To ask ex teachers why they give up teaching?

[malificent7]

Im hoping to leave education in order go retrain.

For me it's the workload... i dont want to work from 8am to 11pm every day.
I also hate being blamed for student's bad behaviour and being told that if my lessons were x, y ansmd z there would be perfect behaviour.
Also lack of power and toold to dicipline students with.
The realisation that working g in a pricate school was far more difficult tgan working in the state sectir ( parents expect blood/ kids over entitled )
contracts are now mostly fixed term.

I could go on!

Please share!

I am so sorry, teachers. I hate it is like this for you when your work is so important.

I'm out too, left at Christmas. Too much pressure, home life with 2 small children was suffering, hardly saw my husband and was miserable all the time. SLT constantly telling me I wasn't good enough. Newer, ambitious members of staff with all the time in the world to devote to work making those of us with family commitments look like we weren't doing enough. Trouble is, what to do now?!

I was out today and realised it is august bank holiday on Monday...usually that time of year when you are in the last throwes of enjoying the break. For a brief moment, I thought 'back to school soon' and had to catch my breath as I started to panic then remembered - no not for me it isn't!

I wasn't expecting that...

After almost 30 years I am leaving primary school teaching at Christmas. I love being with the children and nothing beats that feeling of watching them grow and learn new things every day.

But and it is a big but...nothing is worth the stress and worry of targets, observations, performance management, data, planning,marking with 3 different coloured pens and being in school from 7.30 am until 6 pm and still taking work home.

7 years ago I fought really hard to beat cancer and stay alive...the day I found myself thinking about driving into a wall, so I didn't need to have another bloody observation, was the day I decided I needed to leave.