Real talk: are there going to be enough teachers for summer school?

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+1,000

MCPS grade inflation has nothing on DCUM!

*1,000

[Anonymous]

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Like all good playground arguments, parents had nothing but nasty things to say about teachers.

Truth hurts sometimes. Teachers should admit they were wrong about the impact that DL had on students and that they dramatically overstated the covid risk in schools, especially for teachers who were even just partially vaccinated. Then we can all move forward together.

Teachers aren’t a monolith. You cannot group all teachers together. (And teachers don’t owe you sh*t by the way)

Cringe. You do. You are a public employee.
And yes- teachers (I am one) need to lie in the bed they made. DL was no problems- right?
Good luck with our kids in the fall!
And stop asking for more funding while you are at it. Establish a baseline of showing up to work, first

NP. Well, that kind of attitude is definitely going to attract and retain people to be teachers, and we've certainly had no signs that either interest or retention is a problem.

[Anonymous]

Cringe- again.
The ‘attitude’ of go into work and teach kids- in a school building, is why you’ll quit?
Bye,bye,bye.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cringe- again.
The ‘attitude’ of go into work and teach kids- in a school building, is why you’ll quit?
Bye,bye,bye.

This is PP. I'm not a teacher. I'm just watching people who need a service that was already having trouble filling positions continue quite vocally to demean and belittle the people in those positions, and -- well, I'm just not on board with that being your most effective strategy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cringe- again.
The ‘attitude’ of go into work and teach kids- in a school building, is why you’ll quit?
Bye,bye,bye.

A lack of interest in teaching summer school is not quitting.

I have had many jobs where there was the offer to pick up extra shifts or do extra work on the side for extra pay (like being a server at a catered event). Never did my boss feel I had quit because I turned down these opportunities.

If MCPS needs to force teachers to do summer school, they should negotiate that requirement in the next contract. But they should also really think about why teaching summer school is so deeply unattractive.

[Anonymous]

I know of one school that currently has seven (7) staff members out on maternity leave. At my own school there are 12 positions that are opening up: staff members are retiring, teachers are resigning because they are relocating or got jobs in non-teaching related positions.

So, yes the lack of summer school interest, even with an extra measly $200/week is an indication for what the mess of fall staffing/schooling may look like.

[Anonymous]

Why would anyone want to teach summer school after a year of being harassed and belittled? The money isn’t enough and neither are bonuses. What does that say?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to teach summer school after a year of being harassed and belittled? The money isn’t enough and neither are bonuses. What does that say?

Were you harassed and belittled at work, or on DCUM?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to teach summer school after a year of being harassed and belittled? The money isn’t enough and neither are bonuses. What does that say?

Were you harassed and belittled at work, or on DCUM?

NP here, why the snark? Anyone could see that the pandemic is pushing the public education sector to its limit. I assuming that you must not read your news? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/us/covid-school-teaching.html

Its a sad day when some adults choose to only consume their news from television and radio sources and lack basic research skills.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to teach summer school after a year of being harassed and belittled? The money isn’t enough and neither are bonuses. What does that say?

Were you harassed and belittled at work, or on DCUM?

NP here, why the snark? Anyone could see that the pandemic is pushing the public education sector to its limit. I assuming that you must not read your news? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/us/covid-school-teaching.html

Its a sad day when some adults choose to only consume their news from television and radio sources and lack basic research skills.

What's wrong with my question? I know many teachers personally, and I know that public education is in trouble. I support funding it (which is part of why it makes me super angry when teacher union leaders write op-eds downplaying the impact of the pandemic on students). But PP was talking specifically about "a year of being harassed and belittled". What was she referring to? DCUM? Or was there harassment during the course of her work? Because the solution to harassment on DCUM is not to turn down work.

[Anonymous]

I was harassed mostly by parents of students. The belittlement was everywhere I came into contact with parents- the park, school pickup, etc. “Teachers need a whole day a week off from teaching? Why? So they can work from home in their yoga pants?” Ironically, those same parents were on their way home to do the same thing. Teachers are tired and no amount of money would make me consider summer school. I’m looking forward to spending time with my kids.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to teach summer school after a year of being harassed and belittled? The money isn’t enough and neither are bonuses. What does that say?

Were you harassed and belittled at work, or on DCUM?

Not PP, but I know teachers who were harassed on social media simply for being teachers. Teachers who had never posted anything about virtual learning or ADA. A teacher on ADA because she had an organ transplant in 2020 was stalked by a neighbor while she walked her dog masked in her neighborhood. The teacher was outside masked for 30 min twice a day outside of her duty day. The neighbor saw that as proof she could be indoors with 15 kids for 6+ hours a day. She escalated to video taping and shouting her beliefs. That is when the HOA got involved.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was harassed mostly by parents of students. The belittlement was everywhere I came into contact with parents- the park, school pickup, etc. “Teachers need a whole day a week off from teaching? Why? So they can work from home in their yoga pants?” Ironically, those same parents were on their way home to do the same thing. Teachers are tired and no amount of money would make me consider summer school. I’m looking forward to spending time with my kids.

That's horrible. I'm sorry that happened to you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Like all good playground arguments, parents had nothing but nasty things to say about teachers.

Truth hurts sometimes. Teachers should admit they were wrong about the impact that DL had on students and that they dramatically overstated the covid risk in schools, especially for teachers who were even just partially vaccinated. Then we can all move forward together.

Teachers aren’t a monolith. You cannot group all teachers together. (And teachers don’t owe you sh*t by the way)

Cringe. You do. You are a public employee.
And yes- teachers (I am one) need to lie in the bed they made. DL was no problems- right?
Good luck with our kids in the fall!
And stop asking for more funding while you are at it. Establish a baseline of showing up to work, first

NP. Well, that kind of attitude is definitely going to attract and retain people to be teachers, and we've certainly had no signs that either interest or retention is a problem.

I don't think this pp will even understand sarcasm.

Many teachers have had enough and aren't coming back for summer school or fall. You treat people like crap and scream and whine, most will find other jobs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I was harassed mostly by parents of students. The belittlement was everywhere I came into contact with parents- the park, school pickup, etc. “Teachers need a whole day a week off from teaching? Why? So they can work from home in their yoga pants?” Ironically, those same parents were on their way home to do the same thing. Teachers are tired and no amount of money would make me consider summer school. I’m looking forward to spending time with my kids.

That's horrible. I'm sorry that happened to you.

Different pp- it's why I have accepted a different job in another career field. I am never going back to teaching: the kids are fine, it's the horrible insulting parents I never want to have to deal with again. It's obvious they don't consider teaching their children to be a worthwhile endeavor.