Anonymous wrote:Sland what's a sland u idiot. You should get out of teaching if you can't spell jerk. Ok,. this was an example of easy bullying for no good reason. If you pick up a newspaper once in a while you will see the issues. Do a little research before you go teacher bashing.

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A few days ago we got our MCEA rep to come in and listen to our concerns. The rep listened for a bit and told us that what's happening in our school is not unique and it's going on throughout the county. There's nothing in the contract that states anything regarding staff's right to a safe working environment. He also told us that there's nothing MCPS central office will do about it and we just have to handle it at the school level. When we asked why there is nothing central office will do we were told that positions in central office were cut and there's not enough money to fund extra personnel to help support at the school level. We just have to "think outside the box" to figure out how to handle these mental health issues with the resources we have. Somehow we need to suddenly become mental health professionals overnight.

Anonymous wrote:So you pay for another administrator busting your chops and driving you out of the profession with impossible demands and to document how bad you are. I love how they call this support for your own growth and this extra support costs thousands per year.

Anonymous wrote:Uggh... Today I decided I think I might leave my school. One kid is really getting to me. Major learning disabilities. Shouldn't be in my classroom without a para due to outbursts and lack of safety. I don't feel safe with the kid in the room. SpEd seems to refuse to acknowledge the situation.

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Anonymous wrote:Uggh... Today I decided I think I might leave my school. One kid is really getting to me. Major learning disabilities. Shouldn't be in my classroom without a para due to outbursts and lack of safety. I don't feel safe with the kid in the room. SpEd seems to refuse to acknowledge the situation.

You'll just find the same problems at other schools. Trust me on that.

I'm "decades in," and during my time have seen the same problems at multiple schools. when I first started, principals had the autonomy to kick kids out - and to handle discipline in the right way.

That's gone.

to the person encouraging teachers to hit other systems? You're not very smart, and I'm being nice. Ignoring the very problems that are destroying the system is unhealthy. But maybe you PREFER not to see them.

Or, you're not in the system so you CAN'T see them. If that's the case, then butt out.

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Anonymous wrote:Uggh... Today I decided I think I might leave my school. One kid is really getting to me. Major learning disabilities. Shouldn't be in my classroom without a para due to outbursts and lack of safety. I don't feel safe with the kid in the room. SpEd seems to refuse to acknowledge the situation.

You'll just find the same problems at other schools. Trust me on that.

I'm "decades in," and during my time have seen the same problems at multiple schools. when I first started, principals had the autonomy to kick kids out - and to handle discipline in the right way.

That's gone.

to the person encouraging teachers to hit other systems? You're not very smart, and I'm being nice. Ignoring the very problems that are destroying the system is unhealthy. But maybe you PREFER not to see them.

Or, you're not in the system so you CAN'T see them. If that's the case, then butt out.

Actually, you're not very smart. I'm not that PP, but there are happier teachers AND happier administrators in neighboring school districts. Just talk to educators in Howard County. Why would we stay if we're impotent and feel hopeless that things will improve?

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Anonymous wrote:Uggh... Today I decided I think I might leave my school. One kid is really getting to me. Major learning disabilities. Shouldn't be in my classroom without a para due to outbursts and lack of safety. I don't feel safe with the kid in the room. SpEd seems to refuse to acknowledge the situation.

You'll just find the same problems at other schools. Trust me on that.

I'm "decades in," and during my time have seen the same problems at multiple schools. when I first started, principals had the autonomy to kick kids out - and to handle discipline in the right way.

That's gone.

to the person encouraging teachers to hit other systems? You're not very smart, and I'm being nice. Ignoring the very problems that are destroying the system is unhealthy. But maybe you PREFER not to see them.

Or, you're not in the system so you CAN'T see them. If that's the case, then butt out.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Uggh... Today I decided I think I might leave my school. One kid is really getting to me. Major learning disabilities. Shouldn't be in my classroom without a para due to outbursts and lack of safety. I don't feel safe with the kid in the room. SpEd seems to refuse to acknowledge the situation.

You'll just find the same problems at other schools. Trust me on that.

I'm "decades in," and during my time have seen the same problems at multiple schools. when I first started, principals had the autonomy to kick kids out - and to handle discipline in the right way.

That's gone.

to the person encouraging teachers to hit other systems? You're not very smart, and I'm being nice. Ignoring the very problems that are destroying the system is unhealthy. But maybe you PREFER not to see them.

Or, you're not in the system so you CAN'T see them. If that's the case, then butt out.

if you're decades in at least you can retire with 80% of your full pay largely thanks to the union

Anonymous wrote:if you're decades in at least you can retire with 80% of your full pay largely thanks to the union

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Anonymous wrote:if you're decades in at least you can retire with 80% of your full pay largely thanks to the union

80%? I don’t know which district pays out at 80% but it sure isn’t MCPS. Try 60%, and that’s after 30 years for those of us in the old system. Teachers hired after 2011 will max out at about 50% and they have to meet the rule of 90 to get that much (your age plus your years of service have to equal 90 or more to get full benefits).

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Anonymous wrote:Uggh... Today I decided I think I might leave my school. One kid is really getting to me. Major learning disabilities. Shouldn't be in my classroom without a para due to outbursts and lack of safety. I don't feel safe with the kid in the room. SpEd seems to refuse to acknowledge the situation.

But even if you had a para, what would you expect him or her to do: master this kid’s learning disabilities and behavior while you focus on just the kids you want to deal with? Share this plan with your principal.

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Anonymous wrote:if you're decades in at least you can retire with 80% of your full pay largely thanks to the union

80%? I don’t know which district pays out at 80% but it sure isn’t MCPS. Try 60%, and that’s after 30 years for those of us in the old system. Teachers hired after 2011 will max out at about 50% and they have to meet the rule of 90 to get that much (your age plus your years of service have to equal 90 or more to get full benefits).