Can MCPS teachers change buildings/positions mid-year?
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Anonymous
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As the title says....
I know central can pick them up, but is it possible for employees to switch schools or positions mid-year? Thanks. |
Anonymous
| Generally speaking, only promotions are allowed, but there are sometimes when lateral position moves are allowed. The principal has to allow it, and it usually is to fill a critical need. For example, one school I know had a classroom teacher leave mid-year. Another non-classroom based teacher was moved into that position. But if a teacher just wanted to move grade levels or content areas just because, that wouldn't happen. |
Anonymous
| Principals have all the power in MCPS. How did you not already know this? |
Anonymous
How did you not think that there are two principals involved? What are they going to do, arm wrestle over the teacher? 
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Anonymous
| Sept 2021, we lost a great SPED teacher to another school. I think it was allowed because the other school needed a SPED teacher and school had only been in session a couple weeks. However, we had a vacancy the rest of the year. |
Anonymous
| No, only if it's a promotion or the system saw an urgent need and reassigned someone which I've actually never seen happen after pre service week. |
Anonymous
| Two of DC's teachers changed schools last year after semester 1. This is high school. I don't know why except the kids were sad to see them go. |
Anonymous
My point was that it doesn’t matter what the teacher wants. If a principal wants you to move, they will figure out how to do it whether it’s mid year or the summer. If a principal doesn’t want you to move, they can also ensure you’re stuck at your current school. |
Anonymous
I'm very surprised, they went to another MCPS school? |
Anonymous
They could have been long term subs who got hired. |
Anonymous
| If there’s a problem with mistreatment, sometimes compliance can get creative. |
Anonymous
Might be easier with semester classes since it’s a clean break. I could see a situation in which school A lost a core course teacher (NSL B) and School B had a teacher with over half their assigned courses in underenrolled electives in that department (Sociology, Law, and Psychology). Rather than allow School A to give 5 sections of NSL B to long term subs (more realistically dailies this year), Central Office could reassign the teacher from School B. |
Anonymous
| That's a principal thing- mistreat teachers contribute to horrendous harassment filled conditions then be promoted to a desk job in Central. Then they can expand this type of mismanagement |