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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Definitely reflects poorly on leadership.  Any organization with this kind of turnover has issues.

Lack of autonomy.  Lack of respect for teachers.

And MCPS is just too large of a school system.  [/quote]
It's not necessarily leadership. I'm in a high school that is well-run, teachers have a reasonable amount of autonomy, my colleagues are good and reasonable to work with, kids are generally nice, but still I put in 60+ hours per week just to keep up with grading and planning and the never-ending miscellaneous stuff (chasing down absent students, college recs, IEP & 504 meetings, clubs, etc.) Each year seems less satisfying than the previous year, and it's hard to figure out why. Honestly, I think part of the blame lies with the iPhone generation. Kids are soooooo hooked to their phones, and it isn't just that they are distracted by them or addicted to them, but that they have no motivation to be passionate about real-world things. Kids have fewer and fewer general skills and creativity and seem mostly like they are going through the motions of school without actually being interested in learning anything. It's really kind of depressing.[/quote]

True enough.

I think the large class sizes don’t help either.  The workload for teachers has increased year after year and it’s hard to get those rewarding moments.

Agree that the phones don’t help.  There are several MSs piloting a program where every kid gets to take home a tablet.  Surely that will help.   :roll: [/quote]

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