How is FCPS teacher/staff shortage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teacher shortage is not real. It’s only talking points developed by the unions.

https://ussanews.com/2022/06/21/the-enduring-teacher-shortage-myth/

1. Guess you missed the section on evaluating sources in your college composition courses
2. Though not my source of choice, I thought fox news would be up your alley, so here you go: https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-school-district-hires-teachers-south-america-us-shortage

So, what did you want to say about talking points and teachers unions? Uh huh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teacher shortage is not real. It’s only talking points developed by the unions.

https://ussanews.com/2022/06/21/the-enduring-teacher-shortage-myth/

Ok if there is no shortage, why are there over 600 vacancies? You think in 8 weeks they will all be filled?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher shortage is not real. It’s only talking points developed by the unions.

https://ussanews.com/2022/06/21/the-enduring-teacher-shortage-myth/

Yeah, that looks like a solid source. 🙄

The description says that it’s the “tea party’s news source.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teacher shortage is not real. It’s only talking points developed by the unions.

https://ussanews.com/2022/06/21/the-enduring-teacher-shortage-myth/

Well if “constitutional nobody” says so it must be true

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There seems to be a lot of hype on this thread. I have seen no other place where people are worried about staffing. This seems to be a normal year?

Nothing in:
- newsletters from school board members
- newsletters from my child’s schools
- during my child’s IEP meeting
- in the Washington Post
- FCPS news releases


I’m not convinced that this is actually a problem. Teachers come and go every year.

Have you known FCPS to truly be transparent....I've not seen that the last few years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher shortage is not real. It’s only talking points developed by the unions.

https://ussanews.com/2022/06/21/the-enduring-teacher-shortage-myth/

Ok if there is no shortage, why are there over 600 vacancies? You think in 8 weeks they will all be filled?

Where do people find these whackadoo sites? Holy moly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teacher shortage is not real. It’s only talking points developed by the unions.

https://ussanews.com/2022/06/21/the-enduring-teacher-shortage-myth/

Ok if there is no shortage, why are there over 600 vacancies? You think in 8 weeks they will all be filled?

Where do people find these whackadoo sites? Holy moly.

Everything I ever wanted to hear.com

[Anonymous]

I had never seen schools advertise positions on Facebook before this summer. I’m seeing individual schools posting summer and regular year positions the past few days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had never seen schools advertise positions on Facebook before this summer. I’m seeing individual schools posting summer and regular year positions the past few days.

This is the worst summer ever for hiring. Colleagues and I are truly panicking about the unfilled positions. Special education teachers are nowhere to be found. This is very real. Anyone who tells you otherwise needs to stop by their local FCPS school and ask their principal.

--signed an FCPS principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had never seen schools advertise positions on Facebook before this summer. I’m seeing individual schools posting summer and regular year positions the past few days.

This is the worst summer ever for hiring. Colleagues and I are truly panicking about the unfilled positions. Special education teachers are nowhere to be found. This is very real. Anyone who tells you otherwise needs to stop by their local FCPS school and ask their principal.

--signed an FCPS principal.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had never seen schools advertise positions on Facebook before this summer. I’m seeing individual schools posting summer and regular year positions the past few days.

This is the worst summer ever for hiring. Colleagues and I are truly panicking about the unfilled positions. Special education teachers are nowhere to be found. This is very real. Anyone who tells you otherwise needs to stop by their local FCPS school and ask their principal.

--signed an FCPS principal.

That’s what I’ve been afraid of.
I need to retire.

ES Teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had never seen schools advertise positions on Facebook before this summer. I’m seeing individual schools posting summer and regular year positions the past few days.

Saw some on Twitter yesterday.

[Anonymous]

Please catch me back up. Are the largest holes to fill SPED related? What percentage of the FCPS student population falls under SPED?

Teacher contracts in FCPS are year-to-year, correct? Don’t most vacancies get filled at the last minute? That’s what I’ve been told as a partial explanation of why kids don’t know who their teaxher(s) are until a few days before school starts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please catch me back up. Are the largest holes to fill SPED related? What percentage of the FCPS student population falls under SPED?

Teacher contracts in FCPS are year-to-year, correct? Don’t most vacancies get filled at the last minute? That’s what I’ve been told as a partial explanation of why kids don’t know who their teaxher(s) are until a few days before school starts.

In ES, many classes are built at the end of the year. There may be changes but about 80-90% of the class will stay the same. Rosters aren’t finalized until mid-August when the SIA builds the classes in SIS. Vacancies are filled from April - August, mainly jobs are filled in the summer (not the week before school starts). It is incredibly stressful to fill positions a few days before school starts. It happens but it’s not really the norm. The positions filled late aren’t always the cream of the crop.

About 15% of FCPS students are SPED, but if those positions are not filled, the work will trickle down to other positions that will negatively affect the job satisfaction of classroom teachers AND affect the ability to meet accommodations in the IEP. When the district gets desperate they sometimes hire people on provisional licenses, who are inexperienced and not fully trained employees.

Many teachers, like myself, are in continuous contract. Meaning I have a job until I quit or am let go. I have not signed a contract with FCPS in 7 years, it’s a formality that isn’t done annually.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Please catch me back up. Are the largest holes to fill SPED related? What percentage of the FCPS student population falls under SPED?

Teacher contracts in FCPS are year-to-year, correct? Don’t most vacancies get filled at the last minute? That’s what I’ve been told as a partial explanation of why kids don’t know who their teaxher(s) are until a few days before school starts.

As of today there are 164 elementary classroom positions listed (k-6). It is probably closer to 180-200 because some principals post once but may have more than one vacancy in that role.