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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The deadline for non-tenured teachers to resign is May 1st and our school has not announced anything about staffing movements next year (if we will have to switch grade levels), or told us if we will still be departmentalized. Shouldn't these things be addressed BEFORE people will be penalized for breach of contract. I do not want to stay if I am not in my grade level and I feel like I have a right to know this information before being penalized for resigning. When asked, our principal claims he has the right not to tell us until June, which very well be the case. However, MCPS is trapping untenured teachers into their positions by doing so and it is absolutely disgraceful. [/quote]
Did you read the contract you signed? This is actually spelled out.

https://www2.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/siteassets/district/departments/associationrelations/mcea_contract.pdf 
Article 19.A.1
" All unit members ... will be given written notice by the appropriate officials of their school assignment for the forthcoming school year, between June 1 and the end of the school year. Principals will notify all school-based members, in writing, of their projected class and subject assignment and other duties by the end of the school year."

It's not "disgraceful" for MCPS to operate according to the contract. And guess what, even after being told your assignment that can still change if someone else leaves or there are significant changes in enrollment or funding and that changes the course plan for the following year. Since you aren't tenured, I presume this is your first or second year of teaching. If you are so adamant that you will only continue if you get the exact same assignment, perhaps this isn't the career for you. Things happen. If you can't roll with that when it does, you won't be happy in teaching.[/quote]

Former MCPS teacher here now happily in another Maryland district where our district actually abides by Maryland state deadlines as previously stated. Yes, teachers can roll with the punches but other districts actually inform their teachers of their assignments so they can make plans and decisions about the upcoming year. Yes, those plans may change, but actually for the most part, they really don't. Our principals try their hardest to keep people where they want to be. MCPS is a poorly run district. Period. You sound like a central office employee here. I hope you aren't actually a classroom teacher right now. [/quote]

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