How big a deal are the recent teacher involuntary transfers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First they drop CareFirst BC/BS, and now this. Yet more of Dr. McKnight's "New Beginning" for us teachers. She should save her breath and simply give us one of these 🖕

Lol, yup!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they are doing transfers by seniority any new teacher to the system hired this spring or last year is likely un-protected and on a list for transfers. Seniority is by county not by school.

What concerns me more is if teachers can be reassigned by certification. I have SpEd and ESOL endorsements but assume my unique current position protects me from being reassigned.

Maybe. Kudos to McKnight for being proactive by addressing the shortage now rather than wait for a real problem in the fall.

[Anonymous]

https://mobile.twitter.com/CoachGrier/status/1550444005841944577

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://mobile.twitter.com/CoachGrier/status/1550444005841944577

Wow. I live in the Sherwood community. This MCPS teacher has been at Sherwood for years. He used to be the varsity football coach several years ago. He teaches P.E. and health classes. What in the world is happening at this school?

[Anonymous]

He is clearly PISSED

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:He is clearly PISSED

I would feel the same way. According to that Twitter post, they transferred him after the state date to resign from a school system. People act like teachers can leave MCPS at any time. Nope. The state says if you resign after July 15, then the school system can request your teaching certificate be suspended for a year. So MCPS has messed up any Sherwood teachers who found out about this decision after July 15 and now they can't go to other school systems. No matter what people say about how this is allowed, MCPS is completely screwing with their employees. Every county is having shortages and MCPS teachers will leave for other systems or professions. People who think otherwise clearly can't access the job database or looked at the staffing shortages with summer school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:First they drop CareFirst BC/BS, and now this. Yet more of Dr. McKnight's "New Beginning" for us teachers. She should save her breath and simply give us one of these 🖕

I know it's great that she's heading off the teacher shortage before it becomes a problem and also looking out for teachers by getting rid of a third rate insurance provider that almost nobody even takes these days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First they drop CareFirst BC/BS, and now this. Yet more of Dr. McKnight's "New Beginning" for us teachers. She should save her breath and simply give us one of these 🖕

I know it's great that she's heading off the teacher shortage before it becomes a problem and also looking out for teachers by getting rid of a third rate insurance provider that almost nobody even takes these days.

Oh? If she's claiming she's "fixing the hiring problem", it sounds like a serious case of Hero Syndrome to me. In my view, it was her total incompetence and lack of attention to staffing issues last year when teachers were begging for help, the mishandling of the January covid fiasco, flipping the bird to the MCEA on two no confidence votes, that made teachers want to quit in the first place.

And I think you meant the Maryland IG is cleaning up the MCPS insurance issues? Unless you're saying she's taking credit for that as well?
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGNewsRelease/2022/MCPSRetainsPrepaidInsurancePremiumsPublication.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First they drop CareFirst BC/BS, and now this. Yet more of Dr. McKnight's "New Beginning" for us teachers. She should save her breath and simply give us one of these 🖕

I know it's great that she's heading off the teacher shortage before it becomes a problem and also looking out for teachers by getting rid of a third rate insurance provider that almost nobody even takes these days.

Oh? If she's claiming she's "fixing the hiring problem", it sounds like a serious case of Hero Syndrome to me. In my view, it was her total incompetence and lack of attention to staffing issues last year when teachers were begging for help, the mishandling of the January covid fiasco, flipping the bird to the MCEA on two no confidence votes, that made teachers want to quit in the first place.

And I think you meant the Maryland IG is cleaning up the MCPS insurance issues? Unless you're saying she's taking credit for that as well?
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGNewsRelease/2022/MCPSRetainsPrepaidInsurancePremiumsPublication.pdf

If you think that’s why teachers are quitting you haven’t been paying attention. Further if McKnight is the reason, then why are districts all across the country experiencing the same problem??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First they drop CareFirst BC/BS, and now this. Yet more of Dr. McKnight's "New Beginning" for us teachers. She should save her breath and simply give us one of these 🖕

I know it's great that she's heading off the teacher shortage before it becomes a problem and also looking out for teachers by getting rid of a third rate insurance provider that almost nobody even takes these days.

Oh? If she's claiming she's "fixing the hiring problem", it sounds like a serious case of Hero Syndrome to me. In my view, it was her total incompetence and lack of attention to staffing issues last year when teachers were begging for help, the mishandling of the January covid fiasco, flipping the bird to the MCEA on two no confidence votes, that made teachers want to quit in the first place.

And I think you meant the Maryland IG is cleaning up the MCPS insurance issues? Unless you're saying she's taking credit for that as well?
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGNewsRelease/2022/MCPSRetainsPrepaidInsurancePremiumsPublication.pdf

In my view it was necessary medicine to avert a crisis that the Karens would complain even more than this about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First they drop CareFirst BC/BS, and now this. Yet more of Dr. McKnight's "New Beginning" for us teachers. She should save her breath and simply give us one of these 🖕

I know it's great that she's heading off the teacher shortage before it becomes a problem and also looking out for teachers by getting rid of a third rate insurance provider that almost nobody even takes these days.

Oh? If she's claiming she's "fixing the hiring problem", it sounds like a serious case of Hero Syndrome to me. In my view, it was her total incompetence and lack of attention to staffing issues last year when teachers were begging for help, the mishandling of the January covid fiasco, flipping the bird to the MCEA on two no confidence votes, that made teachers want to quit in the first place.

And I think you meant the Maryland IG is cleaning up the MCPS insurance issues? Unless you're saying she's taking credit for that as well?
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGNewsRelease/2022/MCPSRetainsPrepaidInsurancePremiumsPublication.pdf

If you think that’s why teachers are quitting you haven’t been paying attention. Further if McKnight is the reason, then why are districts all across the country experiencing the same problem??

Of course, McKnight has nothing to do with it, but these cranks have an agenda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First they drop CareFirst BC/BS, and now this. Yet more of Dr. McKnight's "New Beginning" for us teachers. She should save her breath and simply give us one of these 🖕

I know it's great that she's heading off the teacher shortage before it becomes a problem and also looking out for teachers by getting rid of a third rate insurance provider that almost nobody even takes these days.

Oh? If she's claiming she's "fixing the hiring problem", it sounds like a serious case of Hero Syndrome to me. In my view, it was her total incompetence and lack of attention to staffing issues last year when teachers were begging for help, the mishandling of the January covid fiasco, flipping the bird to the MCEA on two no confidence votes, that made teachers want to quit in the first place.

And I think you meant the Maryland IG is cleaning up the MCPS insurance issues? Unless you're saying she's taking credit for that as well?
https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/OIG/Resources/Files/PDF/IGNewsRelease/2022/MCPSRetainsPrepaidInsurancePremiumsPublication.pdf

If you think that’s why teachers are quitting you haven’t been paying attention. Further if McKnight is the reason, then why are districts all across the country experiencing the same problem??

Of course, McKnight has nothing to do with it, but these cranks have an agenda.

Ultimately she is responsible for everything going on.

[Anonymous]

I mean, really, what is she supposed to do. Let some schools be over staffed while others are understaffed? That wouldn’t make any sense.

[Anonymous]

Hiring bonuses to move to a different high meed school. Put central office admin back in the classroom. If you are going to break contracts at least make it less punitive and authoritarian.

[Anonymous]

Shows poor management.
The district knew for a year there was going to be a shortage. Instead of aggressively recruiting, they caused even greater job dissatisfaction by transferring teachers.

* (other districts also have poor management is not a viable cou terargument).