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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Thanks for serving as a sub! I don't get how you would not be hired permanently given that there is a teacher shortage, especially given your experience in MCPS. What needs to change about the hiring system?[/quote]

This is a complicated situation, I’m afraid. It’s not easy to point at something and to say that this one thing needs to change. It may be a culture. It may be a process. It may be something entirely else . . . or it’s a combination of issues. One, I think, that MCPS may suffer from a cliquish approach to hiring, wherein the preference is to one’s friends, whether internally or externally, whether or not they actually are perfect for that job. (Knowing the turnover rate (and transfer rate) might answer this, partially. Two, that MCPS may lean towards reverse sexism, in that it is frowned-upon to have male staff members on the elementary level. This one may be a stretch, except to say at a quick glance around, men make up a few percentage points of the particular position I want, which is practically nonexistent. This could be simply a reflection of what percentage of male applicants actually exist and want that job, so that may not mean much. Teaching on this level has been traditionally female-dominated, for a number of (good) reasons. Three, that MCPS often doesn’t seem to know how to hire, quickly, or efficiently, and in trying to ape the business world, often trips over itself, and may well lose talented individuals through their fumbling. Four, that central office should send all resumes to the school, instead of winnowing it down to just a few candidates. and let the school work it out which ones may fit their particular culture / staff requirements. Five, perhaps be more transparent about the process. It’s very hard to get explanations or even responses. It’s a black hole. And then it just gets frustrating and people just throw their hands up and leave the field. It shouldn’t be this hard or complicated.[/quote]

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