MCPS faces Teacher shortage next year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why some people think MCPS is not hiring because it is obvious they do. Quote from Dr. McKnight message:

• We have hired Mr. Brian Stockton as Chief of Staff, who will assist me with leveraging the work of the system's leadership and liaising with the Board of Education and external stakeholders.
• We have hired Ms. Elba Garcia as Senior Community Advisor, who will maintain and coordinate with partners, stakeholders and community leaders.
• We look forward to enhanced, proactive, thoughtful and effective communications with the addition of Ms. Celia Fischer as Assistant Chief of Communications.
• We will hire a Special Education Liaison, who will engage with families of students with disabilities to better understand the students’ needs and how we can be more responsive to them.
• We will have a new Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operations Officer, all of whom will maximize support to schools and the engagement of students, staff and all of our partnerships.

That doesn't fill the openings for special education and other classroom teachers

+1 Dr. McKnight is so focused on increasing bloat at Central Office that staff did not hire Special Ed teachers for ESY.

We need teachers in schools not Central Office staff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why some people think MCPS is not hiring because it is obvious they do. Quote from Dr. McKnight message:

• We have hired Mr. Brian Stockton as Chief of Staff, who will assist me with leveraging the work of the system's leadership and liaising with the Board of Education and external stakeholders.
• We have hired Ms. Elba Garcia as Senior Community Advisor, who will maintain and coordinate with partners, stakeholders and community leaders.
• We look forward to enhanced, proactive, thoughtful and effective communications with the addition of Ms. Celia Fischer as Assistant Chief of Communications.
• We will hire a Special Education Liaison, who will engage with families of students with disabilities to better understand the students’ needs and how we can be more responsive to them.
• We will have a new Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operations Officer, all of whom will maximize support to schools and the engagement of students, staff and all of our partnerships.

That doesn't fill the openings for special education and other classroom teachers

+1 Dr. McKnight is so focused on increasing bloat at Central Office that staff did not hire Special Ed teachers for ESY.

We need teachers in schools not Central Office staff.

They've been trying to hire staff for months. They offered a 25% bonus weeks ago. The special ed teachers don't want to do it and can't be forced. They are all burned out.

[Anonymous]

So they're asking families of students to identify a person to suppor their children and MCPS will pay them $19/hr??? https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/staffing-shortages-push-mcps-summer-school-program-students-online/?fbclid=IwAR03Yym6egvWLEKiPxEwK-4TwpZ-wAIDvfpgKHZE-Kpd5QNMvZSXrGYmtO4

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So they're asking families of students to identify a person to suppor their children and MCPS will pay them $19/hr??? https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/staffing-shortages-push-mcps-summer-school-program-students-online/?fbclid=IwAR03Yym6egvWLEKiPxEwK-4TwpZ-wAIDvfpgKHZE-Kpd5QNMvZSXrGYmtO4

Well, yeah, like we’ve been saying…teachers are burnt out! This should not be a surprise. I feel for the families affected by this late change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why some people think MCPS is not hiring because it is obvious they do. Quote from Dr. McKnight message:

• We have hired Mr. Brian Stockton as Chief of Staff, who will assist me with leveraging the work of the system's leadership and liaising with the Board of Education and external stakeholders.
• We have hired Ms. Elba Garcia as Senior Community Advisor, who will maintain and coordinate with partners, stakeholders and community leaders.
• We look forward to enhanced, proactive, thoughtful and effective communications with the addition of Ms. Celia Fischer as Assistant Chief of Communications.
• We will hire a Special Education Liaison, who will engage with families of students with disabilities to better understand the students’ needs and how we can be more responsive to them.
• We will have a new Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operations Officer, all of whom will maximize support to schools and the engagement of students, staff and all of our partnerships.

That doesn't fill the openings for special education and other classroom teachers

+1 Dr. McKnight is so focused on increasing bloat at Central Office that staff did not hire Special Ed teachers for ESY.

We need teachers in schools not Central Office staff.

How do you know Dr McKnight is focused on the central office and not on getting teachers in classrooms? It sure seems like they're trying to since they've listed whatever like 900 positions.

[Anonymous]

Not only teacher positions. They are down school psych and speech pathologists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why some people think MCPS is not hiring because it is obvious they do. Quote from Dr. McKnight message:

• We have hired Mr. Brian Stockton as Chief of Staff, who will assist me with leveraging the work of the system's leadership and liaising with the Board of Education and external stakeholders.
• We have hired Ms. Elba Garcia as Senior Community Advisor, who will maintain and coordinate with partners, stakeholders and community leaders.
• We look forward to enhanced, proactive, thoughtful and effective communications with the addition of Ms. Celia Fischer as Assistant Chief of Communications.
• We will hire a Special Education Liaison, who will engage with families of students with disabilities to better understand the students’ needs and how we can be more responsive to them.
• We will have a new Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operations Officer, all of whom will maximize support to schools and the engagement of students, staff and all of our partnerships.

That doesn't fill the openings for special education and other classroom teachers

+1 Dr. McKnight is so focused on increasing bloat at Central Office that staff did not hire Special Ed teachers for ESY.

We need teachers in schools not Central Office staff.

How do you know Dr McKnight is focused on the central office and not on getting teachers in classrooms? It sure seems like they're trying to since they've listed whatever like 900 positions.

Cause she is busy hiring back all of Jerry Weast's cronies. Is Weast on the payroll too?

[Anonymous]

The McKnight hate is strong today!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The McKnight hate is strong today!

The last minute announcement is seriously messed up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why some people think MCPS is not hiring because it is obvious they do. Quote from Dr. McKnight message:

• We have hired Mr. Brian Stockton as Chief of Staff, who will assist me with leveraging the work of the system's leadership and liaising with the Board of Education and external stakeholders.
• We have hired Ms. Elba Garcia as Senior Community Advisor, who will maintain and coordinate with partners, stakeholders and community leaders.
• We look forward to enhanced, proactive, thoughtful and effective communications with the addition of Ms. Celia Fischer as Assistant Chief of Communications.
• We will hire a Special Education Liaison, who will engage with families of students with disabilities to better understand the students’ needs and how we can be more responsive to them.
• We will have a new Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operations Officer, all of whom will maximize support to schools and the engagement of students, staff and all of our partnerships.

That doesn't fill the openings for special education and other classroom teachers

+1 Dr. McKnight is so focused on increasing bloat at Central Office that staff did not hire Special Ed teachers for ESY.

We need teachers in schools not Central Office staff.

How do you know Dr McKnight is focused on the central office and not on getting teachers in classrooms? It sure seems like they're trying to since they've listed whatever like 900 positions.

Cause she is busy hiring back all of Jerry Weast's cronies. Is Weast on the payroll too?

The McKnight Stalker is back!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they're asking families of students to identify a person to suppor their children and MCPS will pay them $19/hr??? https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/staffing-shortages-push-mcps-summer-school-program-students-online/?fbclid=IwAR03Yym6egvWLEKiPxEwK-4TwpZ-wAIDvfpgKHZE-Kpd5QNMvZSXrGYmtO4

Well, yeah, like we’ve been saying…teachers are burnt out! This should not be a surprise. I feel for the families affected by this late change.

Staff are burnt out because of the failure by Dr. McKnight and Central Office to have appropriate staffing levels for the FY 22 school year. To make a last minute announcement for parents to find their own providers to help students once again with online services shows how chaotic Central Office is right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they're asking families of students to identify a person to suppor their children and MCPS will pay them $19/hr??? https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/staffing-shortages-push-mcps-summer-school-program-students-online/?fbclid=IwAR03Yym6egvWLEKiPxEwK-4TwpZ-wAIDvfpgKHZE-Kpd5QNMvZSXrGYmtO4

Well, yeah, like we’ve been saying…teachers are burnt out! This should not be a surprise. I feel for the families affected by this late change.

Staff are burnt out because of the failure by Dr. McKnight and Central Office to have appropriate staffing levels for the FY 22 school year. To make a last minute announcement for parents to find their own providers to help students once again with online services shows how chaotic Central Office is right now.

Actually, that's not true. Teacher staffing levels were the same as every other year. The CO is more severely understaffed but it sounds like she's been doing a great job addressing this problem.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So they're asking families of students to identify a person to suppor their children and MCPS will pay them $19/hr??? https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/staffing-shortages-push-mcps-summer-school-program-students-online/?fbclid=IwAR03Yym6egvWLEKiPxEwK-4TwpZ-wAIDvfpgKHZE-Kpd5QNMvZSXrGYmtO4

Well, yeah, like we’ve been saying…teachers are burnt out! This should not be a surprise. I feel for the families affected by this late change.

Staff are burnt out because of the failure by Dr. McKnight and Central Office to have appropriate staffing levels for the FY 22 school year. To make a last minute announcement for parents to find their own providers to help students once again with online services shows how chaotic Central Office is right now.

As a parent of a kid that is affected by this announcement, I resent this being used in some anti-McKnight propaganda campaign. The pandemic has taken its toll on all schools but MCPS has worked through this. Sure, it's still a challenging situation, but what isn't helping is all this misinformation and finger-pointing because some unhinged racist can't accept an AA woman in charge of the county and makes every issue about their short tenure as superintendent.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not only teacher positions. They are down school psych and speech pathologists.

There a huge demand for speech pathologists right now and schools are not the most desired place to be. My cousin is a speech pathologist who just moved from a school (not MCPS) to a childrens hospital. Better work environment and less time dealing with behavioral issues.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure why some people think MCPS is not hiring because it is obvious they do. Quote from Dr. McKnight message:

• We have hired Mr. Brian Stockton as Chief of Staff, who will assist me with leveraging the work of the system's leadership and liaising with the Board of Education and external stakeholders.
• We have hired Ms. Elba Garcia as Senior Community Advisor, who will maintain and coordinate with partners, stakeholders and community leaders.
• We look forward to enhanced, proactive, thoughtful and effective communications with the addition of Ms. Celia Fischer as Assistant Chief of Communications.
• We will hire a Special Education Liaison, who will engage with families of students with disabilities to better understand the students’ needs and how we can be more responsive to them.
• We will have a new Deputy Superintendent, Chief Academic Officer and Chief Operations Officer, all of whom will maximize support to schools and the engagement of students, staff and all of our partnerships.

That doesn't fill the openings for special education and other classroom teachers

+1 Dr. McKnight is so focused on increasing bloat at Central Office that staff did not hire Special Ed teachers for ESY.

We need teachers in schools not Central Office staff.

How do you know Dr McKnight is focused on the central office and not on getting teachers in classrooms? It sure seems like they're trying to since they've listed whatever like 900 positions.

Cause she is busy hiring back all of Jerry Weast's cronies. Is Weast on the payroll too?

I thought everyone yearned for the Weast days?