How is FCPS teacher/staff shortage?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^And if I was a teacher, I would be really frustrated with my slacker colleagues. You can't blame parents for being angry when their children get the dud teachers.

The dud teachers are probably not frequenting this forum. They are out drinking and partying or who knows what, so the people who end up receiving your vitriol are the ones who actually care.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^And if I was a teacher, I would be really frustrated with my slacker colleagues. You can't blame parents for being angry when their children get the dud teachers.

The dud teachers are probably not frequenting this forum. They are out drinking and partying or who knows what, so the people who end up receiving your vitriol are the ones who actually care.

+1, they don’t care enough to read parent posts/concerns. They arrive at and leave school within 10 min of the bell.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^And if I was a teacher, I would be really frustrated with my slacker colleagues. You can't blame parents for being angry when their children get the dud teachers.

Ok, then. Apparently, they are just quitting. Not just the bad ones, but lots of teachers. I was at the pool yesterday for a swim lesson and the very nice aquatic director was explaining to a parent that he made a mistake because he didn’t know the system. “I just started a couple of weeks ago because I retired from teaching.” The guy was MAYBE 50, but I would say late 40s. Off they go, out the door. No blame, but leaving you with your anger and your child without a teacher. They got out, just like you told them to. Cool.

Well, they aren't indentured servants. They are free to seek happiness in a new career. What exactly do you want people to say?

Eventually, the schools will have to raise pay to attract talent, just like any other industry.

Nah, this is what the right and neo-libs want: total destruction of the public school system so we can funnel money into religious private and charter schools that pay (and teach) nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^^^And if I was a teacher, I would be really frustrated with my slacker colleagues. You can't blame parents for being angry when their children get the dud teachers.

Ok, then. Apparently, they are just quitting. Not just the bad ones, but lots of teachers. I was at the pool yesterday for a swim lesson and the very nice aquatic director was explaining to a parent that he made a mistake because he didn’t know the system. “I just started a couple of weeks ago because I retired from teaching.” The guy was MAYBE 50, but I would say late 40s. Off they go, out the door. No blame, but leaving you with your anger and your child without a teacher. They got out, just like you told them to. Cool.

Well, they aren't indentured servants. They are free to seek happiness in a new career. What exactly do you want people to say?

Eventually, the schools will have to raise pay to attract talent, just like any other industry.

Nah, this is what the right and neo-libs want: total destruction of the public school system so we can funnel money into religious private and charter schools that pay (and teach) nothing.

I'll tell you what I want: enough insecurity on the part of public school systems like FCPS about the possibility that they may be defunded, with money instead put directly in the hands of parents to spend on alternatives, that they get their act together and focus on the things that matter the most to most parents: academics; teacher recruitment, pay, and retention; and facilities. Maybe if they did that folks would consider them sound stewards of public resources again.

I don't know if that makes me right, neo-liberal, moderate, or a traditional Democrat (the last of which I thought of myself for many years). I do know I'm tired of virtue-signaling clowns who don't pay enough attention to what Brabrand, before he got co-opted, used to call the "main thing."

[Anonymous]

I’m even more nervous than a few weeks ago. There are so many key positions needed at many schools. Who is going to come take these jobs??? Teachers go back in 3 weeks!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m even more nervous than a few weeks ago. There are so many key positions needed at many schools. Who is going to come take these jobs??? Teachers go back in 3 weeks!

No one. Class sizes will continue to increase, we will be told last min to sub or cover on our planning periods, the staff actually working with students will be stretched thin and the cycle will continue. I’m not even nervous about going back anymore since I know what to expect now. I’m thinking of teaching and year to year now. Let’s see how I feel next spring to see if I go back and do it again or leave.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^^And if I was a teacher, I would be really frustrated with my slacker colleagues. You can't blame parents for being angry when their children get the dud teachers.

As a former teacher who was NOT a dud teacher, I was indeed frustrated, to put it very mildly, with my slacker colleagues. Also with the slacker admins who enabled them, but always had plenty of time to find creative ways to make trouble or more work for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m even more nervous than a few weeks ago. There are so many key positions needed at many schools. Who is going to come take these jobs??? Teachers go back in 3 weeks!

There are no reinforcements coming.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/us/covid-school-teaching.html
A survey by the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education found that 19 percent of undergraduate-level and 11 percent of graduate-level teaching programs saw a significant drop in enrollment this year.

https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/fewer-people-are-getting-teacher-degrees-prep-programs-sound-the-alarm/2022/03
Between the 2008-09 and the 2018-19 academic years, the number of people completing a teacher-education program declined by almost a third. Traditional teacher-preparation programs saw the largest decline—35 percent

Concern is not new. Here is a 2019 article that mentions dropping enrollment in teacher prep programs back in 2010.
https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2019-12-03/sharp-nationwide-enrollment-drop-in-teacher-prep-programs-cause-for-alarm

[Anonymous]

Heard that FCPS had a highly anticipated job fair this week that was a total flop. Also hearing that they may announce that resource teachers who were recently promoted may have their promotions put on hold until their old position is filled.

Can anyone confirm?

As a parent monitoring the job board for my school, I am becoming more and more concerned.

[Anonymous]

How do you monitor job board for individual schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do you monitor job board for individual schools?

Go to openings and you can search by school.

I think we need to be prepared for the max legal ratio of student and teacher and expect that at many schools.

[Anonymous]

Our pyramid (ES/MS/HS) doesn’t seem bad (2ES, none MS, 5 HS). Special Ed def has greatest need.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Heard that FCPS had a highly anticipated job fair this week that was a total flop. Also hearing that they may announce that resource teachers who were recently promoted may have their promotions put on hold until their old position is filled.

Can anyone confirm?

As a parent monitoring the job board for my school, I am becoming more and more concerned.

Heard this rumor too. They may pull resource teachers to be in the classroom as teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard that FCPS had a highly anticipated job fair this week that was a total flop. Also hearing that they may announce that resource teachers who were recently promoted may have their promotions put on hold until their old position is filled.

Can anyone confirm?

As a parent monitoring the job board for my school, I am becoming more and more concerned.

Heard this rumor too. They may pull resource teachers to be in the classroom as teachers.

How? Would they just get subs for art and music?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Heard that FCPS had a highly anticipated job fair this week that was a total flop. Also hearing that they may announce that resource teachers who were recently promoted may have their promotions put on hold until their old position is filled.

Can anyone confirm?

As a parent monitoring the job board for my school, I am becoming more and more concerned.

Heard this rumor too. They may pull resource teachers to be in the classroom as teachers.

How? Would they just get subs for art and music?

Resource teachers as in literacy and math specialists or coach. My apologies for not clarifying earlier.