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Reply to "Where does the $3.8 billion go"
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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]When I was in grad school (in education) in 2003, we looked at the budget of our respective school systems (it was a class of educators from many counties--Arlington, FCPS, DC, Montgomery, PG, Loudoun). At that time FCPS's was appx $2.2B. I am stunned that less than 20 years later, it is almost $4B. That is a staggering amount of money. PP is correct re: the amount which goes to the people that make the system run. In 2003, it was 85%. I am pleasantly surprised that that total has risen to almost 90%. [b]There at least 100 instructional coaches in the county[/b] and most do not work with kids. I would absolutely get rid of these positions. I would like to see a citation for the claim "for every 2 people in the classroom, there is 1 that isn't". [/quote][/quote] I'm not part of the school system, but as a parent I think that instructional coaches are an important part of the system. From what I gather, they are usually experienced teachers who analyze the data on student performance in their specialties and can see patterns in what is working or not and help teachers and children who are struggling and who go around observing teachers and co-teaching in situations. This in my opinion has never been more important since the teacher shortage has led to hiring untrained teachers. They also are regularly called on to teach themselves. This seems to a necessary check on how the system is working--I can imagine there are some teachers who resent the position because essentially someone has flagged them for underperforming--in terms of student outcomes--compared to their peers so you're more likely to hear people grumbling about these people with cushy jobs commenting on their teaching and whatnot. But I think it sounds like a smart use of resources. [/quote] My kid's teacher had them do a big project designed by one of these instructional coaches. [b]Teacher knew it was terrible[/b] and was proving a point. She asked the kids for feedback on it. The kids universally panned it. Honestly it was worse than something a teacher would buy off of Teachers Pay Teachers. Maybe it was an anomoly, but I don't think teachers would complain about these coaches if it was.[/quote] I'm pretty sure a teacher who thinks a project is terrible isn't going to teach it well. No surprise there. My kids have had two teachers who were hired through non-traditional routes (one teacher-trainee the other career switchers). Their instructional coaches (two different people) have been amazing resources--and these teachers actually appreciate them too which speaks volumes for their desire to improve.[/quote]
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