MCEA is furious with MCPS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids' teachers are almost universally phenomenal and dedicated. I feel terrible for them that they are constantly dealing with curriculum changes and technology changes that are poorly rolled out without much notice, planning, or support.
They've barely had time to figure out the glitch-ridden grading system that started 2-3 years ago to replace the old one, and apparently they are going to have a new one next year?
I emailed a teacher at one of my kids' school that is in charge of the advanced pilot class to ask if they were offering it next year, and the teacher didn't know until very recently. Given how much work I know that teacher has put into developing that curriculum...it's just ridiculous that they put all this extra time into developing a curriculum, and they don't know from year to year whether they will be able to offer it. No wonder they are asking for more planning time to try to figure out and supplement the ever-changing curricula!
The County's greatest strength is its teachers --- I wish they would trust them more and let them do their work.

I feel exactly the same.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids' teachers are almost universally phenomenal and dedicated. I feel terrible for them that they are constantly dealing with curriculum changes and technology changes that are poorly rolled out without much notice, planning, or support.
They've barely had time to figure out the glitch-ridden grading system that started 2-3 years ago to replace the old one, and apparently they are going to have a new one next year?
I emailed a teacher at one of my kids' school that is in charge of the advanced pilot class to ask if they were offering it next year, and the teacher didn't know until very recently. Given how much work I know that teacher has put into developing that curriculum...it's just ridiculous that they put all this extra time into developing a curriculum, and they don't know from year to year whether they will be able to offer it. No wonder they are asking for more planning time to try to figure out and supplement the ever-changing curricula!
The County's greatest strength is its teachers --- I wish they would trust them more and let them do their work.

I can’t imagine having a job in the private sector where you had to deal with this crap. Knowing it was not in the best interests of your clients (students). Such a demoralizing position to be in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm with the PP. You can refuse to act unethically AND pay your mortgage. There are whistleblower laws. There's a union. You have the numbers. But someone has to have the courage to stop doing stuff that's wrong. Even if you quietly do the right thing and don't draw attention to it, do the right thing.

Give me a break. I am a parent, not a teacher but I se roots of amazing teachers who are trying the best they can, despite a horrible, miserable school system.

Hard to do the ‘right thing’ when there is pressure from your superiors to do the opposite.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Message to teachers who bow to pressure to pass unprepared kids or graduate kids who can't read fluently etc.: That's unethical behavior. Blow the whistle and refuse to do it. If you suffer repercussions, go to the media, get a lawyer, do what you have to do. Take the outrage and use it to give kids a better chance

Will you be paying their mortgages or rent? putting food on their tables?

You dish out advice in ignorance. Keep in mind that the system has many layers of protection. Teachers don't.

Agree with this PP. It's impossible for an individual teacher to fix this issue. It is a system wide problem. Teachers can't be expected to fix a corrupt, ineffective school system. You need better leadership.

The point of a Union is for individual teachers to have strength in numbers, but DCUM teachers don’t go to union meetings or participate in planned actions. They just whine about being demoralized.

Unless you're in the system, just go away. I mean that. And if you're IN the system, you're clearly callous and ignorant.

So you have room for only one viewpoint? I teach. I got to the meetings. I participate in union actions. I am not demoralized. And I’m not going away because the kids deserve better than you.

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Anonymous wrote:Message to teachers who bow to pressure to pass unprepared kids or graduate kids who can't read fluently etc.: That's unethical behavior. Blow the whistle and refuse to do it. If you suffer repercussions, go to the media, get a lawyer, do what you have to do. Take the outrage and use it to give kids a better chance

Will you be paying their mortgages or rent? putting food on their tables?

You dish out advice in ignorance. Keep in mind that the system has many layers of protection. Teachers don't.

Agree with this PP. It's impossible for an individual teacher to fix this issue. It is a system wide problem. Teachers can't be expected to fix a corrupt, ineffective school system. You need better leadership.

The point of a Union is for individual teachers to have strength in numbers, but DCUM teachers don’t go to union meetings or participate in planned actions. They just whine about being demoralized.

Unless you're in the system, just go away. I mean that. And if you're IN the system, you're clearly callous and ignorant.

So you have room for only one viewpoint? I teach. I got to the meetings. I participate in union actions. I am not demoralized. And I’m not going away because the kids deserve better than you.

New poster here but I don’t believe you. Not sure what your actual role is, but it’s not teacher.

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Anonymous wrote:Message to teachers who bow to pressure to pass unprepared kids or graduate kids who can't read fluently etc.: That's unethical behavior. Blow the whistle and refuse to do it. If you suffer repercussions, go to the media, get a lawyer, do what you have to do. Take the outrage and use it to give kids a better chance

Will you be paying their mortgages or rent? putting food on their tables?

You dish out advice in ignorance. Keep in mind that the system has many layers of protection. Teachers don't.

Agree with this PP. It's impossible for an individual teacher to fix this issue. It is a system wide problem. Teachers can't be expected to fix a corrupt, ineffective school system. You need better leadership.

The point of a Union is for individual teachers to have strength in numbers, but DCUM teachers don’t go to union meetings or participate in planned actions. They just whine about being demoralized.

Unless you're in the system, just go away. I mean that. And if you're IN the system, you're clearly callous and ignorant.

So you have room for only one viewpoint? I teach. I got to the meetings. I participate in union actions. I am not demoralized. And I’m not going away because the kids deserve better than you.

New poster here but I don’t believe you. Not sure what your actual role is, but it’s not teacher.

Your refusal to believe it doesn’t change my job title and the work I do every day. It is deeply telling that you think a teacher has to feel helpless and hopeless.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids' teachers are almost universally phenomenal and dedicated. I feel terrible for them that they are constantly dealing with curriculum changes and technology changes that are poorly rolled out without much notice, planning, or support.
They've barely had time to figure out the glitch-ridden grading system that started 2-3 years ago to replace the old one, and apparently they are going to have a new one next year?
I emailed a teacher at one of my kids' school that is in charge of the advanced pilot class to ask if they were offering it next year, and the teacher didn't know until very recently. Given how much work I know that teacher has put into developing that curriculum...it's just ridiculous that they put all this extra time into developing a curriculum, and they don't know from year to year whether they will be able to offer it. No wonder they are asking for more planning time to try to figure out and supplement the ever-changing curricula!
The County's greatest strength is its teachers --- I wish they would trust them more and let them do their work.

I can’t imagine having a job in the private sector where you had to deal with this crap. Knowing it was not in the best interests of your clients (students). Such a demoralizing position to be in.

Try harder. Stuff like this happens in the private sector all the time.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids' teachers are almost universally phenomenal and dedicated. I feel terrible for them that they are constantly dealing with curriculum changes and technology changes that are poorly rolled out without much notice, planning, or support.
They've barely had time to figure out the glitch-ridden grading system that started 2-3 years ago to replace the old one, and apparently they are going to have a new one next year?
I emailed a teacher at one of my kids' school that is in charge of the advanced pilot class to ask if they were offering it next year, and the teacher didn't know until very recently. Given how much work I know that teacher has put into developing that curriculum...it's just ridiculous that they put all this extra time into developing a curriculum, and they don't know from year to year whether they will be able to offer it. No wonder they are asking for more planning time to try to figure out and supplement the ever-changing curricula!
The County's greatest strength is its teachers --- I wish they would trust them more and let them do their work.

I can’t imagine having a job in the private sector where you had to deal with this crap. Knowing it was not in the best interests of your clients (students). Such a demoralizing position to be in.

Try harder. Stuff like this happens in the private sector all the time.

It does indeed. But when you're in a profession that doesn't deal with contracts and widgets, it's easier to abuse people who service other humans directly. My friend complains about her co-workers. She's a Fed. But she agrees that it's easier to ignore them (or to do their work FOR them b/c their incompetent) than to deal with (at the secondary level) 130+ kids a day with different needs.

So again, I will say that unless you're in our shoes (not talking about the Pollyanna above), you really don't know the difference. I left private to work as an educator, and while my desk job was boring, it was 100 times easier than teaching.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids' teachers are almost universally phenomenal and dedicated. I feel terrible for them that they are constantly dealing with curriculum changes and technology changes that are poorly rolled out without much notice, planning, or support.
They've barely had time to figure out the glitch-ridden grading system that started 2-3 years ago to replace the old one, and apparently they are going to have a new one next year?
I emailed a teacher at one of my kids' school that is in charge of the advanced pilot class to ask if they were offering it next year, and the teacher didn't know until very recently. Given how much work I know that teacher has put into developing that curriculum...it's just ridiculous that they put all this extra time into developing a curriculum, and they don't know from year to year whether they will be able to offer it. No wonder they are asking for more planning time to try to figure out and supplement the ever-changing curricula!
The County's greatest strength is its teachers --- I wish they would trust them more and let them do their work.

I can’t imagine having a job in the private sector where you had to deal with this crap. Knowing it was not in the best interests of your clients (students). Such a demoralizing position to be in.

Try harder. Stuff like this happens in the private sector all the time.

It does indeed. But when you're in a profession that doesn't deal with contracts and widgets, it's easier to abuse people who service other humans directly. My friend complains about her co-workers. She's a Fed. But she agrees that it's easier to ignore them (or to do their work FOR them b/c their incompetent) than to deal with (at the secondary level) 130+ kids a day with different needs.

So again, I will say that unless you're in our shoes (not talking about the Pollyanna above), you really don't know the difference. I left private to work as an educator, and while my desk job was boring, it was 100 times easier than teaching.

bc of THEIR incompetence - Don't want to be trashed for a mistake!

[Anonymous]

Mcea will never have a teachers back because they are in it for the free money and cushy job. They will never help a teacher because they fat assholes who sit at a desk surfing the internet all day buying each other gifts with your money and they working to kick teachers out of the system. Quit mcea.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids' teachers are almost universally phenomenal and dedicated. I feel terrible for them that they are constantly dealing with curriculum changes and technology changes that are poorly rolled out without much notice, planning, or support.
They've barely had time to figure out the glitch-ridden grading system that started 2-3 years ago to replace the old one, and apparently they are going to have a new one next year?
I emailed a teacher at one of my kids' school that is in charge of the advanced pilot class to ask if they were offering it next year, and the teacher didn't know until very recently. Given how much work I know that teacher has put into developing that curriculum...it's just ridiculous that they put all this extra time into developing a curriculum, and they don't know from year to year whether they will be able to offer it. No wonder they are asking for more planning time to try to figure out and supplement the ever-changing curricula!
The County's greatest strength is its teachers --- I wish they would trust them more and let them do their work.

I feel exactly the same.

Another parent. I also feel this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mcea will never have a teachers back because they are in it for the free money and cushy job. They will never help a teacher because they fat assholes who sit at a desk surfing the internet all day buying each other gifts with your money and they working to kick teachers out of the system. Quit mcea.

Wtf? Thanks for contributing to the conversation. Are you enjoying your paid emergency leave? That's part of the contract MCEA negotiated for you.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Mcea will never have a teachers back because they are in it for the free money and cushy job. They will never help a teacher because they fat assholes who sit at a desk surfing the internet all day buying each other gifts with your money and they working to kick teachers out of the system. Quit mcea.

Wtf? Thanks for contributing to the conversation. Are you enjoying your paid emergency leave? That's part of the contract MCEA negotiated for you.

+1

[Anonymous]

If it was not in place we would have qualified for the 775$ unemployment benefits. Wow that's more than my current pay check. The biggest problem with mcea is if you don't blindly follow corrupt leaders these people will strive to ruin the careers of teachers. This is why no one wants to teach anymore. It's actually a great place to work if you're a pervert, alcoholic, bully, or drug dealer. These people get protections in MCPS. Who knew this was the way to become successful in MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it was not in place we would have qualified for the 775$ unemployment benefits. Wow that's more than my current pay check. The biggest problem with mcea is if you don't blindly follow corrupt leaders these people will strive to ruin the careers of teachers. This is why no one wants to teach anymore. It's actually a great place to work if you're a pervert, alcoholic, bully, or drug dealer. These people get protections in MCPS. Who knew this was the way to become successful in MCPS.

What the actual f*ck are you talking about? And how is your paycheck less than $775? You are making no sense and yet you keep posting.