I am trying to gauge the moral of teachers.

Overall, are you satisfied/dissatisfied with teaching as a career as a whole? Why or why not?

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I am when I am in my classroom, I love my job! However, being continually told to do more and more more, with less and less and less puts morale in a precarious place. I feel unsupported and by our district administration as they don’t listen to concerns and work to help the teachers fill in the gaps. They just love to start new and more programs! The weight on my back is getting so heavy it gets in the way of the joy I feel teaching children.

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I totally agree! In the classroom- great! Lack of support and so many demands without being allowed to have a voice brings down moral in our school.

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I have more education than my husband who has a Masters in Engineering. I make 1/3 what he makes and work evening and weekends. My contribution to the family right now is health insurance and student loan debt. Because of Ohio’s testing requirements, it’s impossible to teach much more than how to answer test questions. I’m totally disappointed in what has been happening in our state

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I taught MS for 15 years, HS for 2, and for the past 3 years I’ve been an elementary librarian. I would have never left HS if our HS wouldn’t have been shut down. But to answer your question, I’m extremely dissatisfied. Teaching isn’t about educating a child anymore. It’s about preparing them for a test

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Morale is down everywhere

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Yes! Morale is down...

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I’m not as satisfied as I have been in past years. There are so many students without the skills necessary to be successful in a middle school setting yet somehow they are promoted to middle school with a 2nd grade reading level. We work very hard to bring them up but there is no way (I have found) to close a 4 year gap in 180 days yet that is the expectation of today’s public, BOE, or administration on educators. The expectation does not meet the possible. Additionally, lack of it parental support is hurting our education system as well. I haven’t even mentioned behavior concerns... Everyone has had a teacher that impacted their lives, it’s high time the USA starts acting like it!

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Twenty seven years and love it more than ever! Yes, there’s a lot of stuff that sucks outside of your actual classroom, but I talk to people in other professions, and it’s no different. I’m not an alcoholic but say the serenity prayer often! Haha!

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I love parts of it. I love helping kids, I love when they come in and tell me about their day, I love when they understand a new concept. But I don’t love some of the behaviors that are becoming more and more common. Calling a kid over as he runs away from me while flipping me the bird was not something I imagined when I played teacher as a little girl 😂 I have to laugh or I’ll go insane. But I think teachers are becoming punching bags (sometimes literally). It makes me sad.

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Overall I am EXTREMELY satisfied! I teach 8 classes (zero hour and no prep) and coach cheer! Being able to keep my focus on the kids makes this job amazing! I get to skip all the staff meetings and negative attitudes that go with it. I know it sounds like a lot of work but for me it keeps me happy. I have been doing this schedule for 4 years now

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Mixed. I find great satisfaction in helping, however there are many struggles within my school that make the actual teaching part, a struggle. I wish for better conditions but I still enjoy teaching.

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I love teaching. Hate all the BS that our legislators use to hold us accountable.

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I love the students but I sometimes feel discouraged by state mandates, administration, state tests......

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I love being a teacher! I don’t love all the weekend work that it requires to do my job effectively, since I am also a mom to three.

Overall, I would say I am satisfied because I still LOVE teaching, but I am often discouraged by a lot of the things I wish would change.

Honestly, I am a first year teacher and I love it. These children bring so much joy to my life. Sometimes it’s more than the money you are paid... rather the love from your students that you receive. If teaching was about the money, one should’ve went to a different profession.

My first year teaching was 1990. I still have fun and *love* my students. I’ve taught or worked with every grade level either as a teacher or counselor. My preference is being a classroom teacher. Counselors don’t get the opportunity to see students as often as teachers. Every day, I work with 150 or so high sophomores-seniors. I teach science and the best part is seeing the wonder and excitement in the lab!🥰🧬🔬🧪😊
I do hate the standardized testing schools are required to administer, poorly written and lacking the connections to real learning and impossible to gain any authentic data. Yet, those tests drive *everything*, especially funding in my state. A bill passed yesterday would tie school funding and teacher pay to these tests. That is disheartening since many teachers, including me, will not qualify for state raises because I do not teach a tested subject. The politicians of this state have sent the message the my teaching and the teaching of thousands of other teachers simply does not *deserve* to be rewarded, regardless of our hard work. 😡💰🤯

Satisfied! Absolutely love my content but more so making connections with kids that they’ll remember for a long time.

Overall, I’m very satisfied. However, I have an amazing school. Great students and positive environment. However, I have taught at some tough schools and I was definitely more stressed but I always loved my job. I guess it’s in my blood. I love being a teacher and I’m not sure I’d want to stop.

I’m furious right now. I have a BA and an MA and could not support myself without my husband. Our school is poorly maintained, we have high turnover, and the benefits are insanely bad. I’m looking at a career change which is sad, but I can’t keep doing this.

Love the kids. Love history. Love teaching. Despise the growing emphasis on testing; the endless parade of stupid ideas masquerading as “curriculum”; the ethical deafness of administration. In short love teaching hate education

I love being a teacher and getting to know my kids and their parents; it’s extremely satisfying. What I think is ridiculous is the constant shifting of curriculum and the over reliance on standardized testing which is culturally and linguistically biased. Forcing students to take these tests seems cruel and a huge waste of time both for the students and the teachers.

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