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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's our area's way of "fully staffing" schools with folks who have no training. [/quote]
1. One wonders why we have to come up with creative ways to fill teacher vacancies - could be that teachers have to deal with the condescension, disrespect, and know-it-all attitude of parents in "our area" - cause-effect of the need to "fully staff" our schools. 
[b]2. "The folks who have no training" are carefully vetted by FCPS - they are long term subs, IAs, parents who have put their children through the system and have volunteered during that time, professionals transitioning for various reasons, including those looking for something meaningful to do with their time and, maybe, give back to their community...until they find out why there are those vacancies in the first place, and run for the exits! [/b]
3. Like the draft or jury duty, our country should introduce mandated teaching service in a public school for all of us to learn to respect our diligent, hardworking, sincere educators, entrusted with molding the foundation of the future of our country.[/quote]

NP.  The bolded perfectly describes my short-lived experience as a sub with FCPS.  I had considered a career switch for some time and thought I might enjoy teaching.  SO GLAD I decided to try subbing before going to all the time, trouble, and expense of becoming a teacher trainee and acquiring licensure, etc.  What a hellish experience.

I took on an elementary school long-term sub role and regretted it within days.  There was zero training, and I was expected to take on ALL of the responsibilities of a teacher - to include lesson planning, grading, parent/teacher conferences, classroom management (of a very unruly and poorly behaved class), etc.  The few kids who actually wanted to be there were a delight, but the rest made it their mission to be as disruptive and disrespectful as possible.  When I asked for help from admin, I literally got a shrug.

Needless to say, I absolutely ran for the exits after about a month there.  Never again - but at least, now I know.[/quote]

You proved my point that it is only once you are in a classroom juggling all the many duties of a homeroom teacher all day everyday, that one realizes the true worth of a teacher.

[b]If a teacher's salary were to be doubled, society would begin to respect the amazing people who are entrusted with the foundation years of our children's future.[/b]

Instead, armchair critics heap insults on teachers and talk about how they have to reteach their kids - my foot! Put yourself in a teacher's shoes - teach 20-30 clones of your own all day, for a week - and you'll kiss the ground on which a teacher walks. #RespectTeachers
#MandateTeacherDuty[/quote]

I really don't think the bolded is true. There are lots of high salary people that society doesn't respect.[/quote]

Let me rephrase that: there aren't any other professions where you literally entrust your life to someone and the person is so underpaid and disrespected. Teachers are the pilots and surgeons of the classroom - in fact, they are also psychologists, scientists, mathematicians, journalists, historians, resident parent, commander-in-chief, all rolled in one. Yet the pay doesn't reflect the skill required to run the ship safely and smoothly everyday - this thread is a testament - hence the teacher exodus.

At the least, before/after contract hours parent conferences should be paid sessions.🤯Parents want to meet teachers before/after a teacher's full-day job, yet teachers don't get paid for that time. A teacher's time should be billable, like a lawyer's/therapist's, then there'll be a tidal shift in how society treats a teacher.👍[/quote]

Uhhh....nannies would like a word. And daycare professionals. And preschool teachers. And barely paid professional coaches or volunteer coaches (who also don't get paid for their hours). And medical assistants. And also food service workers. And SAHMs.

There are tons of jobs where you put your life or the lives of your children into someone else's hands and people treat you like a robot or worse. Tons.[/quote]

Apologies! There's something badly wrong with our society in general. We have lost our moral compass when we treat people who look after our children with condescension and scant respect. Let's write a positive note on "FCPS Cares" to compliment and thank a teacher today.[/quote]

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