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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am an mcps educator and send my kids to mcps public schools.  What I am seeing is disheartening.  Teachers are at their breaking point; the behaviors and needs of the kids are unbelievable; Many are quitting even after many years of service; We are hiring whoever we can get- probably subpar people because at this point we need warm bodies; The education is suffering- I see teachers playing a YouTube video of a book read aloud instead of reading the book themselves; Gym and art teachers running their class with videos instead of good direct instruction- I guess they are tired and this isn't forbidden; I work with my own kids on basic facts because I don't trust the system to do a good job. Too many needy kids, burnt out teachers, poor instructional approaches, a growing lack of resources...the list goes on anc on; I truly believe mcps is sinking ship and will continue to decline year over year[/quote]

As a parent, we are at our breaking point too.  Teachers who don’t teach, grade assignments, review assignments and give feedback, don’t return emails from students or parents and do the absolute minimum.  My kids are in tutoring for some subjects more than the actual class time because of the lack of instruction and textbooks to teach your self.  You need to work with parents instead of complaining and kids will not thrive without a good support system.  And enough with the small group projects and discussions.   Get back to teaching.  [/quote]

Teacher here and I can’t do any more than I’m doing. Seriously. I’m being asked to do the work of three people and I devote seven days a week to my job.

And my own kids? I tutor them for the reasons you mentioned above.

The difference between us is I’m not blaming their teachers for the deficiencies I see in their educations. I know those teachers are doing their best in a broken system.  [/quote]

I think the above post really reflects the job creep of teaching over the last 20 years.  Email, online grading systems, more demanding students and parents has really made teaching more difficult.  Paperwork is more, we are expected to teach SEL, manage more behavior issues, deal with more ESOL and SpEd students.   State and local testing regimes.  We even do SATs during school hours now instead of on weekends like is was done 20 years ago.  Expectations to run clubs and after school events..  It just feels like most of my job isn’t actually teaching.  And I get dinged if I don’t do it.  Whereas good teaching doesn’t get rewarded at all by the powers that be.[/quote]

Yes, and?  That's your job.  It's hard, most jobs are.  What did you expect when you choose to be a teacher?  You cannot complain about kids struggling and behavior and parents not being involved if you refuse to involve them and let them know what's going in the classroom.[/quote]

This post is a joke, right? I mean… there are teachers here trying to explain what’s going on in schools, and here’s a parent combatively saying teachers can’t complain?

I’ve reached out to parents so many times. So many times. [/quote]

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