Mary Bousted, general secretary of the ATL, has argued that recruitment and retention «have got worse» since the last STRB report, with more
teachers leaving the profession last year that in any previous year.
Nearly one in ten
teachers left the profession last year — the highest proportion for a decade — and almost a quarter of teachers now leave within three years.
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Teacher morale is at an all - time low with over 61 % having considered
leaving the
profession altogether in the
last year.
33 per cent reported a growing problem with
teachers leaving the
profession in their area, up from 15 per cent
last year.
Evidence shows that well over three quarters of
teachers report they have seriously considered
leaving the
profession in the
last twelve months and a staggering 91 per cent of
teachers report they have experienced more workplace stress in the
last twelve months, with almost three quarters reporting that the job has affected their mental health and wellbeing.
A group of mostly retired educators
last week announced a national effort to keep more new
teachers from
leaving the
profession.
All of my public school
teachers — the good, the bad, and the easily forgettable — were fully credentialed and would have been deemed highly qualified under federal law had they
lasted in the
profession until the onset of No Child
Left Behind (NCLB).
In addition to this,
last year alone 42, 000
teachers left the
profession and the pull of sunshine and tax free earnings culminated in 18,000
teachers leaving for schools abroad.
Last year over 50,000
teachers left the
profession.