Between the stress, financial burden and the added responsibilities from COVID-19, Nicole Fefferman was forced to step away as a teacher in Los Angeles.
"We do too much with too little and for too little," she said."We just don't have enough support and resources to make things right."
Teachers have left the workforce at an unprecedented rate, leaving educators in Southern California searching for ways to fill the vacancies. "If you don't have an educator that will be in front of that child, what do you think the outcome will be," said Boyd. "The Division of Human Resources has worked very closely with Local Districts and schools to ensure we are referring potential candidates to school sites to fill vacancies. Our dedicated hiring advocates are supporting principals with setting up and facilitating interviews. These yielded positive results in filling vacancies, but especially after the return of principals and assistant principals on July 20 and July 29 respectively.
"The pressure of the system that we work in was really just grinding me down," she said."I could feel it impact all the pieces of my life. I wasn't the same teacher in my classroom... When I came home I was a mess for my family. It just felt like I wasn't doing good for anybody.""Because I know I am a good teacher and I have done good work," she said."I feel like I was pushed out.
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