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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So MCPS makes you put in the exact hours a day you are scheduled for and not the time you work? At my work they tell us to put in actual hours worked, which is always more than the scheduled time. No overtime pay, but they still want to know. And there is know what I'm putting in 8 hours when I'm actually working 10 or more. -Nonprofit employee[/quote]

Yes.  I think that’s why many of us are so incensed about the workload. We are reminded every two weeks we are only paid for so many hours and are not allowed to account for the actual hours worked.

Even though we are paid out our hourly rate for summer school or for certain trainings/events. As another former nonprofit employee, it really doesn’t sit well with me - this type of accounting.    [/quote]

Even if you are only paid of a certain amount of hours, someone still needs to know the full hours worked.  That's what allows you to plan future initiatives properly and show need for additional resources.  The BOE did a study this summer of the actual hours they put, maybe they should request one for Staff.[/quote]

This makes a lot of sense. But I don’t think MCPS wants to know how much teachers actually work as they want to pretend it can all be done during school hours [/quote]

They may not want to know, but you all should be documenting your hours anyway. All teachers and staff should. Then an outside group could request the data through an MPIA to find out how much teachers at different schools are actually working. I know it wouldn't change the pay you receive in most instances, presuming you are exempt employees, but it's still important to document the hours worked.

And I'm sorry conditions are so bad.[/quote]

OP here. Thank you. This is a good point. I don’t really understand why leadership in the education world is so bad. Honestly, most of our administrators don’t seem very smart. It’s like some of the bad teachers got out of teaching and became administrators. And they just love ruling the roost and drowning everyone in useless busy work and nonsensical jargon and fancy-sounding gibberish. MCPS has lost its way. 
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