Highest salaries in MCPS
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Anonymous
At one school a few teachers got their online doctorates and they were with the fake schools. |
Anonymous
So you're wondering why more Ivy League grads don't go in to public school administration? |
Anonymous
MCPS leans heavy on McDaniel College. |
Anonymous
This. Look at where these people got their “doctorates”. |
Anonymous
I think the comment was more about the sketchy master's and doctorate degrees many in MCPS seem to acquire from places like Walden University. |
Anonymous
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I think it's not so much that MCPS leans on those fake-y online institutions but that those institutions reach out to schools and staff. My school used to have a lot of "breakfasts" sponsored by Walden and other TV commercials institutions, where a rep would bring in donuts and then sit in the staff lounge all day to "advise" about courses available. The former admin just saw it as a chance to get free treats for the staff, but the current admin looked into the schools and put the brakes on it, mainly because the schools are shady.
MCPS has partnerships and reimbursement agreements with several quality teacher ed schools. I have one masters from Hopkins and another from McDaniel, both were all in-person or synchronous with zoom classes (during covid), with excellent courses that related directly to my teaching. DH did an admin masters in a cohort at Hood and says the same. Except after working the numbers we realized the increase in salary was nowhere near enough to justify the extra stress and responsibility of being an administrator. |
Anonymous
The extra pay comes after being: nationally certified board teacher |
Anonymous
| What happened to the Chief’s that were not rehired into their high paying position and were moved into a position that is generally paid at a lower rate? Did they get to keep their higher pay or were they forced to take a pay cut that is commensurate with their new position? I think there were 3 or 4 that were not rehired when Dr. Taylor restructured central office. |
Anonymous
| Check out Dr. Cage |
Anonymous
Wrong way to look at it. There are APs and counselors too. You have to look at the total staffing vs the population and their needs. |
Anonymous
| How about all the money we paid Monifa |
Anonymous
Sure. But at the end of the day, it is the principal who is held accountable for anything that happens to all of those kids, not the APs or the counselors. The principal job is absolutely insane and untenable as it's currently structured, in my opinion. That's why it's hard to find good principals, because who wants a job that's pretty much on-call 24/7, highly political, highly visible and fraught with the worst constraints of middle management from a population with high expectations? |
Anonymous
She's lounging with it at UMD. |
Anonymous
HUGE problem!I know there is a teaching shortage but there must be some standards. Unfortunately, historically teachers have come from the bottom 50% of their high school class. Maybe that's changed somewhat. Its not to say that there are not some very smart people who are teaching but all of this online stuff has just made things worse in terms of teacher quality. I'll never forget one of my science teachers in high school telling people that she went into teaching because she got divorced and getting a teaching degree was the easiest thing she could do to start earning a living. |
Anonymous
The AP’s and counselors are often more challenging than the thousands of teenagers and their helicopter parents. |