Treatment of New Special Ed teachers hired by MCPS

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yikes. This is the worst I have ever seen international teachers treated in an country.

Yep. Literally treated worse than migrant farm labor. Better paid, but worse treatment. Piss poor welcome from MCPS.

No.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is this not spam- not found anywhere on the google?

What part of it? MCPS confirmed the hiring of teachers from the Philippines months ago. However, the crowd sourcing of furniture is not someone I've heard.

Please cite the source where MCPS confirmed the hiring of teachers from Philippines.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/news/mcps-news/2024/06/philippines-cultural-exchange-program-welcome

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How is this not spam- not found anywhere on the google?

What part of it? MCPS confirmed the hiring of teachers from the Philippines months ago. However, the crowd sourcing of furniture is not someone I've heard.

Please cite the source where MCPS confirmed the hiring of teachers from Philippines.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/news/mcps-news/2024/06/philippines-cultural-exchange-program-welcome

Thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hiring special ed teachers from the Philippines? Is this the answer to the teacher shortage?

Yes, a lot of districts have hired teachers from the Philippines to address staffing shortages, especially in critical staffing areas

[Anonymous]

So it is not mcps directly paying for the tables or beds. It is probably a staffing agency that is specializes in recruiting Filipino teachers and helping them with the H-1B visa. And for anyone saying that the Filipino teachers would not last long in the United States, you lose your Visa. If you lose your job usually get about 2 months grace period to find a new one. So although it is possible for these teachers to wash out immediately, they have a little bit more of a pressing need to stay here since they don't have the same flexibility that an American worker would to change jobs

[Anonymous]

The sky is falling right. The kids are mistreating immigrants just like their american counterparts who have left education due to the mistreatment bullying and harrassment

[Anonymous]

I'm sure this will all work out just fine. Though I've been with MCPS 20+ years so in my heart, I'm pretty sure it will be another whoops.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hiring special ed teachers from the Philippines? Is this the answer to the teacher shortage?

My district started doing this ages ago. Our Filipino teachers are excellent but they never expected to deal with the behavior issues. Many were moved into special positions because of it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are simply not enough qualified or eligible teachers in the county to fill that many positions. Turnover has been brutal.

I’m sure there are enough people but nobody here wants the job.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There are simply not enough qualified or eligible teachers in the county to fill that many positions. Turnover has been brutal.

I’m sure there are enough people but nobody here wants the job.

I would love to work in MCPS. I’ve got 15+ years of experience in multiple districts in some of the highest need schools. When I went to apply after moving to the county it was a $50k pay cut because they wouldn’t start me past step 8. They got that down to $30k but it’s still not a cut I’m willing to take.

[Anonymous]

I think they could get teachers but this is a way to hide their numbers by contracting out. Lots of places do it. They were hired though an agency and given housing. They probably earn very little. Are they licensed in md?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think they could get teachers but this is a way to hide their numbers by contracting out. Lots of places do it. They were hired though an agency and given housing. They probably earn very little. Are they licensed in md?

I doubt they could find that many sped teachers. My school last year went an entire year with the position unfilled and not because no one was qualified, there were no candidates to interview for it.

I worked with two sped teachers who weren’t allowed to supervise a class alone because they were so incompetent. But they were all they could find so they kept their jobs.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not usually an MCPS apologist, but doesn't this sound like an issue on the part of the intermediary organization, not MCPS itself?

There's some contracting company in the middle, I assume, and it was their decision not to allow shipping and their decision not to provide sheets.

Maybe we figure out who they are rather than blaming the school district?

It is the contract they signed.

It is on MCPS.

MPCS is the employer. They are ultimately sponsoring the visas and responsible for these employees. Sure, if they hired a horrible third party agency then they bear responsibility as well, but ultimately the school district is holding the bag here. They should have selected a more reputable agency, or done more due diligence. If the teachers are in training with MCPS and other educators are aware of and crowdsourcing basic household items for them, the district is aware of the issue and bears some responsibility. At a minimum they should be working with the agency to handle this for the teachers and not turning a blind eye while the community, teachers, and parents try to rely on charity and donations to provide these folks with the basics. God knows they waste enough money, if they can find millions for DEI surveys they should be able to give each of
these teachers a thousand dollar relocation allowance and charter a bus to IKEA.

How do you know that MCPS isn’t working with the contracting to improve this? The question is going to become What qualifies as furnished housing? Rules for working with contracted employees varies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm not usually an MCPS apologist, but doesn't this sound like an issue on the part of the intermediary organization, not MCPS itself?

There's some contracting company in the middle, I assume, and it was their decision not to allow shipping and their decision not to provide sheets.

Maybe we figure out who they are rather than blaming the school district?

It is the contract they signed.

It is on MCPS.

MPCS is the employer. They are ultimately sponsoring the visas and responsible for these employees. Sure, if they hired a horrible third party agency then they bear responsibility as well, but ultimately the school district is holding the bag here. They should have selected a more reputable agency, or done more due diligence. If the teachers are in training with MCPS and other educators are aware of and crowdsourcing basic household items for them, the district is aware of the issue and bears some responsibility. At a minimum they should be working with the agency to handle this for the teachers and not turning a blind eye while the community, teachers, and parents try to rely on charity and donations to provide these folks with the basics. God knows they waste enough money, if they can find millions for DEI surveys they should be able to give each of
these teachers a thousand dollar relocation allowance and charter a bus to IKEA.

How do you know that MCPS isn’t working with the contracting to improve this? The question is going to become What qualifies as furnished housing? Rules for working with contracted employees varies.

Why are MCPS teachers begging for school supplies? Because MCPS doesn’t care!

[Anonymous]

Will these new international special education hires have MCEA status?

Will they be asked to join MCEA and have dues taken out of their paychecks?

If so, will they know that joining a union and paying dues is voluntary?