I was a young, naive teacher once. Do you know who I learned from? My colleagues at the same grade level. This is one reasons some of this training needs to be examined much more carefully. I admit that I worked with colleagues that, for the most part, got along well. I worked in three different school systems and always learned more from my team. And, while we did have team meetings from time to time, we also gathered informally after school frequently as friends sharing ideas and suggestions. |
They added 42 electric buses last year. https://www.insidenova.com/headlines/fairfax-county-schools-local-elected-officials-celebrate-roll-out-of-42-new-electric-buses/article_d0dcca9a-fd9f-11ee-9589-fb211ac0edfb.html |
+ 1. Too many people without their own planning/teaching obligations trying to justify their existence with make-work for others. The people who really helped me in my first year are the ones that were doing the same work that I was, but with more experience. All the other layers just wasted our time. |
42x$400,000=$16,800,000. |
Not sure what your point is here. The PP claimed a transportation rep said we have no electric buses and that adoption is “never happening”. |
Different teacher, force us to sit in an hour long meeting to plan a unit that we already material to use from the previous year. |
And I’ve listened to MANY of those veteran colleagues state that they are exhausted with having to do this and that new teachers today need so much more support. This isn’t a criticism but instead an acknowledgment that more support is necessary. |
You're getting a principal's salary and your 5% raise would be a lot more in actual $ than our 6% raise. I also work 65-70 hours per week as an AP teacher. Our principal sends out emails every Sunday night talking about all the fun stuff she did with her family over the weekend. Meanwhile, I spent the entire weekend grading tests. I'm already planning ways to cut back next year so that I can work more hours tutoring. Getting shafted on salary year after year is no longer sustainable. |
I’m one of those veteran teachers. I’d rather help the new members in the department myself. Coaches are out of the classroom and therefore are no longer using the skills, dealing with the stress, etc. And as circumstances change year after year, coaches actually lose the expertise they are supposed to have. Their knowledge becomes outdated. I’d rather the coaches go back into classrooms. Take the weight off the rest of us. We’ll continue to support our new teachers the way we always have. |
I hope everyone who is writing here with their thoughts in Reid’s proposal also writes the school board, the union (if they are a member) and signs up to speak at the May 13 budget hearing. https://www.fcps.edu/school-board/community-participation
Reid, the school board and the union seem extremely out of touch with what most teachers and parents want. |
We're not talking about operational positions. You're absolutely needed and we appreciate your work. We're talking about the "specialists" (thanks for all the extra testing that we have to do that reduce our time to teach, folks) and whoever is pushing the flavor-du-jour fad (SBG last year, UDL this year. What's next year?) and the "equity team" that lectures us once a year about oppression (what are you doing for kids exactly?) and other assorted meddlers. |
and out of touch with spending-teacher salaries and cuts at ES shouldn’t even have to be issue when FCPS has a documented increase in spending of $1 billion in last 5 years. $1 billion increase in budget since 2021 and Reid says still can’t find $ to pay the teachers and is instead making cuts to impact ES. Oh, but let’s make sure to buy $17 million worth of electric buses, hire and pay so many consultants to do study after study that aren’t actually used…. |
Operational employees don’t need a 5% raise. No one is giving these tyoes of employees a 5% raise now. The county only gave 2% raises. Also gatehouse has way too many EAA positions- many who make upper 90s or low 100s. This is secretarial work that can easily be automated. Let’s use pure resources to hep school based employees who directly help students. |
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Exactly. You’re ONE of them and I’m sure there are some more on this board that hate coaches and will pipe up. I can promise you that across the county many veteran teachers genuinely emotionally dump on me about their work load due to novice teachers. Stop thinking that your experience is the only one and accept that the teacher candidate pool has changed drastically over the last 15-20 years. And no I’m not an instructional coach. |