That Takoma Principal

[Anonymous]

Which grades have teachers leaving the school?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Which grades have teachers leaving the school?

All of them.

[Anonymous]

How many teachers retained? 80%? 90%?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How many teachers retained? 80%? 90%?

Of the K-5 classrooms I believe ~70%, most of whom are in new grades. K all new, 1st 2/3 new; 3rd 2/3 new; 4th all new

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many teachers retained? 80%? 90%?

Of the K-5 classrooms I believe ~70%, most of whom are in new grades. K all new, 1st 2/3 new; 3rd 2/3 new; 4th all new

Wow. Did the principal provide an explanation to why he’s moving teachers around?

[Anonymous]

This doesn’t seem like normal behavior? I can understand a few move here and there?

This seems like a method that does more harm than good.

Teachers never have a chance to perfect their craft or master the curriculum. Or get to know the grade level standards of learning.

As a Takoma parent this is concerning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many teachers retained? 80%? 90%?

Of the K-5 classrooms I believe ~70%, most of whom are in new grades. K all new, 1st 2/3 new; 3rd 2/3 new; 4th all new

70% retention is not bad. Are the APs and Coaches returning?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many teachers retained? 80%? 90%?

Of the K-5 classrooms I believe ~70%, most of whom are in new grades. K all new, 1st 2/3 new; 3rd 2/3 new; 4th all new

70% retention is not bad. Are the APs and Coaches returning?

Both content coaches were excessed. Both APs returning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many teachers retained? 80%? 90%?

Of the K-5 classrooms I believe ~70%, most of whom are in new grades. K all new, 1st 2/3 new; 3rd 2/3 new; 4th all new

70% retention is not bad. Are the APs and Coaches returning?

70% is bad. That means almost one third of the staff is leaving. Also,you won't really know who has left until next school year. The teacher transfer window usually closes on July 15 so there will still probably be some movement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t seem like normal behavior? I can understand a few move here and there?

This seems like a method that does more harm than good.

Teachers never have a chance to perfect their craft or master the curriculum. Or get to know the grade level standards of learning.

As a Takoma parent this is concerning.

+1

I posted this earlier in the thread but I am a teacher and administrators who constantly switch grades are not strong leaders. It is so much work to change every year and yes you cannot perfect a craft if you keep switching.

[Anonymous]

Have new teachers been hired to fill the gap? I don’t know how this works in the school systems, but hope they don’t start the year with subs making up for the lack of teachers. This is really concerning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t seem like normal behavior? I can understand a few move here and there?

This seems like a method that does more harm than good.

Teachers never have a chance to perfect their craft or master the curriculum. Or get to know the grade level standards of learning.

As a Takoma parent this is concerning.

+1

I posted this earlier in the thread but I am a teacher and administrators who constantly switch grades are not strong leaders. It is so much work to change every year and yes you cannot perfect a craft if you keep switching.

What’s the rationale the principal has to do this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This doesn’t seem like normal behavior? I can understand a few move here and there?

This seems like a method that does more harm than good.

Teachers never have a chance to perfect their craft or master the curriculum. Or get to know the grade level standards of learning.

As a Takoma parent this is concerning.

+1

I posted this earlier in the thread but I am a teacher and administrators who constantly switch grades are not strong leaders. It is so much work to change every year and yes you cannot perfect a craft if you keep switching.

What’s the rationale the principal has to do this?

I had a principal in DCPS do this because she “didn’t want teachers getting too comfortable and lazy”. She also wouldn’t tell you what grade you were teaching until you came back in August. It was terrible

[Anonymous]

Not sure this is really true for a majority of the teachers at the school. Most that I know are continuing to teach in their current grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure this is really true for a majority of the teachers at the school. Most that I know are continuing to teach in their current grade.

It is true, I have the room assignments.