"Is MCPS losing its edge?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The union needs to be dismantled to have any hope of saving mcps. You can't have a system that defends and conceals incompetence. The system will fall apart

The teachers union is not the only or the biggest obstacle. The principals union is the real problem in MCPS if you ask me.

[Anonymous]

The teacher union seems to always side against teachers in regard to support and becomes another thorn in our side financially and professionally as admin, parents, and our expensive union pile on teachers with blame and shame for a disfunctional system.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teacher union seems to always side against teachers in regard to support and becomes another thorn in our side financially and professionally as admin, parents, and our expensive union pile on teachers with blame and shame for a disfunctional system.

Call them out in the media. Anonymous complaints on this forum won't change MCEA.

[Anonymous]

Teachers fear the retaliation that comes with reporting

[Anonymous]

Mcps educator here- i stay because the benefits are so good. You will lose good educators if you dismantle the union because our benefits will go downhill. We can't attract or retain current educators even with our good pay, pension and health benefits. If you think the teaching staff is bad now, wait until you take away any positive benefits of the job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mcps educator here- i stay because the benefits are so good. You will lose good educators if you dismantle the union because our benefits will go downhill. We can't attract or retain current educators even with our good pay, pension and health benefits. If you think the teaching staff is bad now, wait until you take away any positive benefits of the job.

They aren’t that great.

DH left MCPS during the pandemic. He immediate got a great private sector job with higher pay and better benefits. Plus it was most WFH.

I stay because I believe in public education and it is a bit easier to sustain the accommodations for my disabilities with MCPS than start over negotiating them with a new employer.

[Anonymous]

My experience with the union is that they work with admin to make your job harder and unsustainable. No one is doling out protection and support for teachers in the system. Before they put you on the stand to plea for your teacher meagers they make you rife through trash bins to make your materials to give to the panel that gives teachers the axe. This is true especially of the teachers that try to make a difference in education and actually teaching kids instead of the data manipulation dynamic.

[Anonymous]

MCPS is a mess. And Taylor needs to stop making you tube videos of himself singing. Please do some work. We have real problems.

[Anonymous]

oh! and he signed a new union contract that stops principals from being able to meet with teachers for PD! What is this insanity!?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:oh! and he signed a new union contract that stops principals from being able to meet with teachers for PD! What is this insanity!?!

What does this mean for parents and students?

And who asked for principals to not be able to meet with teachers for PD? I'm guessing MCEA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mcps educator here- i stay because the benefits are so good. You will lose good educators if you dismantle the union because our benefits will go downhill. We can't attract or retain current educators even with our good pay, pension and health benefits. If you think the teaching staff is bad now, wait until you take away any positive benefits of the job.

Then you need to fix what is wrong vs just focusing on money. And, stop hiring non certified teachers who have no educational background. Some are ok, most aren’t.

[Anonymous]

To the post about Taylor signing a contract saying principals can't meet with teachers during PD...
That's a bad thing?
I have heard frequently through my career that times have changed and we, as teachers, have to change with it. But what I've failed to see is an acknowledgement that the days of teachers spending a lot of outside time grading and planning is also in decline. The new crop of teachers have set up stronger boundaries than before. As a result, in school time is more precious than ever.
PD for teachers during the school day cuts into time that could be used for planning, grading, and answering emails. When principals are involved, they feel like they have to perform for their superiors by having long PDs that don't have a significant impact on instruction or student performance.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps educator here- i stay because the benefits are so good. You will lose good educators if you dismantle the union because our benefits will go downhill. We can't attract or retain current educators even with our good pay, pension and health benefits. If you think the teaching staff is bad now, wait until you take away any positive benefits of the job.

Then you need to fix what is wrong vs just focusing on money. And, stop hiring non certified teachers who have no educational background. Some are ok, most aren’t.

Chicken and egg- you need to pay competitively and create in-demand jobs that attract people to the field. So few young people are going into education these days- thus, the need to draw people from other fields.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps educator here- i stay because the benefits are so good. You will lose good educators if you dismantle the union because our benefits will go downhill. We can't attract or retain current educators even with our good pay, pension and health benefits. If you think the teaching staff is bad now, wait until you take away any positive benefits of the job.

Then you need to fix what is wrong vs just focusing on money. And, stop hiring non certified teachers who have no educational background. Some are ok, most aren’t.

Chicken and egg- you need to pay competitively and create in-demand jobs that attract people to the field. So few young people are going into education these days- thus, the need to draw people from other fields.

The pay is competitive. Pay is better than other equal county jobs and better benefits especially when you consider it’s 10 month vs 12 month pay. The issue is housing prices and cost of living. You can thank those overpaying for their homes and driving prices up.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mcps educator here- i stay because the benefits are so good. You will lose good educators if you dismantle the union because our benefits will go downhill. We can't attract or retain current educators even with our good pay, pension and health benefits. If you think the teaching staff is bad now, wait until you take away any positive benefits of the job.

Then you need to fix what is wrong vs just focusing on money. And, stop hiring non certified teachers who have no educational background. Some are ok, most aren’t.

Chicken and egg- you need to pay competitively and create in-demand jobs that attract people to the field. So few young people are going into education these days- thus, the need to draw people from other fields.

The pay is competitive. Pay is better than other equal county jobs and better benefits especially when you consider it’s 10 month vs 12 month pay. The issue is housing prices and cost of living. You can thank those overpaying for their homes and driving prices up.

There's a national teacher shortage-nobody wants this job-- especially special education. It doesn't matter if the pay is competetive--