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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

DP
We’ve (2 teachers) have had Kaiser through FCPS for 30+ years and it’s been fine.

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Umm right, that was my point. I don't know, hence my question where I asked what was worse about it. Seems like you may not know either.

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

DP
We’ve (2 teachers) have had Kaiser through FCPS for 30+ years and it’s been fine.

I heard kaiser is fine. It was those who had to switch from BCBS.

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

Yes and if you email the FCPS hire ups asking about vacancies they will give you the following spiel "We are working long and endless hours but unfortunately the teacher shortage is a national problem..." Ok. Fine. But what are YOU going to do about it? That's your job. Figure it out, if you can't then quit and let someone else do your job that has good ideas on how to retain teachers. Making their health care worse isn't going to cut it and not supporting them when they have problematic kids in their class is another. What is the superintendent even doing about this? She makes ~400k a year, if she is so great to make that much then she needs to work with her team and figure out a solution and it has to be asap. What about the new HR guy from Texas? What is he doing?

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

Yes and if you email the FCPS hire ups asking about vacancies they will give you the following spiel "We are working long and endless hours but unfortunately the teacher shortage is a national problem..." Ok. Fine. But what are YOU going to do about it? That's your job. Figure it out, if you can't then quit and let someone else do your job that has good ideas on how to retain teachers. Making their health care worse isn't going to cut it and not supporting them when they have problematic kids in their class is another. What is the superintendent even doing about this? She makes ~400k a year, if she is so great to make that much then she needs to work with her team and figure out a solution and it has to be asap. What about the new HR guy from Texas? What is he doing?[/quote]

You really don't want to emulate Texas' strategies for teacher shortages https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2023/10/15/inside-texas-explosion-of-uncertified-new-teachers-filling-shortages/

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

Yes and if you email the FCPS hire ups asking about vacancies they will give you the following spiel "We are working long and endless hours but unfortunately the teacher shortage is a national problem..." Ok. Fine. But what are YOU going to do about it? That's your job. Figure it out, if you can't then quit and let someone else do your job that has good ideas on how to retain teachers. Making their health care worse isn't going to cut it and not supporting them when they have problematic kids in their class is another. What is the superintendent even doing about this? She makes ~400k a year, if she is so great to make that much then she needs to work with her team and figure out a solution and it has to be asap. What about the new HR guy from Texas? What is he doing?

All good questions!! So many SPED openings and no one seems to care.

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

Yes and if you email the FCPS hire ups asking about vacancies they will give you the following spiel "We are working long and endless hours but unfortunately the teacher shortage is a national problem..." Ok. Fine. But what are YOU going to do about it? That's your job. Figure it out, if you can't then quit and let someone else do your job that has good ideas on how to retain teachers. Making their health care worse isn't going to cut it and not supporting them when they have problematic kids in their class is another. What is the superintendent even doing about this? She makes ~400k a year, if she is so great to make that much then she needs to work with her team and figure out a solution and it has to be asap. What about the new HR guy from Texas? What is he doing?

Any new info on what happens if your child has no teacher for their class?

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

Yes and if you email the FCPS hire ups asking about vacancies they will give you the following spiel "We are working long and endless hours but unfortunately the teacher shortage is a national problem..." Ok. Fine. But what are YOU going to do about it? That's your job. Figure it out, if you can't then quit and let someone else do your job that has good ideas on how to retain teachers. Making their health care worse isn't going to cut it and not supporting them when they have problematic kids in their class is another. What is the superintendent even doing about this? She makes ~400k a year, if she is so great to make that much then she needs to work with her team and figure out a solution and it has to be asap. What about the new HR guy from Texas? What is he doing?

All good questions!! So many SPED openings and no one seems to care.

Perhaps there are too many kids that need a SPED teacher....just sayin'

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

Yes and if you email the FCPS hire ups asking about vacancies they will give you the following spiel "We are working long and endless hours but unfortunately the teacher shortage is a national problem..." Ok. Fine. But what are YOU going to do about it? That's your job. Figure it out, if you can't then quit and let someone else do your job that has good ideas on how to retain teachers. Making their health care worse isn't going to cut it and not supporting them when they have problematic kids in their class is another. What is the superintendent even doing about this? She makes ~400k a year, if she is so great to make that much then she needs to work with her team and figure out a solution and it has to be asap. What about the new HR guy from Texas? What is he doing?

All good questions!! So many SPED openings and no one seems to care.

Perhaps there are too many kids that need a SPED teacher....just sayin'

No one asked your opinion....just sayin

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

Yes and if you email the FCPS hire ups asking about vacancies they will give you the following spiel "We are working long and endless hours but unfortunately the teacher shortage is a national problem..." Ok. Fine. But what are YOU going to do about it? That's your job. Figure it out, if you can't then quit and let someone else do your job that has good ideas on how to retain teachers. Making their health care worse isn't going to cut it and not supporting them when they have problematic kids in their class is another. What is the superintendent even doing about this? She makes ~400k a year, if she is so great to make that much then she needs to work with her team and figure out a solution and it has to be asap. What about the new HR guy from Texas? What is he doing?

Any new info on what happens if your child has no teacher for their class?

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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.

This used to bother me, but not anymore. Teachers are free to leave employment just like anyone else. If you want them to stay, then treat them better.

Agree that teachers deserve to be treated well and with the utmost respect, I always drill that into my own kids, however two wrongs don't make a right. Quitting with 2 weeks to go when they have had many months to look for other options seems unethical.

How is it unethical?
They may just be starting that new job in August, so it’s not unethical - it’s just not convenient for FCPS. My company does most of its hiring in the last summer/fall and the least in the winter.

As a teacher who left this year, finding a new job was extremely difficult. I left In July and felt bad about breaking contract but when you get offered a new job outside of education it’s kind of a “now or never” situation.

Don't feel bad. It took me many years to realize this but FCPS does not care about you. Good luck in your new job!

I agree that FCPS doesn't care. They are the problem. But sadly, the kids are the ones that suffer.

A lot of the openings were posted in the last week. People quitting at the last minute. What do you want them to do? Their staffing is so constrained that they even post ridiculous stuff like 16% or 33% positions. Like a lot of people want the aggravation of the job to work in person at inconvenient times, teach 1 or 2 classes and make 16% of low pay for the work.

Is that 2.5 hours a week? What's the point?

I think they should offer more part time positions....maybe people could stomach part time the aggravation lol but honestly I agree with you on 16 and 33....very odd.

+1. 16 and 33 makes sense only if you teach a specialty elective or something where you're not expected to be part of a CT or team teach. Otherwise, those positions are a ton of unpaid work. No wonder they can't fill them.

You also don’t get health care or the pension if you aren’t 100%.

Although the new healthcare for FCPS is not great either. They use to have a great pension and health plans....it's all changed.

What is worse about it?

If you've worked in the county and had to make the switch you know. If you don't I wouldn't worry about it.

So in other words, you don’t know.

Higher co-pays especially in medications and procedures. Limited doctors in plan, etc.

Seems silly when the county is not doing well retaining teachers....

Yes and if you email the FCPS hire ups asking about vacancies they will give you the following spiel "We are working long and endless hours but unfortunately the teacher shortage is a national problem..." Ok. Fine. But what are YOU going to do about it? That's your job. Figure it out, if you can't then quit and let someone else do your job that has good ideas on how to retain teachers. Making their health care worse isn't going to cut it and not supporting them when they have problematic kids in their class is another. What is the superintendent even doing about this? She makes ~400k a year, if she is so great to make that much then she needs to work with her team and figure out a solution and it has to be asap. What about the new HR guy from Texas? What is he doing?

Any new info on what happens if your child has no teacher for their class?

Long term sub that may or may not actually be long term. At some point, a full time teacher, but you aren't getting the best hiring in November. DC had this happen last year and learned nothing. Fortunately, it was 7th grade english and not math