How is FCPS teacher/staff shortage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our principal put out that we are short three classroom teachers right now. Certainly not ideal.

Also, I'm active duty enlisted military and - contract hours?? Hahahahahahahahahaha

You don’t understand the difference between the military and teaching school and what you voluntarily signed up for. That’s sad. You don’t sound very bright. “Hahahahaha.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our principal put out that we are short three classroom teachers right now. Certainly not ideal.

Also, I'm active duty enlisted military and - contract hours?? Hahahahahahahahahaha

You don’t understand the difference between the military and teaching school and what you voluntarily signed up for. That’s sad. You don’t sound very bright. “Hahahahaha.”

Lol, we had a brand-new just out of the military teacher join my school last year-talked about how compared to the Army everything is easy and these kids wouldn’t be an issue. Guess who quit in February?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Our principal put out that we are short three classroom teachers right now. Certainly not ideal.

Also, I'm active duty enlisted military and - contract hours?? Hahahahahahahahahaha

You don’t understand the difference between the military and teaching school and what you voluntarily signed up for. That’s sad. You don’t sound very bright. “Hahahahaha.”

Lol, we had a brand-new just out of the military teacher join my school last year-talked about how compared to the Army everything is easy and these kids wouldn’t be an issue. Guess who quit in February?

The military is all about following commands, teaching would have been a shock to their system.

[Anonymous]

Yes, the military life is all about giving and receiving orders... very controlled. That doesn't work well with children.

(Not saying this is related to teachers, but that mindset -- especially among enlisted -- is why there is so much child abuse in military families. The dads expect their 5 yr olds to obey commands and it doesn't go well for the 5 yr olds.)

Leave it to FLORIDA to hire anybody with 4 yrs military service as a teacher to "fix" their teacher shortage. It's not going to end well for the kids. Teaching takes ENORMOUS patience and understanding psychology. Those are not highly correlated with military service.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the military life is all about giving and receiving orders... very controlled. That doesn't work well with children.

(Not saying this is related to teachers, but that mindset -- especially among enlisted -- is why there is so much child abuse in military families. The dads expect their 5 yr olds to obey commands and it doesn't go well for the 5 yr olds.)

Leave it to FLORIDA to hire anybody with 4 yrs military service as a teacher to "fix" their teacher shortage. It's not going to end well for the kids. Teaching takes ENORMOUS patience and understanding psychology. Those are not highly correlated with military service.

Kids have to have permission to relieve their bladders and must do math when it’s time for math even if they would learn it better earlier or later in the day. They have a scheduled time in which they are allowed to eat, hunger cues or lack thereof be damned. No taking a quick mental break to look outside for a minute if it’s butt-in-seat time. They move from room to room as dictated by the ringing of bell or command of an authority figure.

Doesn’t resemble the military?

Or…..

Prison?

Lol.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the military life is all about giving and receiving orders... very controlled. That doesn't work well with children.

(Not saying this is related to teachers, but that mindset -- especially among enlisted -- is why there is so much child abuse in military families. The dads expect their 5 yr olds to obey commands and it doesn't go well for the 5 yr olds.)

Leave it to FLORIDA to hire anybody with 4 yrs military service as a teacher to "fix" their teacher shortage. It's not going to end well for the kids. Teaching takes ENORMOUS patience and understanding psychology. Those are not highly correlated with military service.

Kids have to have permission to relieve their bladders and must do math when it’s time for math even if they would learn it better earlier or later in the day. They have a scheduled time in which they are allowed to eat, hunger cues or lack thereof be damned. No taking a quick mental break to look outside for a minute if it’s butt-in-seat time. They move from room to room as dictated by the ringing of bell or command of an authority figure.

Doesn’t resemble the military?

Or…..

Prison?

Lol.

What you just mentioned is a small percentage of their daily behavior. And many students don’t follow the rules you listed above.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just got a staff “welcome back” FCPS all e-mail including this:

Special Education Licensure Requirement Course Starts August 15
The Virginia Department of Education (VDOE), in partnership with Radford University, is offering a compressed, seven-week asynchronous online course for 25 individuals. This Legal Aspects of Special Education course is free.

The course will begin August 15 and course requirements should be completed by September 30. Interested candidates should contact Dr. Darren Minarik, co-director, Virginia Inclusive Practices Center, Radford University, at [e-mail], or 540-831-7660, for additional information. A list of qualifications to apply for the course and explanation of the VDOE requirements for licensure this course fulfills is available online.

So they are trying to pull other employees into being emergency sped teachers but letting them start with absolutely 0 training. Oof.

Again, FCPS does not support SPED teachers from the top down. This is why so many, including myself, have quit. Overworked, underpaid, and treated as a second-class citizen from other staff despite two master’s degrees, very strong work ethic, and with a copious amount of knowledge and experience. The school administration nor the county does nothing to try to retain highly qualified and professional educators. They seem content with keeping some of the lowest performers (general education included) just to have a “warm body” in the classroom. Students will suffer but students with disabilities will suffer exponentially! If you have a child with an IEP, please KEEP up on what is going on! Ask questions: what services are provided, how and who are providing the services, ask for data copies, is the general education teacher also providing the required classroom and testing accommodations, are hours being met etc. It is required by law!

[Anonymous]

New plan!

https://www.fcps.edu/careers/recruitment

Scroll down to “teacher resident” and click through to get details. Basically anyone with a bachelors can be hired on a provisional license.

Fulfills classroom teacher duties while following a fast-tracked educational route to qualifying for and obtaining a VDOE teaching license; under general supervision from a school-based administrator, and working closely with FCPS instructional leadership, plans and provides relevant learning experiences using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the school’s curriculum, effective and engaging strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students; gathers, analyzes, and uses data to monitor and evaluate student performance, guide instruction, and provide feedback to students and parents; provides a respectful, positive, safe, student-centered learning environment that considers the developmental needs of students; collaborates with colleagues/administrators/families and participates in professional growth activities that result in enhanced student academic achievement.

Come on everyone who said teaching is a cushy job! Come join us! Literally zero barriers to entry now!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New plan!

https://www.fcps.edu/careers/recruitment

Scroll down to “teacher resident” and click through to get details. Basically anyone with a bachelors can be hired on a provisional license.

Fulfills classroom teacher duties while following a fast-tracked educational route to qualifying for and obtaining a VDOE teaching license; under general supervision from a school-based administrator, and working closely with FCPS instructional leadership, plans and provides relevant learning experiences using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the school’s curriculum, effective and engaging strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students; gathers, analyzes, and uses data to monitor and evaluate student performance, guide instruction, and provide feedback to students and parents; provides a respectful, positive, safe, student-centered learning environment that considers the developmental needs of students; collaborates with colleagues/administrators/families and participates in professional growth activities that result in enhanced student academic achievement.

Come on everyone who said teaching is a cushy job! Come join us! Literally zero barriers to entry now!

LOL!!! Crickets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New plan!

https://www.fcps.edu/careers/recruitment

Scroll down to “teacher resident” and click through to get details. Basically anyone with a bachelors can be hired on a provisional license.

Fulfills classroom teacher duties while following a fast-tracked educational route to qualifying for and obtaining a VDOE teaching license; under general supervision from a school-based administrator, and working closely with FCPS instructional leadership, plans and provides relevant learning experiences using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the school’s curriculum, effective and engaging strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students; gathers, analyzes, and uses data to monitor and evaluate student performance, guide instruction, and provide feedback to students and parents; provides a respectful, positive, safe, student-centered learning environment that considers the developmental needs of students; collaborates with colleagues/administrators/families and participates in professional growth activities that result in enhanced student academic achievement.

Come on everyone who said teaching is a cushy job! Come join us! Literally zero barriers to entry now!

And expect folks to give up their ultra important WFH jobs where they spend 4 hours rearranging Excel columns then Zoom for 2 hour to talk about how to rearrange the columns tomorrow then complain about how draining their job is?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:New plan!

https://www.fcps.edu/careers/recruitment

Scroll down to “teacher resident” and click through to get details. Basically anyone with a bachelors can be hired on a provisional license.

Fulfills classroom teacher duties while following a fast-tracked educational route to qualifying for and obtaining a VDOE teaching license; under general supervision from a school-based administrator, and working closely with FCPS instructional leadership, plans and provides relevant learning experiences using the Virginia Standards of Learning, the school’s curriculum, effective and engaging strategies, resources, and data to meet the needs of all students; gathers, analyzes, and uses data to monitor and evaluate student performance, guide instruction, and provide feedback to students and parents; provides a respectful, positive, safe, student-centered learning environment that considers the developmental needs of students; collaborates with colleagues/administrators/families and participates in professional growth activities that result in enhanced student academic achievement.

Come on everyone who said teaching is a cushy job! Come join us! Literally zero barriers to entry now!

[Anonymous]

Is that the same starting salary as for a first year teacher-48k? Just curious.

[Anonymous]

I would be interested for 75k.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is that the same starting salary as for a first year teacher-48k? Just curious.

No about 5k less.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is that the same starting salary as for a first year teacher-48k? Just curious.

A first year teacher starts at $53,313. Where did you see $48k? I didn’t see that through the link.