What happens if MCPS isn't staffed by the first day of school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think teachers can all collectively agree last year was the absolute worst year in education we've ever seen. Absolutely no one wants a repeat of last year.

Worse than the shutdown year and the year after when they kept quarantining kids and teachers?

Yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think teachers can all collectively agree last year was the absolute worst year in education we've ever seen. Absolutely no one wants a repeat of last year.

Worse than the shutdown year and the year after when they kept quarantining kids and teachers?

Those years were a breeze compared to this year. You'd think the worst year SHOULD have been the 2021-2022 school year, but this year was beyond my wildest nightmares.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an incredible number of classroom teacher, AP, staff development, and support staff positions that are still open on MCPS careers.

What's the scoop on what happens if positions are not filled?

This happens every year. It will all work out.

It DIDN’T work out at all schools. It was a miserable year that I do not want to repeat. And yet we are not fully staffed so here we go.

- teacher at an elementary school in the Seneca Valley cluster

OMG OMG OMG the sky is falling!

[Anonymous]

What do you mean IF. It is a far fetched assumption that they will be anywhere near staffed now that they have made the profession completely unsustainable and abusive for teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do you mean IF. It is a far fetched assumption that they will be anywhere near staffed now that they have made the profession completely unsustainable and abusive for teachers.

Who is they? Last I knew staff at the CO was up by 30% YoY. It's better staffed than ever under McKnight's tenure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an incredible number of classroom teacher, AP, staff development, and support staff positions that are still open on MCPS careers.

What's the scoop on what happens if positions are not filled?

This happens every year. It will all work out.

It DIDN’T work out at all schools. It was a miserable year that I do not want to repeat. And yet we are not fully staffed so here we go.

- teacher at an elementary school in the Seneca Valley cluster

OMG OMG OMG the sky is falling!

Love the sarcasm and condescension from a moron who clearly has absolutely no idea what a classroom looks like in the year 2023.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an incredible number of classroom teacher, AP, staff development, and support staff positions that are still open on MCPS careers.

What's the scoop on what happens if positions are not filled?

This happens every year. It will all work out.

It DIDN’T work out at all schools. It was a miserable year that I do not want to repeat. And yet we are not fully staffed so here we go.

- teacher at an elementary school in the Seneca Valley cluster

OMG OMG OMG the sky is falling!

Says someone who doesn't work in a school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an incredible number of classroom teacher, AP, staff development, and support staff positions that are still open on MCPS careers.

What's the scoop on what happens if positions are not filled?

This happens every year. It will all work out.

It DIDN’T work out at all schools. It was a miserable year that I do not want to repeat. And yet we are not fully staffed so here we go.

- teacher at an elementary school in the Seneca Valley cluster

OMG OMG OMG the sky is falling!

Love the sarcasm and condescension from a moron who clearly has absolutely no idea what a classroom looks like in the year 2023.

Also love the faux histrionics by people who know this is not a real problem but just want to fearmonger.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There are an incredible number of classroom teacher, AP, staff development, and support staff positions that are still open on MCPS careers.

What's the scoop on what happens if positions are not filled?

This happens every year. It will all work out.

It DIDN’T work out at all schools. It was a miserable year that I do not want to repeat. And yet we are not fully staffed so here we go.

- teacher at an elementary school in the Seneca Valley cluster

OMG OMG OMG the sky is falling!

Love the sarcasm and condescension from a moron who clearly has absolutely no idea what a classroom looks like in the year 2023.

Also love the faux histrionics by people who know this is not a real problem but just want to fearmonger.

No one is fear mongering…. Yeah, it’ll “work out”… at the expense of other teachers planning times. So yeah, it won’t affect YOU, just everyone who is working in an understaffed school and/or any teacher who is working at a school where a sub hasn’t picked up jobs for absent teachers (which is going to be every single day at a school in the district) but go off with your nonsense: you don’t have a clue.

[Anonymous]

ES’s and MS’s are most likely to be understaffed and are also less likely to get a sub. The burnout is real when teachers have no break during the day to plan for their own classes. The kids are more and more disregulated with little admin and parent support. 4th and 5th are often the most difficult.

[Anonymous]

The continued gaslighting of actual staff members is atrocious.

Noone is saying it is #allschools. But continued attrition from many schools is making the problems spread.

The most veteran teachers are retiring, the least veteran teachers are quitting, and we aren't recruiting midcareer teachers because MCPS caps the salary scale for transfers with experience. Fewer graduates and career changes are coming to teaching. The long term substitute pool is growing less and less robust.

We have many problems to fix.

[Anonymous]

Principals will make you cover classes for free and then ride you with negative reviews because your plans will be effected. So they will essentially punish teachers for helping them out and teachers will leave the profession at higher rates bc they know this type of system is predatory and unsustainable.

[Anonymous]

I teach in another district but in the contract, is there any language about admin compelling teachers to fill in for other teachers? My contract says I only have to do this in case of emergency (teacher having a mid day emergency and no sub can be found). I always say no or they would ask me every day.

[Anonymous]

Contract says that volunteers must be asked first. If there are no volunteers, then other teachers can be assigned. At my high school we try to handle it by department first. Then it gets opened up to all staff in the building if there are no takers in the department.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The continued gaslighting of actual staff members is atrocious.

Noone is saying it is #allschools. But continued attrition from many schools is making the problems spread.

The most veteran teachers are retiring, the least veteran teachers are quitting, and we aren't recruiting midcareer teachers because MCPS caps the salary scale for transfers with experience. Fewer graduates and career changes are coming to teaching. The long term substitute pool is growing less and less robust.

We have many problems to fix.

What are some possible solutions to these problems?