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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:
One change that parents may or may not be noticing is how MCPS is having so much difficulty retaining and recruiting good teachers. The culture from the central office is very anti-teacher. Principals and AP are chosen based on their willingness to support the central office not the students or teachers within the school. The amount of time that MCPS requires from teachers for data collection and other new ideas has grown substantially. Every new brainstorm idea coming out of the idiots in the central office is never funded and teachers are expected to make the magic happen. Teacher safety is a huge concern in many schools. Restorative justice is being implemented in ways that simply leave disruptive and often dangerous kids in the classroom. Kids who might have behaved if there were consequences are now becoming more and more disruptive. Since the principals and APs are so close to the central office, lost of toxic games of favoritism get played out within schools. Good teachers can be transferred or tormented.

As prices and traffic have grown over the past 15 years, many teachers live up in Frederick/Howard with terrible commutes. A bad working environment combined with an awful commute is making more and more teachers either leave the profession or get a job in Frederick or Howard.

there is a teacher shortage across the country. This is not unique to MCPS.[/quote]

Sigh - MCPS is being ht doubly harder because of all the above factors. The overall shortage has been giving teachers who already live in Frederick and Howard more options so more are moving from MCPS. The ones that leave the profession all together are doing so because of the bad conditions. No one gets into teaching thinking it will be a money maker. It isn't the salary or the benefits. Its the environment.

Your post is EXACTLY what is wrong with MCPS. MCPS will look at their teacher shortage and say oh well there is some shortage across the country so not our fault! Yeah! We are not to blame and don't have to do anything about it!

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I have a document that shows teacher transfer rates in MCPS. It also includes number of new teachers hired. But I can't find one that shows overall attrition.  I'd love to see stats on mid-career (15 year) teachers who quit.  I know one right now who's taking long-term mental health leave.  doubt she'll return

One of my pals - 15 years in - quit in Feb.

https://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/boe/meetings/memorandum/181107%201st%20Yr%20Tchr%20Data%20Tchr%20Turnover%20Data%20BD.pdf[/quote]

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