How much does MCPS pay for school administrators to travel out of state?
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Anonymous
Yet she didn’t meet with one single student and got a paid trip home on taxpayers. Fooling you is so easy. |
Anonymous
That is a recruiter job not hers. |
Anonymous
How do you know? |
Anonymous
These days, everyone is a recruiter. |
Anonymous
And they are all doing a terrible job. Minority candidates don’t want to come to mcps. |
Anonymous
What type of statement is that? The superintendent is the face of the system. For strategic efforts like this, she IS the recruiter. The purpose was to get the ball rolling here and then delegate it for the long-term, but it shows she's actually committed to it. And what better person to take lead on it than someone who is an alum of SC State University. |
Anonymous
It's hard to get any minorities into teaching these days. What are YOU doing about it? |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
You're acting as though she was taking a vacation and relaxing on a Hilton Head beach, daiquiri in hand and sunglasses on. No! It's for the long-term benefit of our district. |
Anonymous
How does this benefit MCPS? If it were a MD state school, I can understand that, but how many kids are going to her HBCU alma mater and how would they help MCPS from a distance? |
Anonymous
LOL She is from Orangeburg. She went home and through in a photo op with one guy so you would pay for her vaca. |
Anonymous
+1 What has Dr. McKnight done to recruit teachers from schools in Maryland, DC, and Virginia? There’s plenty of HBCUs locally if that is the target audience to fill vacancies in MCPS. Morgan State, Bowie State, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, and Howard University are some great HBCUs that would not need an overnight trip to visit. Then there’s the many non-HBCUs that are also key for recruiting - Townson, University of Maryland College Park, George Mason University, George Washington University, and Georgetown to name a few. |
Anonymous
Just because she visited one further south doesn't mean that she hasn't worked with others. Also, that school she went to has a long history of actually being founded as a teacher's college. She went there, she knows the educational department and players and how to pitch this area to individuals there, and students at HBCUs around here are not as inclined to go into K-12 education. You also can't solely look at the tippy top HBCUs - it's an umbrella effort. Give it a rest with the selective outrage. |
Anonymous
I'm more than happy to shed color on this. For years , kids from all backgrounds have craved having Black teachers in the classroom. A big reason why these racist incidents have taken place in MCPS is that these mostly White teachers from Jersey and PA, while well-meaning, but may not be able to relate to the kids in terms of creating that culture of respect or working with people who've had diverse experiences or adverse childhood situations. In these incidents, there's almost zero accountability and sometimes even the White teachers join in gaslighting the Black students or being more prone to call security on them for things that can honestly be de-escalated. Sometimes, they even go out of their way to make the BIPOC teachers uncomfortable, leading to a retention issue. The teachers should look like the changing population in the system, case closed. Before questioning me, I went to East County schools for K-8 and a W for 9-12. I know MCPS processes and secrets inside out. One time, solely because of my little sister's name (she speaks perfect English and we are from an English-speaking country in West Africa), they recommended her for ESOL when she's in adavanced reading. I guarantee you no Black teacher would be quick to underestimate and label her in a away that will last for the rest of her life. It's no secret that we have to advocate for minority students way more. When Black teachers are in the classroom, the Blacks students stand straigher, and the majority students break stereotypes about who can lead, who is truly worthy in society. Since we lack Black teachers, we are then going to lack Black administrators and beyond -- it's an funnel effect and every subgroup needs specific alleviating measures as they enter and progress through their careers. Black administrators are more likely to get Title I schools in this county or be pushed out or not get as much credit whereas their White peers can fail and immediately get that second chance. It's about a culture of respect and it's a much needed initiative, in my opinion. |
Anonymous
You do realize your statement is pretty racist too. And, your comments have no justification as to why she took the trip. |