For several years, National Education has been suffering from a vocations crisis. Added to this is another phenomenon, that of teachers’ voluntary departures. Their number has exploded in just a few years. To better understand this discomfort, we met Lola and Frédéric, two former teachers undergoing professional reconversion.
In 2009, National Education recorded 364 voluntary departures of teachers in France. This figure exploded to 2,836 starts in 2022. It was that year that Lola Turlan stopped teaching. For this woman from Poitiers, being a teacher like her parents was obvious, but after two difficult appointments (substitute in a boarding school in Châtellerault then teacher in a ULIS class in Poitiers), her mission seems increasingly complicated: « I had 12 students aged six to twelve, all with disabilities, all with special educational needs and I had to adapt the curriculum twelve times. »
It was also in 2022 that Vienne resident Frédéric Brunet left the teaching profession after more than fifteen years spent working with CM1-CM2 students. For both, it was during the health crisis that everything changed.
There has been a burnout with respect to the profession and there has been a trigger with respect to Covid.
Federico Brunet
Former teacher undergoing professional reconversion
Frédéric Brunet, former teacher, in professional retraining • © Sophie Hériaud – France Télévisions
It was that year when I first felt bad about my job.
Lola Turlan
Former teacher undergoing professional retraining
Going to class then becomes painful, Lola talks about a loss of self-confidence and the onset of burn-out. Frédéric confides that he felt useless. Lola resigns and he opts for a conventional break.
Lola Turlan, former teacher, happy with her professional reconversion • © Sophie Hériaud – France Télévisions
Today Lola has resumed her biology studies and Frédéric has undertaken a BTS in systems maintenance. Both say they are satisfied with their path. They will graduate next school year. A new career far from the blackboards and, they say, without regrets.
2024-01-09 16:57:38
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