Fridays' in April there are no subs

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Anonymous wrote:The ESOL teachers sub at my school.

Absolutely NEVER at my school and we have 1 or more per grade level. They only ever split the class after students arrive.

Is this MS or HS?

I suspect it’s ES. It’s fairly common at that level to split kids from one classroom (with no sub) into the other 2 or more classrooms. This results in about 35-40 kids in each room. So as a result, the whole grade level doesn’t learn that day, instead of just one class.

This is my 31st year with an FCPS ES and I can’t remember that ever happening, but I also think the school is fortunate to be in relatively good shape as far as available substitutes.

Well you work at a lucky school. This is becoming the norm-no one wants to sub, monitor, teach, drive a bus...low pay and behaviors of students and parents that goes unchecked. Schools take advantage of every position because of being short staffed. Enjoy the shortage. My student had students sitting on the floor of the bus the other day because they condensed two large routes-why because we have a school staff shortage. Enjoy.

Luckily my kid doesn’t ride the bus and we are at a high SES school! I could care less about the shortage!

Ok no one cares what you think

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Anonymous wrote:The ESOL teachers sub at my school.

Absolutely NEVER at my school and we have 1 or more per grade level. They only ever split the class after students arrive.

Is this MS or HS?

I suspect it’s ES. It’s fairly common at that level to split kids from one classroom (with no sub) into the other 2 or more classrooms. This results in about 35-40 kids in each room. So as a result, the whole grade level doesn’t learn that day, instead of just one class.

This is my 31st year with an FCPS ES and I can’t remember that ever happening, but I also think the school is fortunate to be in relatively good shape as far as available substitutes.

Well you work at a lucky school. This is becoming the norm-no one wants to sub, monitor, teach, drive a bus...low pay and behaviors of students and parents that goes unchecked. Schools take advantage of every position because of being short staffed. Enjoy the shortage. My student had students sitting on the floor of the bus the other day because they condensed two large routes-why because we have a school staff shortage. Enjoy.

Luckily my kid doesn’t ride the bus and we are at a high SES school! I could care less about the shortage!

Your time will come soon enough. My DH teaches at a high SES and he's ready to transfer. The students are so entitled that he can't stand teaching anymore. There always was a few of them but now they are the majority.

And we all know where they get their entitlement

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Anonymous wrote:The ESOL teachers sub at my school.

Absolutely NEVER at my school and we have 1 or more per grade level. They only ever split the class after students arrive.

Is this MS or HS?

I suspect it’s ES. It’s fairly common at that level to split kids from one classroom (with no sub) into the other 2 or more classrooms. This results in about 35-40 kids in each room. So as a result, the whole grade level doesn’t learn that day, instead of just one class.

This is my 31st year with an FCPS ES and I can’t remember that ever happening, but I also think the school is fortunate to be in relatively good shape as far as available substitutes.

Well you work at a lucky school. This is becoming the norm-no one wants to sub, monitor, teach, drive a bus...low pay and behaviors of students and parents that goes unchecked. Schools take advantage of every position because of being short staffed. Enjoy the shortage. My student had students sitting on the floor of the bus the other day because they condensed two large routes-why because we have a school staff shortage. Enjoy.

Luckily my kid doesn’t ride the bus and we are at a high SES school! I could care less about the shortage!

Ok no one cares what you think

Yawn. No one cares about the shortage. Same thing was said last year as well. It becomes white noise eventually.

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Anonymous wrote:The ESOL teachers sub at my school.

Absolutely NEVER at my school and we have 1 or more per grade level. They only ever split the class after students arrive.

Is this MS or HS?

I suspect it’s ES. It’s fairly common at that level to split kids from one classroom (with no sub) into the other 2 or more classrooms. This results in about 35-40 kids in each room. So as a result, the whole grade level doesn’t learn that day, instead of just one class.

This is my 31st year with an FCPS ES and I can’t remember that ever happening, but I also think the school is fortunate to be in relatively good shape as far as available substitutes.

Gosh, I wish it never happened. The year pre-covid it happened at least once a week on each grade level. That’s right, every grade level had to split a class every single week. It was torture. Since the hiring of monitors and a full-time school sub, it only happens about once a month per grade level. Our IAs get pulled a lot to sub, though.

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Anonymous wrote:The ESOL teachers sub at my school.

Absolutely NEVER at my school and we have 1 or more per grade level. They only ever split the class after students arrive.

Is this MS or HS?

ES.

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Anonymous wrote:Not angry, that's projection.

What you are doing is no more or less useful than what you are complaining that teachers do. If you don't like it, leave -- but if you stay, shut up. Or at least that is the message, right?

You should take your own advice, you know.

(And I am not a teacher, nor have I ever been.)

Why would I be angry? I have a job I love and get paid well for. And I had to make several strategic moves to get here when I felt a job was lacking in some way. My point is that getting to a job I love took active effort, not just saying I deserve more.

I’m not sure why you think I’m telling teachers to shut up. Quite the opposite, I’m asking for constructive, specific ways that parents can help on a larger level that address the bigger issues that seem to plaque teachers. Vague complaining never got anyone anything. Teachers need to rebrand their message to include specific suggestions for parents to elevate these issues and advocate on behalf of teachers. Every parent I know would want to help, but emailing the school board to say “Teachers should get paid more” doesn’t seem like a particularly effective campaign. I get it, it’s easier to be mad on behalf of teachers and think you’re “helping” with your anger, rather than say “Hey, teachers, what can I do to help you?” Because then you’d have to do more than virtue signal on an anonymous website. You do you.

Here’s what parents can do to help schools:
-Get your student to school on time. Don’t drop them off 15 minutes late with Starbucks in hand. Don’t let them skip first period because they were up late watching tik tok and couldn’t wake up. Allowing them this flexibility sends a message that you don’t think school is important and it’s incredibly disruptive to have students coming in late and then they need to get caught up on the material. Who is going to catch them up? And when? Disruptive.
-Tell your student they should keep their phone in their backpack. If they have it out in class, allow the teacher or admin to take it away. Phone are a huge disruption. In school and out. Kids have no attention span anymore. It’s actually scary.
-give teachers the benefit of the doubt. Allow them to be imperfect. Don’t complain about every thing that comes up not in your favor. Not only are you taking up a considerable amount of time (because you’re not the only one) it also teaches your child to be dissatisfied with anything that doesn’t go their way, then they think they don’t have to respect their teachers. It’s hard to teach a class of distracted students who are either ignoring the teacher or are constantly scrutinizing and ready to tell mommy and daddy so they can complain.

The education system is in crisis and everyone needs to step up and help, or else it’s going to get even worse.

10000000000000% all of this!!!