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Why Teachers Quit Teaching Mid-Year

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February 23, 2013 by Sallie Borrink
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I’ve gone through the process of deciding to quit a teaching job four times. Yes, four. Once was to leave for a (supposedly) better job, once was to relocate, and once was to leave teaching permanently due to burnout.

The other was due to the unhealthy atmosphere in the school. It never seriously crossed my mind to leave mid-year. I had made a commitment and I stuck it out, even to my own detriment. If I could do it over again, would I do the same or quit sooner? I’m not sure. We really couldn’t afford to have me quit so that factor probably would have trumped all others.




I think because I’ve dealt with this question in my own life, I found the following post and the comments so interesting.

Quitting a Teaching Job During the School Year

In Why I Quit My Teaching Job Mid-Year, Angela Watson shares what finally drove her to walk away after only the first quarter of school. It is an eye-opening read as are the comments by other teachers who chose to walk away. My bad situation was nothing compared to what these teachers were facing every day.

I really fear for the future of the teaching profession. Teaching was hard enough when I was in the classroom. The stress of it has increased exponentially in the past ten years. Add to that steadily decreasing salaries and… How do you attract and keep talented people in the classroom?

Most people I know who went into teaching did so because they love learning, love imparting their knowledge to others, and genuinely enjoy children. Teaching is no longer about teaching, but is instead about managing a school environment and preparing for high-stakes standardized testing. With the implementation of the Common Core, teachers are now being asked to instruct children in topics for which they are not developmentally ready.




Where does it end? I have no idea. But if you have a teacher in your life, give him or her an extra word of encouragement this week. Even the best of situations is still tough these days.

Creating a Business After Teaching

If you are a teacher who has left the teaching profession or is thinking about it, there are many ways to make money online which I detail in my post Building A Small Diversified and Profitable Online Business. There are many ways to use your teaching skills and experience to help others that don’t require staying in the classroom.

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  1. Cecile Henderson

    December 28, 2013 at 7:58 pm

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts. I found them to be very insightful. I loved teaching, and had never wanted to do anything but teach. But, due to many factors, primarily continuing ill health, I retired early. By the time I retired after 38 years of teaching, 28 of it being in the field of special education, I could no longer say that I loved teaching, and that broke my heart. While I have stayed actively involved in working with students in my tutoring business, as I talk to teachers, and watch many of my former student teachers leave the field, I can not say that I regret my early retiement. As you stated, the creativity, the fun, the love of teaching is gone, and that’s a sad, sad statement. Your next to last paragraph summed it up beautifully. Thank you again.

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  2. Mariella adrian

    December 19, 2019 at 7:06 am

    Is there any law in Florida that protects our early childhood pre scholars from teachers resignation right after their adjustment period?

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