MCPS teachers - what would you tell parents in your class(es) if you could?
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Anonymous
Try working in the corporate world. Teaching is a joke compared to the stress and lack of job security in a high level corporate job or Big Law. |
Anonymous
It’s not really comparably when those jobs pay 5-10 times more and you can afford to outsource. |
Anonymous
The unions in MOCO, both mcps and county don’t protect its workers. |
Anonymous
The phone is not the issue. Even if there were no phones, there would be plenty of things to replace it. Ironically some teachers expect kids to have phones and use them for class. |
Anonymous
We had year long subs or a series of them before Covid, nothing new. That’s why you need to supplement at home. |
Anonymous
Teacher here who switched from corporate life. Not only did I get paid more, I was also able to pee when I wanted to AND I got more than 8 minutes for lunch. (I got closer to 2 hours, actually.) I was also able to take an hour off to go to an appointment without spending 3 hours preparing for my absence. If I needed a quiet day, I could shut my office door and choose to avoid people. Oh… and I didn’t bring any work home. I believe some corporate jobs are harder. I know many aren’t. |
Anonymous
It’s not the kids fault they have special needs. It’s part of the job. Many of us have our kids in countless hours of private therapies but we still need school support and help. |
Anonymous
Well the days of closing office doors are gone for the majority of people who now sit in cubes. It's impossible to get away from people unless you work at home which is definitely not something teachers can do. However, there seems to be a disconnect between the staffing shortages and the people writing on a different thread on this board that they've been applying to teach in MCPS for months or longer and nothing happens. Some teachers said that applicants should reach out directly to schools they want to work in. If there is such a demand for certified teachers, they shouldn't need to jump through hoops to get someone's attention. It's not very intuitive. |
Anonymous
Part of the problem (from my perspective) is that counties don’t want to pay for experienced teachers. An amazing teacher with 20 years successful experience costs a ton more than a first year out of college. MCPS won’t even honor experience after 8 years, so teachers moving into the area would have to voluntarily give up a ton of money by taking a lower step on the pay scale in order to work for MCPS. |
Anonymous
Having the students use the phone in class is an attempt to have them use them for something educational rather than something that disrupts education. While there are a few teachers who will like students to have phones, most would 100% give up the phone. |
Anonymous
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I also made the switch from corporate. The massive pay cut aside...they are both stressful in different ways.
The pros of education is that I do feel like a make a difference - not every day but once in a while there's a huge breakthrough where you know you matter in a kids life. In corporate, I enjoyed what I did but I still felt like a cog making money for the man. The cons of education (compared to corporate) has been being treated like a child and the lack of respect. Sitting on hard benches in meetings, being talked down to, doing ice breakers, and told to brainstorm with a partner you don't know on a topic that is irrelevant to your position. It's insulting. For that lower salary, and disrespect from your "clients" as well as your superiors. The parents like the ones on DCUM don't respect us. In corporate, my clients wanted and appreciated my work. I was recognized with industry awards, sent gifts and thank you notes, recommended to other clients. My corporate office handed me a staples catalog and I was told to submit what I want. This year we were told that the supply budget has been cut and to not count on the supply closet we usually have. My $50 request was denied last year for some books. It's those day to day things that make it far more of a slog than any corporate job. |
Anonymous
| I would like to tell parents that sometimes, your kid is not as smart as you think. I want to say that your child needs to be put in a different school that can deal with their needs. I want to say that your kid needs to bathe more often because they stink. We all smell them. I say yes to shut you up. I don’t care if you redo a test, homework assignment or classwork. It has zero to do with me, my job or my pay so take it as many times as you want. I want to say that your husband keeps side messaging me and it’s annoying. I also want to say that your kids tell us everything. We know when you had sex, what you had for dinner, that you don’t like us and we even know about your neighbors because your kid can’t shut up. |
Anonymous
Why would pay someone twice as much to do the same job? Some level of increase for experience is fair, but without substantially more responsibilities, it shouldn’t be anywhere near 2x. |
Anonymous
Everyone wants to make their jobs sound harder and more important than someone else's. Its not comparable but I cannot blame any teacher for leaving and reality is anyone good, especially for HS level classes probably isn't going to want to teach if they are that skilled at what they do. |
Anonymous
Why would a transferring teacher accept a salary of 75K when people with the exact experience are making 95K? MCPS causes part of their staffing problem by failing to respect transferring teachers. |