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

[Anonymous]

Maybe some of you could stop complaining and apply.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people also need to understand that all schools do not have the same resources. A small non title 1 school doesn’t have many resource positions. One reading teacher, sbts and aart- who are already on the master. So it hits the harder. And the message to the principals has been, they are not sending help until “ all school resources” have been exhausted. So it’s comments like that that make those of us in schools feel like they don’t really care. It’s very much a figure it out on your own message. It’s also insulting that we are expected to do our regular job ( overwhelming on the best of days) plus teaching/planning/ assessing in these rooms with no additional financial stipend.

The county is not willing to send people who sit in offices and constantly rewrite curricula or people who go around supervising other people into classrooms. But they will pull a school reading (or math) specialist to teach all day, thereby depriving 40 students of the essential explicit, frequent reading instruction needed because they are 3 years below in reading. It’s nuts.

My neighborhood ES school is short 4 classroom teachers, 3 IAs, and 5 special education teachers.

Eeek! What school is this? Yes, I could probably look at the vacancy list. But it’s easier if you just tell us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people also need to understand that all schools do not have the same resources. A small non title 1 school doesn’t have many resource positions. One reading teacher, sbts and aart- who are already on the master. So it hits the harder. And the message to the principals has been, they are not sending help until “ all school resources” have been exhausted. So it’s comments like that that make those of us in schools feel like they don’t really care. It’s very much a figure it out on your own message. It’s also insulting that we are expected to do our regular job ( overwhelming on the best of days) plus teaching/planning/ assessing in these rooms with no additional financial stipend.

The county is not willing to send people who sit in offices and constantly rewrite curricula or people who go around supervising other people into classrooms. But they will pull a school reading (or math) specialist to teach all day, thereby depriving 40 students of the essential explicit, frequent reading instruction needed because they are 3 years below in reading. It’s nuts.

My neighborhood ES school is short 4 classroom teachers, 3 IAs, and 5 special education teachers.

Eeek! What school is this? Yes, I could probably look at the vacancy list. But it’s easier if you just tell us.

My guess is Stratford Landing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Send in the National Guard.

Because you’d rather shoot than educate? Sounds about right for this place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our school hired two teacher trainees who ghosted yesterday and today. No one has seen or heard from them despite repeated attempts. We have to redo class lists and it’s been a huge mess.

We had similar- one properly ghosted, one made it through 1 day of great beginnings. We have 2 more who have come to the building ready to work but HR hasn’t finished with them so we’re assuming they won’t be available next Monday.

Student schedules still have lots of “Vacancy” in the teacher name. Gonna be another crap year.

[Anonymous]

It’s predictable. Loudoun has nice, adequate facilities. Fairfax wastes money and mismanages its capital budget. Where would you prefer to show up every day and teach? #FCPSrot

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think people also need to understand that all schools do not have the same resources. A small non title 1 school doesn’t have many resource positions. One reading teacher, sbts and aart- who are already on the master. So it hits the harder. And the message to the principals has been, they are not sending help until “ all school resources” have been exhausted. So it’s comments like that that make those of us in schools feel like they don’t really care. It’s very much a figure it out on your own message. It’s also insulting that we are expected to do our regular job ( overwhelming on the best of days) plus teaching/planning/ assessing in these rooms with no additional financial stipend.

The county is not willing to send people who sit in offices and constantly rewrite curricula or people who go around supervising other people into classrooms. But they will pull a school reading (or math) specialist to teach all day, thereby depriving 40 students of the essential explicit, frequent reading instruction needed because they are 3 years below in reading. It’s nuts.

My neighborhood ES school is short 4 classroom teachers, 3 IAs, and 5 special education teachers.

Eeek! What school is this? Yes, I could probably look at the vacancy list. But it’s easier if you just tell us.

My guess is Stratford Landing.

Ummm there are several schools in positions like this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s predictable. Loudoun has nice, adequate facilities. Fairfax wastes money and mismanages its capital budget. Where would you prefer to show up every day and teach? #FCPSrot

Let me guess, McLean High Mommy?

[Anonymous]

My wife’s ES just pulled the instructional coach and the SBTS to be classroom teachers due to unfilled vacancies and at least one other classroom seems likely to have an IA as its “teacher” to start the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My wife’s ES just pulled the instructional coach and the SBTS to be classroom teachers due to unfilled vacancies and at least one other classroom seems likely to have an IA as its “teacher” to start the year.

I bet they arent paying that IA teacher pay.0

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wife’s ES just pulled the instructional coach and the SBTS to be classroom teachers due to unfilled vacancies and at least one other classroom seems likely to have an IA as its “teacher” to start the year.

I bet they arent paying that IA teacher pay.0

+1. We lost two great IAs in the past two weeks because they're former teachers who can make a lot more doing daytime tutoring with FCPS. I don't blame them but it really sucks because they were going to support some of our neediest students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wife’s ES just pulled the instructional coach and the SBTS to be classroom teachers due to unfilled vacancies and at least one other classroom seems likely to have an IA as its “teacher” to start the year.

I bet they arent paying that IA teacher pay.0

+1. We lost two great IAs in the past two weeks because they're former teachers who can make a lot more doing daytime tutoring with FCPS. I don't blame them but it really sucks because they were going to support some of our neediest students.

They will still be serving the neediest students a teachers.

[Anonymous]

Should probably edit the title. It is not “if” it is “when”.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wife’s ES just pulled the instructional coach and the SBTS to be classroom teachers due to unfilled vacancies and at least one other classroom seems likely to have an IA as its “teacher” to start the year.

I bet they arent paying that IA teacher pay.0

+1. We lost two great IAs in the past two weeks because they're former teachers who can make a lot more doing daytime tutoring with FCPS. I don't blame them but it really sucks because they were going to support some of our neediest students.

They will still be serving the neediest students a teachers.

The way that FCPS is handling the teacher shortage is only going to result in a greater exodus. They are pulling people out of their roles and putting them in classrooms as teachers (which does not align with what they agreed to do for FCPS), and they aren't compensating them accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My wife’s ES just pulled the instructional coach and the SBTS to be classroom teachers due to unfilled vacancies and at least one other classroom seems likely to have an IA as its “teacher” to start the year.

I bet they arent paying that IA teacher pay.0

This is why I decided not to long-term sub this August/September. I just knew I’d end of subbing the whole year (by just renewing the sub job) in a classroom with limited benefits and pay - instead of FCPS paying me as a licensed teacher with benefits.