Anonymous wrote:Just mind your own business. You seriously need to go to therapy to see why this is bothering you so much. Move on with your life.

YES! But isn't "my business" the education my kids are receiving/have received??

In therapy - professional recommendation was that I share this with the school, the school board, or even let her know that her PhD is not showing as part of her license so that I can work on letting it go-

Of course this was coming from a professional who takes licensing and such pretty seriously in general. So, posted here to see what other parents might do.

Turns out -- majority seems to think it's totally ok for a teacher to call herself whatever she wants and the real problem is that I care!

Anonymous wrote:Is she a good teacher? Sounds like she’s not or you wouldn’t even have thought to look this up. Focus on any real issues you have with her performance.

There are no “extra” teachers around right now. So, deal with what you have or create a problem where you might end up with a stream of long term subs or worse. She isnt even lying about anything that is required for her job and if she is lying, she didn’t do it where it counted, on her certification paperwork.

NO -- she was horrible. You are totally right -- if she was great, I'd probably not think about it, well at least not as much!?

My kids aren't even in that school anymore -- thank goodness - b/c when we did say something to the Principal last December about things our child was coming home telling us about this teacher, the Principal said -- well, we have a saying here, we'll only believe half of what your child tells us is happening at home, and you should only believe half of what your child is telling you happens at school...

The assistant Principal saw an ongoing "lesson" she was doing with the kids soon after (it was NOT something we ever brought up -- just discovered it as she was doing extra due diligence on the teacher) and shut that down -- but then the assistant Principal left for another school and so the teacher remained unchecked the rest of the year really.

FCPSAlumnowMom wrote:I guess because I am in a licensed and heavily regulated business, the thought of falsifying my credentials or just calling myself something that I am not is repugnant. So yeah, it really bothers me that she is calling herself Dr but has nothing that I can see to back it up.

Like, I literally just got an email from my compliance and risk manager that an award /recognition I've received for years and year wasn't updated on my website to show I also received it the last two years. And recognition I received from a national publication in 1999 wasn't submitted properly and I now need documentation to show I did receive it.

So yeah, I need to constantly review and provide documentation that I am who I am and I've done what I've done. I expect the same of the people teaching my kids...

I guess because I am in a licensed and heavily regulated business, the thought of falsifying my credentials or just calling myself something that I am not is repugnant. So yeah, it really bothers me that she is calling herself Dr but has nothing that I can see to back it up.

According to the VADOE website database, there is a teacher at a school my kids used to attend that does not have a doctorate - although she's been calling herself Dr. X for years (6? 7?).

She just renewed her license this past June - it shows a Bachelor's and Master's and endorsement PreK-6.

https://vadoe.mylicense.com/verification/Search.aspx?facility=N

On the one hand, I know schools are so desperate for teachers, and since her job doesn't require a doctorate, it may be a case where, heck, she can call herself whatever she wants!

On the other hand, I feel like it is completely dishonest and disrespectful to those who have actually worked for it and she shouldn't be representing herself this way to students, parents, fellow teachers, etc.

Maybe it's an error with VADOE? I called them a few months ago and they were pretty adamant that the information they showed is accurate -- especially since the license was just renewed.
Maybe she has a doctorate and just doesn't want to get paid for it so hasn't bothered to tell FCPS/VADOE?

Social Media - on Facebook she lists two different schools, what she studied, the years, and then says Studied Education studies at PhD but lists no school or year. On LinkedIn, she lists two totally different schools where she received two different Bachelor's degrees, and lists a school where she got a Master's of Education but lists no PhD.

I've struggled to just drop it - but it really bothers me that someone would do this. I feel like I should share this info -- school? FCPS? School Board?

Is there a "parent version" of Schoology?

I logged in today by going into Parent Vue SIS, then the FCPS links, then Schoology and used my kids' Student ID and his login... but I don't want to screw up anything going in as him.

Or is that it? Just the student version?

Thanks!

AH! I got it -- I use the same login for Parent VUE as I do for Schoology and it seems to have worked! And yes, I probably should have figured this out before now... sigh. Catching up.