A new survey of educators conducted by the Professional Association of Georgia Educators (PAGE) shows more than 20% of new hires are considering leaving the profession within five years. That’s compared to 12% the year before. About 4600 school staffers — including classroom teachers, counselors and administrators — responded to the survey.
Claire Suggs, PAGE’s senior policy analyst, says most respondents said staffing shortages have stressed school resources.
“We just heard a lot of a lot of folks saying that they’re struggling to provide kind of the level of support for their students that they really want to because of all of these extra things that they’re plugging holes in other places,” Suggs said.
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