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Collected Item: “How the Pandemic Has Changed Teachers' Commitment to Staying in the Classroom”

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How the Pandemic Has Changed Teachers' Commitment to Staying in the Classroom

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Screenshot

Tell us a story; share your experience. Describe what the object or story you've uploaded says about the pandemic, and/or why what you've submitted is important to you.

According to the article, there was a 16% national turnover rate for teachers before the pandemic. A survey given in January 2021 shows that almost 25% of teachers stated that they wanted to leave teaching. Pre-pandemic surveys and surveys given during the pandemic also show that less teachers believe that they will stay in education until retirement.
The pandemic has required that teachers maintain the same responsibilities, while also piling on constant communication with parents (even without a response), social-emotional lessons, plans for asynchronous and synchronous learning, teaching students virtually and in-person at the same time, keeping up with changing health and safety regulations, and having to deal with increasing behavior issues.

Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your story. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?

pandemic, teacher, burnout, stress, commitment, education

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https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2021/09/08/how-the-pandemic-has-changed-teachers-commitment-to-remaining-in-the-classroom/#:~:text=We%20find%20that%2C%20during%20the,and%2016%25%20did%20not%20know.

Who originally created this object? (If you created this object, such as photo, then put "self" here.)

Gema Zamarro, Andrew Camp, Dillon Fuchsman, and Josh B. McGee

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2021-09-08
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