Underperforming teacher - what is the process for evaluation/remediation?

[Anonymous]

My child will be moving into a grade with an underperforming teacher. Parents filed complaints all of this year, but the process for formal evaluation only began in the last few months. It seems like the complaints are very legitimate, but we've been informed that "the process" for underperforming teachers has to play out. This very unfortunately seems to mean that the teacher will be around all of next year (if not longer). Both MCPS policy and the teachers' union are cited as the reasons why things take so long.

Has anyone experienced this and ended up with a positive resolution? How can incoming parents build upon "the process" that was started this year, so that we're not starting from scratch with a possibly years-long process in the fall? I understand trying to support the teacher so they can improve, having this incoming class have their own experiences, etc... but I'm also quite concerned, and want to know what I and other parents can do if there are problems in the classroom next year.

[Anonymous]

Honestly, accept that this will be one year of your kids education.

[Anonymous]

What's the process for reporting underperforming parents?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the process for reporting underperforming parents?

AMEN.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, accept that this will be one year of your kids education.

Okay, but I am still wondering what the formal MCPS process is... there must be one, and if so, I had wanted to hear about experiences with it.

[Anonymous]

Good luck! My kid’s third grade teacher was suspended multiple times in the same year for slapping a kid. Not only did the teacher return befofe the end of the school year, but they got moved to be a kindergarten teacher at another MCPS school!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, accept that this will be one year of your kids education.

Okay, but I am still wondering what the formal MCPS process is... there must be one, and if so, I had wanted to hear about experiences with it.

Parents are not part of the process. What if teacher is actually removed, and then you have to suffer through a short-term sub until they assign a long-term sub. Then you have to deal with a long-term sub. Fun times. I'd rather have an underperforming teacher than a sub any day of the week.

[Anonymous]

In a worst case scenario, your DC will have this teacher for one year.
If the teacher evaluation and remediation process takes up most or all of that year, I’d focus on providing educational support for DC at home, to the degree practicable.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What's the process for reporting underperforming parents?

CPS.

[Anonymous]

The teacher was flagged this year. They get 1 year of support to try and meet standard now by MARCH 2027. That is the process. They get the year of support. Can't shorten it, they were just flagged this year and deemed underperforming, their year of support starts for next school year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly, accept that this will be one year of your kids education.

Okay, but I am still wondering what the formal MCPS process is... there must be one, and if so, I had wanted to hear about experiences with it.

Parents are not part of the process. What if teacher is actually removed, and then you have to suffer through a short-term sub until they assign a long-term sub. Then you have to deal with a long-term sub. Fun times. I'd rather have an underperforming teacher than a sub any day of the week.

My kid's BEST teacher in ES was a sub! She did become FT the following year. Perhaps she was a December grad. We left MCPS after that, but she was great, there is hope!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child will be moving into a grade with an underperforming teacher. Parents filed complaints all of this year, but the process for formal evaluation only began in the last few months. It seems like the complaints are very legitimate, but we've been informed that "the process" for underperforming teachers has to play out. This very unfortunately seems to mean that the teacher will be around all of next year (if not longer). Both MCPS policy and the teachers' union are cited as the reasons why things take so long.

Has anyone experienced this and ended up with a positive resolution? How can incoming parents build upon "the process" that was started this year, so that we're not starting from scratch with a possibly years-long process in the fall? I understand trying to support the teacher so they can improve, having this incoming class have their own experiences, etc... but I'm also quite concerned, and want to know what I and other parents can do if there are problems in the classroom next year.

"but the process for formal evaluation only began in the last few months." As opposed to when?

First semester observations get done by January ish, they flagged the teacher, a 2nd semester observation was done, they were submitted, 2 more were done and now they will get assigned support for the next school year. That is the process.

[Anonymous]

This is the issue, the tax payers and customers should have a say, there should be a law that the tax payers have the ability to rate the performance that could result in termination

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the issue, the tax payers and customers should have a say, there should be a law that the tax payers have the ability to rate the performance that could result in termination

Lol

[Anonymous]

What do you mean by underperforming?
I know of a teacher that was observed but it took years of complaints just to get that far.

She was a K teacher and we heard the year before my child was there there were issues with a few kids and she blamed it on the kids. The next year she had similar issues with other kids. Parents complained both years but it wasn't until the following year when there was an observation done.

I assume it was the third year of complaints for emotionality, presumably because of anxiety or something related, she took out on the kids and her inability to manage the classroom. In that third year they did the observations and then assigned an aide. In the summer, they had her take some kind of classroom behavior management continuing ed. They also moved her to an older grade class in the 4th year which I heard worked better.