Pregnant teacher
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Anonymous
The sub shortage is not unique to MCPS. They aren't exactly people clamoring nationally to be substitute teachers. No benefits, low pay, and the economy is good right now, which means there are fewer people out of work who want to sub to bridge the gap until they get more permanent employment. When the economy is bad, there are more subs, and the districts can get pickier about who they hire (e.g., requiring prospective subs to have a teaching background). |
Anonymous
| OP. our kids have to learn to take these things in stride. |
Anonymous
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We've had a few long term subs through the years, and all have been GREAT. At least one was better than the classroom teacher and others have been just as good.
They are there for a long time, so though your child may have some anxiety with the transition, it will not be a roller coaster. |
Anonymous
Oh how lucky. paid sick leave (is this vacation days or sick leave or full pay maternity leave) for April, May, June while a sub teaches 3 of your 8 mos of work. |
Anonymous
I don't know of any business where you are not allowed to take your paid sick leave in order to be paid for time off work after giving birth. I know that many retail employees don't get paid sick leave at all, but that is, I think, a different issue. One of the previous posters said something about 6 weeks of leave - FMLA requires that employees be allowed 12 (not necessarily paid) and DC's local FMLA requires 16. I don't know many professional women who take less than 12 weeks off after giving birth. And a lot of them get paid for all or some of it. And definitely you can max out your sick leave. Some employers allow other employees to donate sick leave to extend the paid portion of maternity leave or have other leave-bank type options that allow for longer periods of paid leave. This doesn't sound like an outlier among professional benefits. And 6 weeks at the end of the school year + 10 weeks of summer vacation is still only 16 weeks. Same as what DC requires employers to allow under FMLA. |
froggymom
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| VThe reality of life is that teachers may or may not be able to complete a whole year of school. It will be the teachers' responsibility to make sure the children make a smooth transition. Your role is to help by being positive about the situation with your child. Even children who get anxious about change have a remarkable ability to cope with change. It will be fine. |
Anonymous
Teachers can take a maximum of 10 weeks of paid child care leave immediately following birth or adoption IF they have accrued that sick leave. That would be five years of sick leave saved up. If they have no sick leave, they can apply to the union sick leave bank, which will pay the mother for six weeks. Paid sick leave is not lucky, it’s a worker’s right. And you know this. |
Anonymous
| Oh come on folks, it's all about the kids. We all teach for the kids! Not the pension, not for gaming the system, for the kids! |
Anonymous
| most jobs don't have paid maternity leave since it comes out of the company's pockets, not taxpayers'. |
Anonymous
I aimed for March-May baby. I got a late August baby. Time wasn't on my side (I was 38 when I had dd), so I couldn't be too picky about timing. |
Anonymous
Teachers don't have paid maternity leave either. They use up their sick leave for it. Paid sick leave is the law in Maryland. As PP stated, if the teacher does not have enough sick leave to account for the 6 weeks following the birth of a child, the union pays for it. |
Anonymous
| I guess teachers are not allowed to have kids to the Wayside parent posting. Maybe you should not have kids. |