Teachers not returning. MCPS to hire “Monitors” instead

[Anonymous]

This is unbelievable and revolting. MCPS has a job posting for monitors for in person teaching. So a monitor (probably a poor minority) will make minimum wage to babysit kids in classrooms so that teachers (mostly upper middle class white people) can work from home virtually. Better yet MCPS isn’t giving these monitors benefits (no health insurance) while teachers (with the best insurance a union can negotiate) sit in the “safety” of their homes. So the monitors assume all of the (minimal according to studies and the CDC) risk of being exposed to Covid so teachers can have zero. MCPS is only requiring a GED for the job. They aren’t even paying the monitors as much as they would a substitute!

This smacks of privilege! Whose idea was this? I can not believe MCPS is doing this. The optics are horrible. Why is a teacher’s life more important than a monitor’s life? And the teachers are getting vaccines while these frontline monitor workers are not! I am appalled!

https://news.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/staff-bulletin/now-hiring-in-school-classroom-monitors/?fbclid=IwAR1xMDbRTNUi2TrlI66IcUU4Z9X_VRhQJ4FXXTHUKDu3ajTs9imYv5y0iSI

[Anonymous]

Private schools in the area are doing it, too. I saw the listing for Charles E Smith a few weeks ago.

[Anonymous]

This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

[Anonymous]

Take heart, OP. At least in Fcps the rate of pay for these monitors is $15/hr, which is more than substitute teachers (with a requirement of 60 hrs college credits) get paid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

It absolutely does have to do with race. And you know it. This looks really bad. MCPS should be ashamed. Sending poor minorities in to do the job of mostly white well to do teachers. Because the teachers are too special to return like all of the other teachers are doing across the country. Embarrassing and shameful!

[Anonymous]

Teachers must be protected at all costs. Monitors are less important. Kids will be just fine sitting in clusters in school rooms with a monitor while the teacher is safely at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

It absolutely does have to do with race. And you know it. This looks really bad. MCPS should be ashamed. Sending poor minorities in to do the job of mostly white well to do teachers. Because the teachers are too special to return like all of the other teachers are doing across the country. Embarrassing and shameful!

Funny, the word "white" does not appear in the job description.

If you want to increase their perceived diversity, though, feel free to apply to be a babysitter for multiple kids for $15/hr.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

It absolutely does have to do with race. And you know it. This looks really bad. MCPS should be ashamed. Sending poor minorities in to do the job of mostly white well to do teachers. Because the teachers are too special to return like all of the other teachers are doing across the country. Embarrassing and shameful!

This is weird. Do you think MCPS is luring non-whites in to take these monitor jobs? No one has to apply for a job that they know 100% is an in-person position right now. It’s one thing to say it’s unfair that a person who works at Walmart has to keep working as an essential worker but it’s another to get upset that a non who’re person chooses to apply to a job that is specifically created to be in person during the pandemic. ???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

Right. But that’s why some schools are going hybrid— so half the class can come in the AM and the other half in the PM. Or, half can come on M/Tu and the other half on Th/F. No need for monitors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

Right. But that’s why some schools are going hybrid— so half the class can come in the AM and the other half in the PM. Or, half can come on M/Tu and the other half on Th/F. No need for monitors.

Wrong. The plan for hybrid only works with monitors. Too many teachers filed ADA exemptions that must be honored.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

It absolutely does have to do with race. And you know it. This looks really bad. MCPS should be ashamed. Sending poor minorities in to do the job of mostly white well to do teachers. Because the teachers are too special to return like all of the other teachers are doing across the country. Embarrassing and shameful!

How do you know they will only hire minorities? We had white paraprofessional too? So, it’s ok if they only hire whites? Teachers are not returning as schools are not open due to Covid numbers. How do you not understand that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

Right. But that’s why some schools are going hybrid— so half the class can come in the AM and the other half in the PM. Or, half can come on M/Tu and the other half on Th/F. No need for monitors.

Wrong. The plan for hybrid only works with monitors. Too many teachers filed ADA exemptions that must be honored.

Ugh. This is why people are so unhappy with teachers right now.

[Anonymous]

How do you socially distance 30 kids un one class? You fo t. You solit into two or more. So 1/2 will do dl ftom another classroom since they cant afford to hire double the teachers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This has nothing to do with race. The plan is for teachers to go back but they will need help and the class sizes in person have to stay very low so the only way to do that is split up groups. We have 35 students in our MS classes.

Why is your life more important than a teacher or monitors life? That is the real question. You don't care about either. Monitors will be paraprofessionals who are always under paid.

Right. But that’s why some schools are going hybrid— so half the class can come in the AM and the other half in the PM. Or, half can come on M/Tu and the other half on Th/F. No need for monitors.

Wrong. The plan for hybrid only works with monitors. Too many teachers filed ADA exemptions that must be honored.

This is only part of it. Many schools have over 3O students so even with teachers and hybrid the need more staff to make groups smaller. You want mcps to open, they are trying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is unbelievable and revolting. MCPS has a job posting for monitors for in person teaching. So a monitor (probably a poor minority) will make minimum wage to babysit kids in classrooms so that teachers (mostly upper middle class white people) can work from home virtually. Better yet MCPS isn’t giving these monitors benefits (no health insurance) while teachers (with the best insurance a union can negotiate) sit in the “safety” of their homes. So the monitors assume all of the (minimal according to studies and the CDC) risk of being exposed to Covid so teachers can have zero. MCPS is only requiring a GED for the job. They aren’t even paying the monitors as much as they would a substitute!

This smacks of privilege! Whose idea was this? I can not believe MCPS is doing this. The optics are horrible. Why is a teacher’s life more important than a monitor’s life? And the teachers are getting vaccines while these frontline monitor workers are not! I am appalled!

https://news.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/staff-bulletin/now-hiring-in-school-classroom-monitors/?fbclid=IwAR1xMDbRTNUi2TrlI66IcUU4Z9X_VRhQJ4FXXTHUKDu3ajTs9imYv5y0iSI

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