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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm a teacher in DCPS and the vacancy lists have been released for next year. Every extended year school has at least 12 openings next year. Many having 20 openings. I know quite a few teachers who signed the new contract that DCPS made teachers sign (by March 25 requiring them to stay at their school or be excessed) who are looking to go to Montgomery or PG. Many teachers signed this year knowing they can't be offered a 13 month contract next year and will transfer under normal transfer rules next year. Look for lots of turnover at these schools year to year. [/quote]

I'm the HD Cooke poster. I know many of our teachers were concerned about their contract, but I haven't followed up with them specifically since the March 25 deadline.

Do you have any visibility into whether the turnover you're describing at these schools is unusual compared to last year or the year before? I know at Cooke, we are hiring for a couple of positions and were planning to do so before extended year was even announced, so that would account for a couple of the vacancies. It sounds like you're not a fan of extended year, and while I understand some of the reasons why that might be the case, I think that banging the gong and predicting doom and gloom is premature.[/quote]

Raymond lost half its staff last year over extended year. This year it's losing half its staff again. And it's not just the veterans. Many of the new people are leaving after one year.

There are always vacancies but usually they are limited to under 5 or 6 unless there is some big issue happening at the school. I'm not predicting doom and gloom but if the amount of vacancies keep up like that each year the schools will have new staff every year. Which isn't what's best for kids.  [/quote]

Once again DCPS misses the boat by failing to provide enough information about what it will entail before asking staff to sign, just like LEAP. Does anyone have a clue what this will look like as it [b]may also increase the school day for teachers at some schools[/b]. Some teachers may be interested in Extended Year, if they would only promote and provide information first and then let teachers transfer between school easily it will make everyone happy. Happy teachers make happy schools  :D [/quote]

I don't really understand what you mean by this.

There are 2 programs: extended day and extended year. At Cooke, we have extended day now but will not have it next year. We are having extended year instead. I am not certain whether this decision was made by our school leadership, or whether it was an either/or situation, but one way or another, our principal believes that having both would burn out both teachers and students. So unless you are talking about increasing the day for teachers outside their schedule, I don't really see how extended year would increase the teachers' days. If there is something I'm missing, I would love to learn.[/quote]

What LEAP option did your school choose for next year?[/quote]

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