If teachers decide to leave teaching by summer break, they have to start the job hunt early. Sofi Velazquez learns new skills, rewrites her resume, and starts applying for jobs. In this episode, hear how the steps to leave the classroom take time and are not always full of rainbows and butterflies.
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7: February
Velma Rose reflects on the impact of secondary trauma on teachers, and something happens that makes her feel unsafe at school. In this episode, hear about the culture of violence is seeping into schools and how this is contributing to teachers leaving the classroom.
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Bonus: Featuring Meredith Paul's Original Oratory
Episode 6: January featured excerpts from Meredith Paul's award-winning original oratory. In this bonus episode, hear the speech in it's entirety. Stick around at the end of this episode to hear a brand new song made for this season by our very own Julian Saporiti.
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6: January
We might need to rethink education as a whole if we want to keep teachers from leaving the profession. This episode, hear a high school student's take on what education should look like, and hear about an example of what education could look like from middle school teacher Iva Moss Redman.
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5: December
Leadership matters. Velma Rose, who has been a long-time fan of attending school board meetings, can't sleep after the most recent meeting she attended. Velma's 5am journal entry gives us insight into the meeting where she was accosted and a student was booed for speaking. In this episode, hear about the increasing disconnect between district level leadership and teachers.
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"Those Who Can’t Teach Anymore" is an Ambie Nominated, Award-Winning, 7-part narrative series exploring why teachers are leaving education and what can be done to stop the exodus.