Our School Has NO Staffing Updates

[Anonymous]

Lags/delays in the hiring system are nothing new. I was put on an open contract in 2010 for a science position. Not a single full times science position showed up on MCPS careers. July 15th rolled around and I had to decide to stay in my current school system or hope MCPS would have a position open up after the 15th. I chose to stay in my current school system since we just had a baby born. I eventually got hired in 2011.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps is so toxic- you should work elsewhere

I know, but where else can you work half the year and take another month of leave without getting fired?

Teachers work 10 months of the year, not half. It’s in their contract, so no one’s taking any time off at all actually; they are working the months in their contract like other contracted employees. Nice try at bashing teachers though. I hope pathetically trolling other adults fulfills the sad void in your soul.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds fake as our school has released several good teachers and no update on how those classes will be done. If you want to apply out, apply.

Why fake? Not OP but I taught at an MCPS elementary school that the principal did the same thing. Not all schools are the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps is so toxic- you should work elsewhere

I know, but where else can you work half the year and take another month of leave without getting fired?

Teachers work 10 months of the year, not half. It’s in their contract, so no one’s taking any time off at all actually; they are working the months in their contract like other contracted employees. Nice try at bashing teachers though. I hope pathetically trolling other adults fulfills the sad void in your soul.

My kid's teachers are routinely out a few times a month some even more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps is so toxic- you should work elsewhere

I know, but where else can you work half the year and take another month of leave without getting fired?

Teachers work 10 months of the year, not half. It’s in their contract, so no one’s taking any time off at all actually; they are working the months in their contract like other contracted employees. Nice try at bashing teachers though. I hope pathetically trolling other adults fulfills the sad void in your soul.

My kid's teachers are routinely out a few times a month some even more.

Yes, have you ever heard of health concerns? Pregnancy? God forbid teachers are human beings too. Just like in any job, people are allowed to take leave if necessary. Grow up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps is so toxic- you should work elsewhere

I know, but where else can you work half the year and take another month of leave without getting fired?

Teachers work 10 months of the year, not half. It’s in their contract, so no one’s taking any time off at all actually; they are working the months in their contract like other contracted employees. Nice try at bashing teachers though. I hope pathetically trolling other adults fulfills the sad void in your soul.

My kid's teachers are routinely out a few times a month some even more.

And? Your point? Teachers earn leave; therefore, they can take the leave for whatever they need to. They are adults. You are not entitled to their time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps is so toxic- you should work elsewhere

I know, but where else can you work half the year and take another month of leave without getting fired?

If it's such a cushy gig, try it!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps is so toxic- you should work elsewhere

I know, but where else can you work half the year and take another month of leave without getting fired?

Teachers work 10 months of the year, not half. It’s in their contract, so no one’s taking any time off at all actually; they are working the months in their contract like other contracted employees. Nice try at bashing teachers though. I hope pathetically trolling other adults fulfills the sad void in your soul.

My kid's teachers are routinely out a few times a month some even more.

Yes, have you ever heard of health concerns? Pregnancy? God forbid teachers are human beings too. Just like in any job, people are allowed to take leave if necessary. Grow up.

I teach 5th grade/general education. However, I have MANY students who have an IEP. I have TEN meetings that I must attend in the month of May. These are a combination of IEP meetings and transition meetings (where the elementary school team meets with the parents and a representative from the student’s soon to be middle school to plan for 6th grade classes and supports).

Please keep in mind that some teachers may be out of the classroom attending meetings for students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps is so toxic- you should work elsewhere

I know, but where else can you work half the year and take another month of leave without getting fired?

Teachers work 10 months of the year, not half. It’s in their contract, so no one’s taking any time off at all actually; they are working the months in their contract like other contracted employees. Nice try at bashing teachers though. I hope pathetically trolling other adults fulfills the sad void in your soul.

My kid's teachers are routinely out a few times a month some even more.

Yes, have you ever heard of health concerns? Pregnancy? God forbid teachers are human beings too. Just like in any job, people are allowed to take leave if necessary. Grow up.

I teach 5th grade/general education. However, I have MANY students who have an IEP. I have TEN meetings that I must attend in the month
of May. These are a combination of IEP meetings and transition meetings (where the elementary school team meets with the parents and a representative from the student’s soon to be middle school to plan for 6th grade classes and supports).

Please keep in mind that some teachers may be out of the classroom attending meetings for students.

But they're leaving my Larla with a sub!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The deadline for non-tenured teachers to resign is May 1st and our school has not announced anything about staffing movements next year (if we will have to switch grade levels), or told us if we will still be departmentalized. Shouldn't these things be addressed BEFORE people will be penalized for breach of contract. I do not want to stay if I am not in my grade level and I feel like I have a right to know this information before being penalized for resigning. When asked, our principal claims he has the right not to tell us until June, which very well be the case. However, MCPS is trapping untenured teachers into their positions by doing so and it is absolutely disgraceful.

Did you read the contract you signed? This is actually spelled out.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/associationrelations/mcea_contract.pdf
Article 19.A.1
" All unit members ... will be given written notice by the appropriate officials of their school assignment for the forthcoming school year, between June 1 and the end of the school year. Principals will notify all school-based members, in writing, of their projected class and subject assignment and other duties by the end of the school year."

It's not "disgraceful" for MCPS to operate according to the contract. And guess what, even after being told your assignment that can still change if someone else leaves or there are significant changes in enrollment or funding and that changes the course plan for the following year. Since you aren't tenured, I presume this is your first or second year of teaching. If you are so adamant that you will only continue if you get the exact same assignment, perhaps this isn't the career for you. Things happen. If you can't roll with that when it does, you won't be happy in teaching.

[Anonymous]

Parent here. How long is it before a teacher is tenured?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps is so toxic- you should work elsewhere

I know, but where else can you work half the year and take another month of leave without getting fired?

If it's such a cushy gig, try it!

If only all the “it’s an easy job” posters would join us! Then I can stop covering coworkers’ classes and actually get some of my own work done.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deadline for non-tenured teachers to resign is May 1st and our school has not announced anything about staffing movements next year (if we will have to switch grade levels), or told us if we will still be departmentalized. Shouldn't these things be addressed BEFORE people will be penalized for breach of contract. I do not want to stay if I am not in my grade level and I feel like I have a right to know this information before being penalized for resigning. When asked, our principal claims he has the right not to tell us until June, which very well be the case. However, MCPS is trapping untenured teachers into their positions by doing so and it is absolutely disgraceful.

Did you read the contract you signed? This is actually spelled out.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/associationrelations/mcea_contract.pdf
Article 19.A.1
" All unit members ... will be given written notice by the appropriate officials of their school assignment for the forthcoming school year, between June 1 and the end of the school year. Principals will notify all school-based members, in writing, of their projected class and subject assignment and other duties by the end of the school year."

It's not "disgraceful" for MCPS to operate according to the contract. And guess what, even after being told your assignment that can still change if someone else leaves or there are significant changes in enrollment or funding and that changes the course plan for the following year. Since you aren't tenured, I presume this is your first or second year of teaching. If you are so adamant that you will only continue if you get the exact same assignment, perhaps this isn't the career for you. Things happen. If you can't roll with that when it does, you won't be happy in teaching.

Not OP but the entire point is, MCPS IS acting disgracefully. Yes, its in the contract. However, they should have a modicum of deceny to notify teachers about assignments PRIOR to state deadlines. It just feels like you're part of the problem, trapping teachers in this district. You sound like an angry union member who isn't doing anything for the rest of us at the negotiation table, so membership numbers are plummeting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deadline for non-tenured teachers to resign is May 1st and our school has not announced anything about staffing movements next year (if we will have to switch grade levels), or told us if we will still be departmentalized. Shouldn't these things be addressed BEFORE people will be penalized for breach of contract. I do not want to stay if I am not in my grade level and I feel like I have a right to know this information before being penalized for resigning. When asked, our principal claims he has the right not to tell us until June, which very well be the case. However, MCPS is trapping untenured teachers into their positions by doing so and it is absolutely disgraceful.

Did you read the contract you signed? This is actually spelled out.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/associationrelations/mcea_contract.pdf
Article 19.A.1
" All unit members ... will be given written notice by the appropriate officials of their school assignment for the forthcoming school year, between June 1 and the end of the school year. Principals will notify all school-based members, in writing, of their projected class and subject assignment and other duties by the end of the school year."

It's not "disgraceful" for MCPS to operate according to the contract. And guess what, even after being told your assignment that can still change if someone else leaves or there are significant changes in enrollment or funding and that changes the course plan for the following year. Since you aren't tenured, I presume this is your first or second year of teaching. If you are so adamant that you will only continue if you get the exact same assignment, perhaps this isn't the career for you. Things happen. If you can't roll with that when it does, you won't be happy in teaching.

What a rude individual. You absolutely sound like someone who should not be in a classroom actually. The anger and hostility. Not tenured in MCPS just means OP hasn't been in the district for over 3 years. You know nothing about their background or how long they may have taught in other districts. People like you give teachers a bad name.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The deadline for non-tenured teachers to resign is May 1st and our school has not announced anything about staffing movements next year (if we will have to switch grade levels), or told us if we will still be departmentalized. Shouldn't these things be addressed BEFORE people will be penalized for breach of contract. I do not want to stay if I am not in my grade level and I feel like I have a right to know this information before being penalized for resigning. When asked, our principal claims he has the right not to tell us until June, which very well be the case. However, MCPS is trapping untenured teachers into their positions by doing so and it is absolutely disgraceful.

Did you read the contract you signed? This is actually spelled out.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/associationrelations/mcea_contract.pdf
Article 19.A.1
" All unit members ... will be given written notice by the appropriate officials of their school assignment for the forthcoming school year, between June 1 and the end of the school year. Principals will notify all school-based members, in writing, of their projected class and subject assignment and other duties by the end of the school year."

It's not "disgraceful" for MCPS to operate according to the contract. And guess what, even after being told your assignment that can still change if someone else leaves or there are significant changes in enrollment or funding and that changes the course plan for the following year. Since you aren't tenured, I presume this is your first or second year of teaching. If you are so adamant that you will only continue if you get the exact same assignment, perhaps this isn't the career for you. Things happen. If you can't roll with that when it does, you won't be happy in teaching.

Former MCPS teacher here now happily in another Maryland district where our district actually abides by Maryland state deadlines as previously stated. Yes, teachers can roll with the punches but other districts actually inform their teachers of their assignments so they can make plans and decisions about the upcoming year. Yes, those plans may change, but actually for the most part, they really don't. Our principals try their hardest to keep people where they want to be. MCPS is a poorly run district. Period. You sound like a central office employee here. I hope you aren't actually a classroom teacher right now.