for saying "please put down your phone".

You asked for it, you got it ‘Merica!

Not once did they mention not enough pay, especially for what you have to go tnrough smh

What support do teachers need? For starters, how about a living wage?

We really don’t need teachers to teach tbh I’m in college right now taking online classes we r basically teaching ourselves professors are just grading our papers I have taking all my classes online except A&P2

Don't worry big tech is working on robots that teach🤭

Pay -- OMG -- its PAY -- pay them more, get more of them, and get rid of families that dont prepare children for school, thereby ruining the experience and opportunities of those without Karen-Moms.