Teachers........Anyone transfer between FCPS and ACPS?
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Anonymous
Hi, I worked for FCPS for close to 15 years prior to switching to ACPS. At the time I left I wanted a smaller district, and I wasn't thrilled with some decisions Dale was making (how he was making them). I had worked for both Spillane and Domenech, prior to Dale. In ACPS, I happen to work for a wonderful principal; I do though live in fear that a switch could suddenly be made, because the ACPS superintendent has been known to move some staff around, and teachers aren't in the know as to the why. So....am I happy I made the move? Yes, I am. At times I am frustrated with issues within ACPS, but I am closer to home now. The pay scale is a bit better in ACPS. The number of days worked is more (including student days and teacher work days). The PD can be frustrating at times...there seems to be more of it here, and a good chunk is wasted time (issues with many consultants and too many programs...I don't recall this many while I was in FCPS). Depending on the school, you will have some intense parental pressure, or a very needy student population. A few schools have a balance of both. I think job fairs are coming up fairly soon, so you might want to complete the on-line application... If you have specific questions, please feel free to write a follow up post. When you transfer from another VA district, you do transfer unused sick leave, and you start off on the 3rd year of probationary status, if you have tenure in your current VA district. That means you would not have to have 3 years in a row of evaluations prior to being on contract status; instead you would simply have one year like that...your first year in ACPS. The state itself is now going to a 3 year cycle of evaluation, which ACPS uses anyway. What level are you looking at? ES, MS or HS? |
Anonymous
Now you are making stuff up. The military does NOT get sick leave at all. if you are sick, you go to sick call. -friendly neighborhood retired officer |
Anonymous
| Actually I am also a vet, I'd like to point out that I never used the words "sick leave". As a matter of fact, when I was active duty and had emergency surgery, I was granted six weeks convalescent leave that didn't count towards my regular leave. |
Anonymous
I have also worked under those three superintendents. My how things have changed. What is "PD"? |
Anonymous
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Hi, I worked for FCPS for close to 15 years prior to switching to ACPS. At the time I left I wanted a smaller district, and I wasn't thrilled with some decisions Dale was making (how he was making them). I had worked for both Spillane and Domenech, prior to Dale.
In ACPS, I happen to work for a wonderful principal; I do though live in fear that a switch could suddenly be made, because the ACPS superintendent has been known to move some staff around, and teachers aren't in the know as to the why. So....am I happy I made the move? Yes, I am. At times I am frustrated with issues within ACPS, but I am closer to home now. The pay scale is a bit better in ACPS. The number of days worked is more (including student days and teacher work days). The PD can be frustrating at times...there seems to be more of it here, and a good chunk is wasted time (issues with many consultants and too many programs...I don't recall this many while I was in FCPS). Depending on the school, you will have some intense parental pressure, or a very needy student population. A few schools have a balance of both. I think job fairs are coming up fairly soon, so you might want to complete the on-line application... If you have specific questions, please feel free to write a follow up post. When you transfer from another VA district, you do transfer unused sick leave, and you start off on the 3rd year of probationary status, if you have tenure in your current VA district. That means you would not have to have 3 years in a row of evaluations prior to being on contract status; instead you would simply have one year like that...your first year in ACPS. The state itself is now going to a 3 year cycle of evaluation, which ACPS uses anyway. What level are you looking at? ES, MS or HS? Thanks for the very helpful input! It's hard to imagine more PD than FCPS........It has increased by far in the past 2-3 years. I'm looking at ES, and I plan to get my online application up this weekend. Do you know if it's acceptable to also send my resume to specific schools I'm interested in, or do I need to wait to be contacted? |
Anonymous
| My DW and I both teach in elementary schools within FCPS. Neither one of us can figure out what "PD" stands for. |
Anonymous
| PD aka Professional Development |
Anonymous
Thanks.  For the life of us, we just kept wanting to think "political ...?"
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Anonymous
There is no harm in sending your resume to specific schools. If you go to the ACPS web site, you can register for the job fair, and simply bring your resume to the interview(s) on the 27th. It is an easy process; I am linking here (and hope the link works) https://acpsweb.wufoo.com/forms/z7p9p1/ For those asking what PD means, it is Professional Development; I was assuming teachers were reading this particular thread, so used an acronym teachers are familiar with; sorry I confused others. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Hmm, well again, sorry for any confusion. I am guessing it might mean this proves ACPS has a ton more "PD" since we don't even have time to use the full phrase, Professional Development LOL. |
Anonymous
| Why not just call it leave? Then who cares what happens? Why does everything need a label? In other work environments you take leave, you use it or you don't. It's called a benefit. |
Anonymous
Because up to a certain amount of sick days can be used for personal reasons. It's not many. If you need more for any reason you take leave without pay. For example, I had to go out of town for a wedding. That had to be approved before and was a personal day. If I took a sick day and was found to be not sick it be an unpaid day even if I had sick leave available. - another teacher, not in FCPS |
Anonymous
| ^sorry for the typos. It would be an unpaid |
Anonymous
| 20:48, re: "sick days" used as "personal leave", it used to be 3 days, the VEA/FEA just got it increased to 5. |