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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The teachers are beyond ticked. They’re not getting reimbursed for work they did or trainings they should have been reimbursed for from last year. They’ve just been told that going forward, they will be paid $19 to cover a class and lose their planning period. The union is saying that MCPS is refusing to even sit down and discuss the MOU with any of the three unions, meaning teacher, administrator and SEIU unions. Meanwhile, all signs point to horrible understaffing issues. No one knows the plan. Few are going to be willing to give up leave for Covid positivity if they’re asymptomatic, now that Covid leave isn’t covered anymore, and they’re feeling incredibly disrespected as they’re moved around willy nilly to plug holes that are not of their making. Teachers don’t appreciate the change in their health plan, either. All indications are that central office is in complete chaos as the few competent people in central flee. There are so many new principals which means there’s a lot of lost institutional knowledge too. I could go on, but you get the point. Frankly, I blame the BOE as much as I blame Dr. McKnight and central leadership. The Board has shirked its responsibility to supervise the system. Meanwhile, I know of many good principals and other leaders who are leaving, and the attitude from the top is “my way or the highway.” There has been no attempt to keep talent. None. So if you don’t successfully recruit and you don't try to retain the talent you’ve got, I think we can see the problem will continue to get worse. [/quote]

I'm a teacher also, and this is not my experience at all. In fact, this reads like fiction to me.[/quote]

Another MCPS teacher- if you’re experience doesn’t match the above, I encourage you to reach out to others, in particular those teaching summer school 
, who had done summer trainings, or who teach special Education. All 3 groups have many teachers who are missing pay in their paychecks for work already completed. As far as the $19/hr for class coverage, that’s 100% true. Prior to COVID MOU that’s what the coverage rate was, and it wasn’t something required of teachers frequently. In the MOU it was negotiated up to 55/hr because so many staff were losing their planning periods, or being asked to combine their class with another class due to teacher absence/lack of coverage/lack of subs. The MOU expired, and as someone else noted, MCPS is refusing to meet with unions, so the rate reverted back to the 19/hour. Which would be understandable if the issues surrounding coverage had been dealt with, but as we know, there are still staffing and coverage issues that will impact teachers in a larger that typical way this coming year.

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