Vacancies

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

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See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

No, kids are not kicked out for harming teachers almost ever. It would have to be incredibly severe, such as breaking an arm or a stabbing to be kicked out. But a kid punching staff won't get them kicked out. Spitting in staff members' faces might be a visit to the office, nothing more. Hitting and kicking staff? Nothing.

I called admin for a staff member being injured and the admin said well what do you want me to do. This is what teachers are up against. A true lack of support from admin and parents also contribute to the problems.

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

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See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

You'd be wrong. That's part of the problem. It is nearly impossible to get a kid "kicked out" of their base school, especially if parents don't agree to a change in placement. Teaching is probably the only job on earth where you're expected to welcome someone who hits, bites, kicks, or threatens you back into the classroom the next day with a smile on your face and pretend like nothing happened. And then you get blamed if it happens again.

Yes, some positions should pay more. Anyone arguing against that hasn't worked in one of the critical shortage areas.

Who decided that this is how it is? I don't want kids that hit,kick, or harm anyone in a class with my kid. There is no place for that in a school.

It’s primary the districts (and laws protecting kids with special needs), but I suspect some portion of parents feel this way - specifically the parents of the children causing harm.

If I was teaching and a kid hit me, I would refuse to go back until the kid was not in my class any more. if enough teachers did this, then I suspect something would have to be done.

It’s true that teachers are leaving the profession, but it’s also true that it’s taking several months to find another job. They still need a salary.

Violent kids aren’t in every classroom, but closer to 1-2 per school. They’d either fire the teacher or move the kid to another classroom.

How can we get the school board to adopt a zero tolerance for violence policy? I once talked to someone that taught at an alternative school. It was privately run and there were several of them. I recall her saying that one was in Alexandria and one in Manassas, I don't recall the name but she told me that it was a year round school and that fcps had a contract with them and would send kids there that had challenges and could not function in a typical school.

All of those schools have waitlists, we can’t just send them there and they start the next day. It takes meetings with the FCPS disciplinary committee and lots of documentation. And if they have an IEP, all of that work times 10.

These aren’t quick fix problems.

Those seem like problems that zero tolerance to violence would fix. Suspension until other accommodations are available seems fair enough. If not expulsion and virtual virginia

No place for violence in schools, especially towards a teacher. I can see kids fighting among themselves and maybe excuse them for a minor offense the first one or two times, but never a teacher and never if someone is seriously harmed.

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

No, kids are not kicked out for harming teachers almost ever. It would have to be incredibly severe, such as breaking an arm or a stabbing to be kicked out. But a kid punching staff won't get them kicked out. Spitting in staff members' faces might be a visit to the office, nothing more. Hitting and kicking staff? Nothing.

Oh my. I would never go back. No paycheck is worth that level of indignation. There are always options.

Also, if my kid was even ever rude to a teacher or said something inappropriate, they would have some serious consequences at home. I can't even imagine bodily harm to someone else, let alone a teacher.

One year, I had a student destroy my classroom approximately a dozen times. One day, after breaking a chair when throwing at my IA, the mom came for pick-up and I overheard her say that they could go to McDonalds because he had a “hard day.” Did either the student or mom apologize to the IA? No.

Oh wow....I had a student just like this and Mom always blamed the staff for students "hard day"

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Anonymous wrote:What happens to these kids when they graduate from high school?

They have kids and in a few years, those kids are in the classroom. We then have to call our former students and try to get them to come to parent conferences when their kids misbehave.

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Anonymous wrote:Per the employee Facebook group apparently it was someone in HRs bright idea to stick up yard signs “celebrating fully staffed schools”. While they were calculating this brilliant plan that alarms the public and lets them know that some schools aren’t fully staffed, we are still sitting on over 100 open positions. They will probably cancel it once they see the backlash.

Wow - completely tone deaf!

Thank William “Billy” Solomon - the newest “Chief” recruited from Texas. The guy is incompetent and so out of his league.

Many Gatehouse hires are.

Who is this billy Solomon guy? What is he even chief of?

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

No, kids are not kicked out for harming teachers almost ever. It would have to be incredibly severe, such as breaking an arm or a stabbing to be kicked out. But a kid punching staff won't get them kicked out. Spitting in staff members' faces might be a visit to the office, nothing more. Hitting and kicking staff? Nothing.

I called admin for a staff member being injured and the admin said well what do you want me to do. This is what teachers are up against. A true lack of support from admin and parents also contribute to the problems.

There was a teacher and teaching assistant getting groped in a classroom in Loudoun. Admin gave them aprons to wear. They moved the student after the teacher filed charges. Yes, it was in a special ed classroom but even so, there is no other setting where this would be tolerated.

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

No, kids are not kicked out for harming teachers almost ever. It would have to be incredibly severe, such as breaking an arm or a stabbing to be kicked out. But a kid punching staff won't get them kicked out. Spitting in staff members' faces might be a visit to the office, nothing more. Hitting and kicking staff? Nothing.

I called admin for a staff member being injured and the admin said well what do you want me to do. This is what teachers are up against. A true lack of support from admin and parents also contribute to the problems.

There was a teacher and teaching assistant getting groped in a classroom in Loudoun. Admin gave them aprons to wear. They moved the student after the teacher filed charges. Yes, it was in a special ed classroom but even so, there is no other setting where this would be tolerated.

As a former SPED teacher I believe this....can't believe what I've seen in the schools.

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

No, kids are not kicked out for harming teachers almost ever. It would have to be incredibly severe, such as breaking an arm or a stabbing to be kicked out. But a kid punching staff won't get them kicked out. Spitting in staff members' faces might be a visit to the office, nothing more. Hitting and kicking staff? Nothing.

I called admin for a staff member being injured and the admin said well what do you want me to do. This is what teachers are up against. A true lack of support from admin and parents also contribute to the problems.

There was a teacher and teaching assistant getting groped in a classroom in Loudoun. Admin gave them aprons to wear. They moved the student after the teacher filed charges. Yes, it was in a special ed classroom but even so, there is no other setting where this would be tolerated.

As a former SPED teacher I believe this....can't believe what I've seen in the schools.

What is the purpose of the aprons? To bake them a cake?

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

No, kids are not kicked out for harming teachers almost ever. It would have to be incredibly severe, such as breaking an arm or a stabbing to be kicked out. But a kid punching staff won't get them kicked out. Spitting in staff members' faces might be a visit to the office, nothing more. Hitting and kicking staff? Nothing.

I called admin for a staff member being injured and the admin said well what do you want me to do. This is what teachers are up against. A true lack of support from admin and parents also contribute to the problems.

There was a teacher and teaching assistant getting groped in a classroom in Loudoun. Admin gave them aprons to wear. They moved the student after the teacher filed charges. Yes, it was in a special ed classroom but even so, there is no other setting where this would be tolerated.

As a former SPED teacher I believe this....can't believe what I've seen in the schools.

So true. I'm a Gen Ed teacher and was once touched by a high-needs SPED student in a way that only my husband has prior.

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Anonymous wrote:It'll go to day to day subs. If none are available, they'll pull ESL teachers, music, art,PE, etc and rotate them on a daily basis.

Ridiculous. Who is to blame for this?

That’s not an easy question to answer: districts, school boards, parents, kids… literally everyone. The educational system is falling apart.

Every single district in the region has openings. I doubt there is a school district in the state that is fully staffed and starting without subs, maybe one of those tiny mountain towns way out west but every district is seeing problems.

Why is no one doing anything about it? Remember when they were low on bus drivers and upped their wages and gave them bonuses? Why not teachers?

$$

See the McDaniel thread re: meals tax

They should be creative and come up with perks for teachers. Perhaps try to attract new teachers to the area by expanding the workforce housing or first time homeowner program to give preference to teachers to get new affordable homes in Fairfax county ?

While I appreciate the sentiment, it will take far, far more than small incentives like that to fix the teacher shortage. Two big things have to happen. One, schools have to STOP letting students harm teachers. Two, teachers in shortage areas need a 25-50% pay increase. Now, I'm a teacher and here's where unions will be a problem. Many teachers believe all teachers should be paid the same. So, paying some teachers more will likely never happen. I'm certified special Ed, and would consider teaching in a sped room for a 75-100% increase in pay. Otherwise, no. But I suspect many teachers would take an open sped position for 25-50% more

What do you mean? I would think harming a teacher would get a kid kicked out of school and sent to an alternate school or worse based on the severity? I certainly would never work somewhere where I did not feel safe.

No, kids are not kicked out for harming teachers almost ever. It would have to be incredibly severe, such as breaking an arm or a stabbing to be kicked out. But a kid punching staff won't get them kicked out. Spitting in staff members' faces might be a visit to the office, nothing more. Hitting and kicking staff? Nothing.

I called admin for a staff member being injured and the admin said well what do you want me to do. This is what teachers are up against. A true lack of support from admin and parents also contribute to the problems.

There was a teacher and teaching assistant getting groped in a classroom in Loudoun. Admin gave them aprons to wear. They moved the student after the teacher filed charges. Yes, it was in a special ed classroom but even so, there is no other setting where this would be tolerated.

As a former SPED teacher I believe this....can't believe what I've seen in the schools.

So true. I'm a Gen Ed teacher and was once touched by a high-needs SPED student in a way that only my husband has prior.

Did you get an apron?

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Anonymous wrote:There are a ton of FCPS vacancies currently. Any idea how many they will fill over the summer? Do they aggressively try to fill them? What happens if they don't?

Wow a lot of new ones this week.

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Anonymous wrote:There are a ton of FCPS vacancies currently. Any idea how many they will fill over the summer? Do they aggressively try to fill them? What happens if they don't?

Wow a lot of new ones this week.

I’m not surprised. I suspect some teachers found new employment over the summer and are notifying there schools now.

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Anonymous wrote:There are a ton of FCPS vacancies currently. Any idea how many they will fill over the summer? Do they aggressively try to fill them? What happens if they don't?

Wow a lot of new ones this week.

I’m not surprised. I suspect some teachers found new employment over the summer and are notifying there schools now.

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Anonymous wrote:There are a ton of FCPS vacancies currently. Any idea how many they will fill over the summer? Do they aggressively try to fill them? What happens if they don't?

Wow a lot of new ones this week.

I’m not surprised. I suspect some teachers found new employment over the summer and are notifying there schools now.

Yeah....you can only take advantage of people for so long

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Anonymous wrote:There are a ton of FCPS vacancies currently. Any idea how many they will fill over the summer? Do they aggressively try to fill them? What happens if they don't?

Wow a lot of new ones this week.

I’m not surprised. I suspect some teachers found new employment over the summer and are notifying there schools now.

Yeah....you can only take advantage of people for so long

Seems unethical to quit now with 2 weeks to go.