What is the disciplinary process like for teachers in MCPS?

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Yep. I have only seen teacher out on PAR if they are tough graders or too many kids are failing. Oftentimes these are good teachers who have kids put in appropriate courses that don’t match the student’s ability/behavior issues.

[Anonymous]

How about showing kindness and asking what you can do to help the teacher out?

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Anonymous wrote:Yep. I have only seen teacher out on PAR if they are tough graders or too many kids are failing. Oftentimes these are good teachers who have kids put in appropriate courses that don’t match the student’s ability/behavior issues.

I have only seen teachers put back on PAR because they are not good at it and need to reconsider their career choice.

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Anonymous wrote:MCPS can’t afford to fire bad teachers when there are no replacements. Is this new to you?

No but this one is particularly bad and a long term sub would be preferred.

And again, they can’t get long term subs. DP

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Anonymous wrote:When a poor teacher was confronted by the principal at DC's school after a tsunami of parent complaints she disappeared for a while and I was told it was due to some union advice like a mini-strike type thing.

We heard she still got paid and it wasn't an administrative leave. I think it's how the union operates. It's like terrorism. They can't replace the teacher and the class doesn't have a teacher which creates a huge problem for the school.

Teacher unions are the worst of all unions. So shameful.

Have to disagree. When parents wanted teachers to put their lives at risk so some parents could get free daycare. The teachers union protected its members, and it turned out that even in those wacky red states where schools didn't close, students had similar learning loss because the pandemic was stressful.

I don't think the data support this. There was much more learning loss in areas where school districts closed and I think the fact that you accuse parents of wanting free daycare just shows how ridiculous you are. Parents wanted kids to go to school and learn and because they were experiencing high rates of mental distress.

Then it was parents’ job to address that and seek psychological help.