New research indicates teachers are not leaving solely due to low pay and retirement, but also because of what they see as a broken education system. I recently got hired in a new district and am extremely excited.Do I need to call my principal and department head to resign or is an email ok? This document provides guidance and a sample resignation letter for teachers resigning from their position in the Plainfield School District 202. "Dear (principal's name) I would like to step down from my current (your grade) teaching position effective December 22, 2022. Teachers often write of feeling complicit in a broken system, and that leaving was a way of taking a stand. I accepted a teaching job late in the summer 2023, just about two weeks before the school year started. Sign-up for Email Alerts.