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Anonymous wrote:The teachers that are killing it right now are absolutely heros. But the percentage of them doing that is vastly overestimated.

For my MS DD for example, 3 are awesome, 2 are just okay, and the last 2 are like "OMG I can't believe the county employs these people" awful.

For ES DD, her teacher this year is pretty good but her teacher last year was a complete and total joke who did less than the bare minimum after schools closed.

Care to elaborate?

Ie: the teacher that teaches coding and CAD doesn’t know how to do it. He literally googles how to do it in class in front of the students (and me because I watched) and makes constant mistakes that are really confusing to the students, when he does it wrong and had to start over. Clearly doesn’t lesson plan, shows up to each class late and clearly not knowing the material he plans to teach. Gives several class periods for students to complete these massive projects but when they ask him for help on how to do parts he tells them “you can’t rely on me, you have to just figure it out.” When my husband and I emailed him to find why our child had no clue how to do her assignments (we initially assumed it was her fault) he told us he doesn’t teach the material the way a core class does, students need to learn it on their own. WTF? After that we started observing class and DD was right - he is unable or too lazy (or both) to teach them the skills they are supposed to be learning. You’d think he’s a LT sub or something but he has been teaching this exact class for years and is a FT teacher. He’s also a coach so I guess that’s how he gets to stay?

Less awful but still awful, the PE teacher plays videos of people hiking and makes the students hike in place. For like 45 minutes. And not just once. Many many many times. And yes I’ve seen that too.

7th grade.

Being a coach is not how he gets to stay. In fact idk how he gets to stay. There are 2 formal observations each year. What has your principal said when you reached out about this excrement of a teacher?

Once you’ve taught in a county for 3 years which secures your job it is REALLY hard to get fired. Sadly, we all work with 1-2 teachers like this who just suck and are horrible for kids and there’s nothing to be done. They can put on a decent show for an observation.

But... they don’t tell you when the observations are. Something is off about this story. Another attempt to degrade, diminish, insult and belittle the noble profession of teacher. Whom by the way are and having been working tirelessly since March for the same pay.

Show some respect.

What a dumb retort. Teachers aren't created and/or execute their job equally. This type of generalization is idiotic.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are suing the school and they have settled to pay for in person private school because of our iep

Which in person private schools are taking students with severe special needs right now?

I love how this question was completely ignored.

Which private schools are taking students with moderate to severe special needs right now?

Also - which private schools are taking students who punch, kick, slap, and spit in the faces of teachers??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that are killing it right now are absolutely heros. But the percentage of them doing that is vastly overestimated.

For my MS DD for example, 3 are awesome, 2 are just okay, and the last 2 are like "OMG I can't believe the county employs these people" awful.

For ES DD, her teacher this year is pretty good but her teacher last year was a complete and total joke who did less than the bare minimum after schools closed.

Care to elaborate?

Ie: the teacher that teaches coding and CAD doesn’t know how to do it. He literally googles how to do it in class in front of the students (and me because I watched) and makes constant mistakes that are really confusing to the students, when he does it wrong and had to start over. Clearly doesn’t lesson plan, shows up to each class late and clearly not knowing the material he plans to teach. Gives several class periods for students to complete these massive projects but when they ask him for help on how to do parts he tells them “you can’t rely on me, you have to just figure it out.” When my husband and I emailed him to find why our child had no clue how to do her assignments (we initially assumed it was her fault) he told us he doesn’t teach the material the way a core class does, students need to learn it on their own. WTF? After that we started observing class and DD was right - he is unable or too lazy (or both) to teach them the skills they are supposed to be learning. You’d think he’s a LT sub or something but he has been teaching this exact class for years and is a FT teacher. He’s also a coach so I guess that’s how he gets to stay?

Less awful but still awful, the PE teacher plays videos of people hiking and makes the students hike in place. For like 45 minutes. And not just once. Many many many times. And yes I’ve seen that too.

7th grade.

Being a coach is not how he gets to stay. In fact idk how he gets to stay. There are 2 formal observations each year. What has your principal said when you reached out about this excrement of a teacher?

Once you’ve taught in a county for 3 years which secures your job it is REALLY hard to get fired. Sadly, we all work with 1-2 teachers like this who just suck and are horrible for kids and there’s nothing to be done. They can put on a decent show for an observation.

But... they don’t tell you when the observations are. Something is off about this story. Another attempt to degrade, diminish, insult and belittle the noble profession of teacher. Whom by the way are and having been working tirelessly since March for the same pay.

Show some respect.

I’m the pp. I assure you it’s all 100% true. The principal did not seem even a little surprised by what I told him. I think he doesn’t care because it’s not a core class, or it’s hard to find someone to teach the class, or he just can’t be bothered or whatever.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that are killing it right now are absolutely heros. But the percentage of them doing that is vastly overestimated.

For my MS DD for example, 3 are awesome, 2 are just okay, and the last 2 are like "OMG I can't believe the county employs these people" awful.

For ES DD, her teacher this year is pretty good but her teacher last year was a complete and total joke who did less than the bare minimum after schools closed.

Care to elaborate?

Ie: the teacher that teaches coding and CAD doesn’t know how to do it. He literally googles how to do it in class in front of the students (and me because I watched) and makes constant mistakes that are really confusing to the students, when he does it wrong and had to start over. Clearly doesn’t lesson plan, shows up to each class late and clearly not knowing the material he plans to teach. Gives several class periods for students to complete these massive projects but when they ask him for help on how to do parts he tells them “you can’t rely on me, you have to just figure it out.” When my husband and I emailed him to find why our child had no clue how to do her assignments (we initially assumed it was her fault) he told us he doesn’t teach the material the way a core class does, students need to learn it on their own. WTF? After that we started observing class and DD was right - he is unable or too lazy (or both) to teach them the skills they are supposed to be learning. You’d think he’s a LT sub or something but he has been teaching this exact class for years and is a FT teacher. He’s also a coach so I guess that’s how he gets to stay?

Less awful but still awful, the PE teacher plays videos of people hiking and makes the students hike in place. For like 45 minutes. And not just once. Many many many times. And yes I’ve seen that too.

7th grade.

Being a coach is not how he gets to stay. In fact idk how he gets to stay. There are 2 formal observations each year. What has your principal said when you reached out about this excrement of a teacher?

Once you’ve taught in a county for 3 years which secures your job it is REALLY hard to get fired. Sadly, we all work with 1-2 teachers like this who just suck and are horrible for kids and there’s nothing to be done. They can put on a decent show for an observation.

But... they don’t tell you when the observations are. Something is off about this story. Another attempt to degrade, diminish, insult and belittle the noble profession of teacher. Whom by the way are and having been working tirelessly since March for the same pay.

Show some respect.

I AM a teacher. I don’t defend bad teachers. Sadly there are some. And no, usually your observations are announced so you can give them lesson plan and materials and schedule a formal review afterward. Quit talking about stuff you don’t know.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that are killing it right now are absolutely heros. But the percentage of them doing that is vastly overestimated.

For my MS DD for example, 3 are awesome, 2 are just okay, and the last 2 are like "OMG I can't believe the county employs these people" awful.

For ES DD, her teacher this year is pretty good but her teacher last year was a complete and total joke who did less than the bare minimum after schools closed.

Care to elaborate?

Ie: the teacher that teaches coding and CAD doesn’t know how to do it. He literally googles how to do it in class in front of the students (and me because I watched) and makes constant mistakes that are really confusing to the students, when he does it wrong and had to start over. Clearly doesn’t lesson plan, shows up to each class late and clearly not knowing the material he plans to teach. Gives several class periods for students to complete these massive projects but when they ask him for help on how to do parts he tells them “you can’t rely on me, you have to just figure it out.” When my husband and I emailed him to find why our child had no clue how to do her assignments (we initially assumed it was her fault) he told us he doesn’t teach the material the way a core class does, students need to learn it on their own. WTF? After that we started observing class and DD was right - he is unable or too lazy (or both) to teach them the skills they are supposed to be learning. You’d think he’s a LT sub or something but he has been teaching this exact class for years and is a FT teacher. He’s also a coach so I guess that’s how he gets to stay?

Less awful but still awful, the PE teacher plays videos of people hiking and makes the students hike in place. For like 45 minutes. And not just once. Many many many times. And yes I’ve seen that too.

7th grade.

Being a coach is not how he gets to stay. In fact idk how he gets to stay. There are 2 formal observations each year. What has your principal said when you reached out about this excrement of a teacher?

Once you’ve taught in a county for 3 years which secures your job it is REALLY hard to get fired. Sadly, we all work with 1-2 teachers like this who just suck and are horrible for kids and there’s nothing to be done. They can put on a decent show for an observation.

But... they don’t tell you when the observations are. Something is off about this story. Another attempt to degrade, diminish, insult and belittle the noble profession of teacher. Whom by the way are and having been working tirelessly since March for the same pay.

Show some respect.

I AM a teacher. I don’t defend bad teachers. Sadly there are some. And no, usually your observations are announced so you can give them lesson plan and materials and schedule a formal review afterward. Quit talking about stuff you don’t know.

The announce one. The second one is unannounced. There are bad teachers. But if they’re there still blame the principal. Seems like you’re the one who is clueless.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that are killing it right now are absolutely heros. But the percentage of them doing that is vastly overestimated.

For my MS DD for example, 3 are awesome, 2 are just okay, and the last 2 are like "OMG I can't believe the county employs these people" awful.

For ES DD, her teacher this year is pretty good but her teacher last year was a complete and total joke who did less than the bare minimum after schools closed.

Care to elaborate?

Ie: the teacher that teaches coding and CAD doesn’t know how to do it. He literally googles how to do it in class in front of the students (and me because I watched) and makes constant mistakes that are really confusing to the students, when he does it wrong and had to start over. Clearly doesn’t lesson plan, shows up to each class late and clearly not knowing the material he plans to teach. Gives several class periods for students to complete these massive projects but when they ask him for help on how to do parts he tells them “you can’t rely on me, you have to just figure it out.” When my husband and I emailed him to find why our child had no clue how to do her assignments (we initially assumed it was her fault) he told us he doesn’t teach the material the way a core class does, students need to learn it on their own. WTF? After that we started observing class and DD was right - he is unable or too lazy (or both) to teach them the skills they are supposed to be learning. You’d think he’s a LT sub or something but he has been teaching this exact class for years and is a FT teacher. He’s also a coach so I guess that’s how he gets to stay?

Less awful but still awful, the PE teacher plays videos of people hiking and makes the students hike in place. For like 45 minutes. And not just once. Many many many times. And yes I’ve seen that too.

7th grade.

Being a coach is not how he gets to stay. In fact idk how he gets to stay. There are 2 formal observations each year. What has your principal said when you reached out about this excrement of a teacher?

Once you’ve taught in a county for 3 years which secures your job it is REALLY hard to get fired. Sadly, we all work with 1-2 teachers like this who just suck and are horrible for kids and there’s nothing to be done. They can put on a decent show for an observation.

But... they don’t tell you when the observations are. Something is off about this story. Another attempt to degrade, diminish, insult and belittle the noble profession of teacher. Whom by the way are and having been working tirelessly since March for the same pay.

Show some respect.

I AM a teacher. I don’t defend bad teachers. Sadly there are some. And no, usually your observations are announced so you can give them lesson plan and materials and schedule a formal review afterward. Quit talking about stuff you don’t know.

The announce one. The second one is unannounced. There are bad teachers. But if they’re there still blame the principal. Seems like you’re the one who is clueless.

I'm the pp whose daughter has the bad teacher. I DO blame the principal. But I also blame the teacher. The principal taking no action does not absolve the teacher of his many many faults, the worst of which is laziness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teachers that are killing it right now are absolutely heros. But the percentage of them doing that is vastly overestimated.

For my MS DD for example, 3 are awesome, 2 are just okay, and the last 2 are like "OMG I can't believe the county employs these people" awful.

For ES DD, her teacher this year is pretty good but her teacher last year was a complete and total joke who did less than the bare minimum after schools closed.

Care to elaborate?

Ie: the teacher that teaches coding and CAD doesn’t know how to do it. He literally googles how to do it in class in front of the students (and me because I watched) and makes constant mistakes that are really confusing to the students, when he does it wrong and had to start over. Clearly doesn’t lesson plan, shows up to each class late and clearly not knowing the material he plans to teach. Gives several class periods for students to complete these massive projects but when they ask him for help on how to do parts he tells them “you can’t rely on me, you have to just figure it out.” When my husband and I emailed him to find why our child had no clue how to do her assignments (we initially assumed it was her fault) he told us he doesn’t teach the material the way a core class does, students need to learn it on their own. WTF? After that we started observing class and DD was right - he is unable or too lazy (or both) to teach them the skills they are supposed to be learning. You’d think he’s a LT sub or something but he has been teaching this exact class for years and is a FT teacher. He’s also a coach so I guess that’s how he gets to stay?

Less awful but still awful, the PE teacher plays videos of people hiking and makes the students hike in place. For like 45 minutes. And not just once. Many many many times. And yes I’ve seen that too.

7th grade.

Being a coach is not how he gets to stay. In fact idk how he gets to stay. There are 2 formal observations each year. What has your principal said when you reached out about this excrement of a teacher?

Once you’ve taught in a county for 3 years which secures your job it is REALLY hard to get fired. Sadly, we all work with 1-2 teachers like this who just suck and are horrible for kids and there’s nothing to be done. They can put on a decent show for an observation.

But... they don’t tell you when the observations are. Something is off about this story. Another attempt to degrade, diminish, insult and belittle the noble profession of teacher. Whom by the way are and having been working tirelessly since March for the same pay.

Show some respect.

I AM a teacher. I don’t defend bad teachers. Sadly there are some. And no, usually your observations are announced so you can give them lesson plan and materials and schedule a formal review afterward. Quit talking about stuff you don’t know.

The announce one. The second one is unannounced. There are bad teachers. But if they’re there still blame the principal. Seems like you’re the one who is clueless.

And? We've gone from all teachers walk on water to blame the principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are suing the school and they have settled to pay for in person private school because of our iep

Which in person private schools are taking students with severe special needs right now?

I love how this question was completely ignored.

Which private schools are taking students with moderate to severe special needs right now?

Also - which private schools are taking students who punch, kick, slap, and spit in the faces of teachers??

There are regular private schools that sometimes take students with very, very mild SN and then there are "private" schools only for kids with special needs so severe that they can't be educated in a public school setting. If the school system agreed to pay, we are talking about a kid in the second category. Almost always, these "private" schools are funded completely by school districts, and they are absolutely terrible.

[Anonymous]

^^Some of these so-called private schools are open for in person learning.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are suing the school and they have settled to pay for in person private school because of our iep

Which in person private schools are taking students with severe special needs right now?

I love how this question was completely ignored.

Which private schools are taking students with moderate to severe special needs right now?

Also - which private schools are taking students who punch, kick, slap, and spit in the faces of teachers??

There are regular private schools that sometimes take students with very, very mild SN and then there are "private" schools only for kids with special needs so severe that they can't be educated in a public school setting. If the school system agreed to pay, we are talking about a kid in the second category. Almost always, these "private" schools are funded completely by school districts, and they are absolutely terrible.

Incorrect, in our case the IEP specifically states it requires in person learning and we have mild issues. So the school has failed and we are being told that they would rather pay then go through the courts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are suing the school and they have settled to pay for in person private school because of our iep

Which in person private schools are taking students with severe special needs right now?

I love how this question was completely ignored.

Which private schools are taking students with moderate to severe special needs right now?

Also - which private schools are taking students who punch, kick, slap, and spit in the faces of teachers??

There are regular private schools that sometimes take students with very, very mild SN and then there are "private" schools only for kids with special needs so severe that they can't be educated in a public school setting. If the school system agreed to pay, we are talking about a kid in the second category. Almost always, these "private" schools are funded completely by school districts, and they are absolutely terrible.

Incorrect, in our case the IEP specifically states it requires in person learning and we have mild issues. So the school has failed and we are being told that they would rather pay then go through the courts.

FYI we have been told this but haven't gotten as far as the OP on this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We are suing the school and they have settled to pay for in person private school because of our iep

Which in person private schools are taking students with severe special needs right now?

I love how this question was completely ignored.

Which private schools are taking students with moderate to severe special needs right now?

Also - which private schools are taking students who punch, kick, slap, and spit in the faces of teachers??

There are regular private schools that sometimes take students with very, very mild SN and then there are "private" schools only for kids with special needs so severe that they can't be educated in a public school setting. If the school system agreed to pay, we are talking about a kid in the second category. Almost always, these "private" schools are funded completely by school districts, and they are absolutely terrible.

Incorrect, in our case the IEP specifically states it requires in person learning and we have mild issues. So the school has failed and we are being told that they would rather pay then go through the courts.

FYI we have been told this but haven't gotten as far as the OP on this.

I call BS on OP. LCPS and most school systems have a confidentially clause in their settlement agreements. I don’t think OP would jeopardize their child’s education by posting about it (multiple times!) on DCUM. LCPS has very few settlements and you have provided enough details for them to guess who you are.