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How do we bring them back? Why education professionals are increasingly leaving the field
This year, there has been a huge uptick in the amount of staff who have left the education profession due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many teachers, in particular, are retiring, but the issue is touching every aspect of the education field from superintendents to bus drivers. According to a recent Crain’s Detroit Business article, state records show that from August 2020 to February 2021, there was a 44 percent increase in midyear retirements compared with the same period in 2019-2020 as 749 teachers left public school classrooms in the middle of the school year.
In our January Educationally Speaking podcast titled "Where are they? Why students are increasingly leaving the classroom," we explored why more students have left school due to the pandemic. Now we want to look at the staff side of the equation and discuss this loss that is occuring as well as some solutions for that loss.
Guests:
Karen Olex, Executive Director of Special Populations at Oakland Schools
Dr. Christopher Lee, Teacher Induction and Social Studies Consultant at Oakland Schools
Carol Diglio, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for Oak Park Schools
Cara Lougheed, Teacher at Stony Creek High School who was the 2019-2020 Michigan Teacher of the Year
Resources:
Contact NTIP on Twitter at @NTIPINOC or #NTIPINOC
Contact Dr. Christopher Lee at [email protected]
Oakland Schools
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This year, there has been a huge uptick in the amount of staff who have left the education profession due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Many teachers, in particular, are retiring, but the issue is touching every aspect of the education field from superintendents to bus drivers. According to a recent Crain’s Detroit Business article, state records show that from August 2020 to February 2021, there was a 44 percent increase in midyear retirements compared with the same period in 2019-2020 as 749 teachers left public school classrooms in the middle of the school year.
In our January Educationally Speaking podcast titled "Where are they? Why students are increasingly leaving the classroom," we explored why more students have left school due to the pandemic. Now we want to look at the staff side of the equation and discuss this loss that is occuring as well as some solutions for that loss.
Guests:
Karen Olex, Executive Director of Special Populations at Oakland Schools
Dr. Christopher Lee, Teacher Induction and Social Studies Consultant at Oakland Schools
Carol Diglio, Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources for Oak Park Schools
Cara Lougheed, Teacher at Stony Creek High School who was the 2019-2020 Michigan Teacher of the Year
Resources:
Contact NTIP on Twitter at @NTIPINOC or #NTIPINOC
Contact Dr. Christopher Lee at [email protected]
Oakland Schools