How many teachers have been destaffed at your kids’ school?

[Anonymous]

This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

[Anonymous]

What are you trying to say?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

TBH, you sound drunk. Come back when you sober up and can make some sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

They have to destaff if numbers drop. The first hired are the ones who get destaffed. Then when more kids enroll over the summer a new position may open up and that teacher can be rehired. It’s not personal.

[Anonymous]

its like a transfer, destaffed isn't as bad as it sound.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

They have to destaff if numbers drop. The first hired are the ones who get destaffed. Then when more kids enroll over the summer a new position may open up and that teacher can be rehired. It’s not personal.

so many Vacancies they will get a job right away.

[Anonymous]

I’m really frustrated that the art teacher at my child’s ES got destaffed because the new principal decided she wanted to add an instructional coach.

As a teacher in another school, I’ve never found an instructional coach to have an actual positive impact on student learning. I’m sure they help take lots of tasks off admin plates. They lead CLTs and coordinate testing an all kinds of great things for admin. But I honestly don’t think it shouldn’t be allowed for principals to take instructional staffing and divert it to create non-instructional positions because it benefits them.

Anyway, that’s the only person I personally know who got destaffed this year. And it stinks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m really frustrated that the art teacher at my child’s ES got destaffed because the new principal decided she wanted to add an instructional coach.

As a teacher in another school, I’ve never found an instructional coach to have an actual positive impact on student learning. I’m sure they help take lots of tasks off admin plates. They lead CLTs and coordinate testing an all kinds of great things for admin. But I honestly don’t think it shouldn’t be allowed for principals to take instructional staffing and divert it to create non-instructional positions because it benefits them.

Anyway, that’s the only person I personally know who got destaffed this year. And it stinks.

I agree. Instructional Coaches help the admins doing some of their duties, but they are useless to teachers. What a waste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m really frustrated that the art teacher at my child’s ES got destaffed because the new principal decided she wanted to add an instructional coach.

As a teacher in another school, I’ve never found an instructional coach to have an actual positive impact on student learning. I’m sure they help take lots of tasks off admin plates. They lead CLTs and coordinate testing an all kinds of great things for admin. But I honestly don’t think it shouldn’t be allowed for principals to take instructional staffing and divert it to create non-instructional positions because it benefits them.

Anyway, that’s the only person I personally know who got destaffed this year. And it stinks.

So you know this because the principal said to this art teacher, “Hey, I’m trading your position in so that I can buy an instructional coach position instead. I’ll be able to to make the master schedule work without an entire art teacher position.” Is that how you know this art teacher positon was destaffed and why—because the principal explained it to the teacher like that? Or are you just guessing?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m really frustrated that the art teacher at my child’s ES got destaffed because the new principal decided she wanted to add an instructional coach.

As a teacher in another school, I’ve never found an instructional coach to have an actual positive impact on student learning. I’m sure they help take lots of tasks off admin plates. They lead CLTs and coordinate testing an all kinds of great things for admin. But I honestly don’t think it shouldn’t be allowed for principals to take instructional staffing and divert it to create non-instructional positions because it benefits them.

Anyway, that’s the only person I personally know who got destaffed this year. And it stinks.

Why are you bothered by this? It doesn’t affect one single kid at your school. Every kid has to have art, so clearly the school has enough staffing. It’s not like the principal can destaff an art teacher and then set up a schedule where some classes don’t have art. Art is a mandatory class. If an art teacher is destaffed, it means the school has fewer kids enrolled for the next year and that extra art teacher isn’t needed.

Or are you suggesting that this principal should let the art teacher stay, have just a few classes to teach and then sit around with 10+hours of planning a week? How does that help with student achievement?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

They have to destaff if numbers drop. The first hired are the ones who get destaffed. Then when more kids enroll over the summer a new position may open up and that teacher can be rehired. It’s not personal.

Destaffed teachers don’t need to be rehired. They aren’t fired. They are placed elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

They have to destaff if numbers drop. The first hired are the ones who get destaffed. Then when more kids enroll over the summer a new position may open up and that teacher can be rehired. It’s not personal.

Sometimes it is personal, like the teacher at my last school who got destaffed after pushing back on admin for many things throughout the year. After that teacher found another school, their position magically wasn’t destaffed anymore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

They have to destaff if numbers drop. The first hired are the ones who get destaffed. Then when more kids enroll over the summer a new position may open up and that teacher can be rehired. It’s not personal.

Sometimes it is personal, like the teacher at my last school who got destaffed after pushing back on admin for many things throughout the year. After that teacher found another school, their position magically wasn’t destaffed anymore.

Bull. That’s not how destaffing works.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

This is poorly written and inaccurate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This happens every year. FCPS lets then go to surrounding regions with barely the chance to say goodbye. I think in a lot of cases there’s a serious discrepancy between what admin wants and what the rest of the staff thinks is a smart idea. Then it’s mid June and some of the harder needs positions are sitting open. Seems like this lasts even longer at the schools with lazier admin, tbh.

They have to destaff if numbers drop. The first hired are the ones who get destaffed. Then when more kids enroll over the summer a new position may open up and that teacher can be rehired. It’s not personal.

Sometimes it is personal, like the teacher at my last school who got destaffed after pushing back on admin for many things throughout the year. After that teacher found another school, their position magically wasn’t destaffed anymore.

Bull. That’s not how destaffing works.

DP, but I’ve seen this happen. Not with classroom teachers, but with specialist positions.