Teacher attendance at DCPS

[Anonymous]

How many sick days does a DCPS teacher get? Is there a union contract standard? DC's teacher at Deal has missed about 12-15 days of school so far (I didn't realize it was a problem at the beginning so I wasn't counting) and it's only December. I'm sorry that she is unwell but this is really starting to have a detrimental affect on the classroom. I have raised this with the administration but I'm also curious what the actual rules are here.

[Anonymous]

Too much. Plus they also get vacation days which seems insane for a teacher on a school schedule.

[Anonymous]

It's truly not your business.

[Anonymous]

12 days.

[Anonymous]

12 days seems like alot but I believe it. Of course, if a student misses that many days they will turn you over to child services.

[Anonymous]

OSSE should publish teacher absenteeism rates. Considering OSSE publishes student absenteeism it seems only fair.

Just like no one should see any identifying information about individual teachers, at the aggregate level schools with high teacher absenteeism may have issues of concern to families, particularly schools with data point outliers.

No offense to substitute teachers (which has to rank as one of the most challenging jobs imaginable), but by MS a sub day is basically a period off where little if any learning occurs for any students other than those most independent learners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Too much. Plus they also get vacation days which seems insane for a teacher on a school schedule.

Stop pulling “facts” out your arse. Teachers are given 12 days, or 96 hours, of leave. We have the option to use some of those hours for personal leave. We do not get sick leave AND vacation days. It all comes from the same bank of days/hours. If a teacher has missed more than the yearly allotted hours, he/she is likely using hours carried over from previous years, FMLA, of leave without pay.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's truly not your business.

+1000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OSSE should publish teacher absenteeism rates. Considering OSSE publishes student absenteeism it seems only fair.

Just like no one should see any identifying information about individual teachers, at the aggregate level schools with high teacher absenteeism may have issues of concern to families, particularly schools with data point outliers.

No offense to substitute teachers (which has to rank as one of the most challenging jobs imaginable), but by MS a sub day is basically a period off where little if any learning occurs for any students other than those most independent learners.

You can see teacher absenteeism on the US Dept of Ed website. A colleague focused on this for her Masters.

[Anonymous]

Oh please.
Mind your own business.
The administrators know how many days each teacher has taken off.
They either have the leave -- and it is approved -- or they don't, and they don't get paid.
99% of the time it is time off that the teacher has already accrued.
You don't know what is going on in his/her life. Nor should you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too much. Plus they also get vacation days which seems insane for a teacher on a school schedule.

Stop pulling “facts” out your arse. Teachers are given 12 days, or 96 hours, of leave. We have the option to use some of those hours for personal leave. We do not get sick leave AND vacation days. It all comes from the same bank of days/hours. If a teacher has missed more than the yearly allotted hours, he/she is likely using hours carried over from previous years, FMLA, of leave without pay.

PLUS: of course! Teachers should be able to take personal days. I am a parent who happens to be a physician and I can assure you that people with important roles also need personal/ vacation days off from work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Too much. Plus they also get vacation days which seems insane for a teacher on a school schedule.

Stop pulling “facts” out your arse. Teachers are given 12 days, or 96 hours, of leave. We have the option to use some of those hours for personal leave. We do not get sick leave AND vacation days. It all comes from the same bank of days/hours. If a teacher has missed more than the yearly allotted hours, he/she is likely using hours carried over from previous years, FMLA, of leave without pay.

PLUS: of course! Teachers should be able to take personal days. I am a parent who happens to be a physician and I can assure you that people with important roles also need personal/ vacation days off from work.

Exactly. Thank you! Thank you for your service to the community. Physicians ROCK!

[Anonymous]

Roughly the same for our PK4 teacher at Murch...

[Anonymous]

I agree that it's none of our business but some of our DCPS teachers have been ridiculously absent. If you're gone too much you simply cannot do your job. In addition, it isn't good for the kids, especially elementary school kids who need more routine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree that it's none of our business but some of our DCPS teachers have been ridiculously absent. If you're gone too much you simply cannot do your job. In addition, it isn't good for the kids, especially elementary school kids who need more routine.

Sorry, I’ll try to contain my doctors appointments, tests, procedures, diagnosis and treatment of a chronic illness to the summer next time! It’s all totally under my control in that way!