MCPS Teachers Quitting? Who is replacing them?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not one of those desk jobs sitting around surfing the Internet. If you want that you will have to be an admin, front office, central office or union desk jockey. Teaching is stressful and unappreciated hard work.

Our admin rarely sit down. They are busy running around dealing with unruly kids who are wandering or refusing to go to class, etc. They have those walkie talkies so they can be available for the dumpster fires at all times.

+1 And I say this as a parent at a “good” ES school. I was there 2.5 hours in the morning and by the end wondered how the Principal and AP got any work done given the amount of times they were being called out of there office to help with a kid. I left thinking the school definitely needs floater personnel.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's not one of those desk jobs sitting around surfing the Internet. If you want that you will have to be an admin, front office, central office or union desk jockey. Teaching is stressful and unappreciated hard work.

Our admin rarely sit down. They are busy running around dealing with unruly kids who are wandering or refusing to go to class, etc. They have those walkie talkies so they can be available for the dumpster fires at all times.

+1 And I say this as a parent at a “good” ES school. I was there 2.5 hours in the morning and by the end wondered how the Principal and AP got any work done given the amount of times they were being called out of there office to help with a kid. I left thinking the school definitely needs floater personnel.

When I was an elementary school teacher, our admin also relied on our staff development teacher and counselor to help with all of the behavior issues. The general public doesn't quite grasp how severe behaviors are in school these days. This is my first year being a SAHM and I've never been less stressed in my life.

[Anonymous]

In my school we have three admin, a social worker, school psych, two counselors, some mental health counselors plus a few coaches, etc. They are almost always busy with behaviors.

[Anonymous]

Who is replacing these teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is replacing these teachers?

Please don't revive this thread. This is not the situation this year.

[Anonymous]

Oh I don't know. Between the behavioral issues and the current political environment you could see a lot more staff resigning, retiring, or moving to other fields. There's quite a lot of job listings already up and more are being added daily.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is replacing these teachers?

Please don't revive this thread. This is not the situation this year.

Yes it is. There are teachers leaving in the middle of the school year. Breaking their contracts

[Anonymous]

This is my 25th year in MCPS and I am resigning at the end of the school year (if I can make it). Every month it is 'just do this one more thing'. As a special education teacher, there is not enough time in the day to do my job. And the constant changes with MOIEP. It is ridiculous how time consuming it is to write an IEP or get my quarterly reports.

[Anonymous]

I am worried for the speech pathologists. The caseloads numbers are staying the same or increasing but the allocations are decreasing. So for example, if a SLP had 60 kids on a 1.0 (full time) caseload, the caseload now may be worth .8. Meaning not only do they have less time to get their work done, they have to find a .2 to make a full time position. Also, many of the pep caseloads are being devalued in the same way. I know several SLP's taking part time jobs in the schools instead of full time because they is just too much to be done and too many extra duties they are given during the week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who is replacing these teachers?

Please don't revive this thread. This is not the situation this year.

Go away if you don't have or want to contribute to this ongoing discussion

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am worried for the speech pathologists. The caseloads numbers are staying the same or increasing but the allocations are decreasing. So for example, if a SLP had 60 kids on a 1.0 (full time) caseload, the caseload now may be worth .8. Meaning not only do they have less time to get their work done, they have to find a .2 to make a full time position. Also, many of the pep caseloads are being devalued in the same way. I know several SLP's taking part time jobs in the schools instead of full time because they is just too much to be done and too many extra duties they are given during the week.

SLPs have been seriously understaffed for several years running now. They've had to get a lot of contractors. I'm wondering if they're adjusting the staffing ratios on the theory that these positions aren't getting filled so they might as well cut them.

The problem is, this snowballs the burnout for the remaining staff whose caseloads get even higher.

[Anonymous]

Might some of the laid off feds apply to be teachers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Might some of the laid off feds apply to be teachers?

No. Doing this will only mean these people get a reality check and quit mid-year and students are left with long term subs, or no subs at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Might some of the laid off feds apply to be teachers?

The first step should be to become a sub and see what typical days in schools are like. They can work every single day and decide if they see a career in education is right for them. Only then should anyone apply to be a teacher.

[Anonymous]

Subbin for low pay. Uh, you could make more at McDonalds and you will get free food and not as much chaos and violence as mcps