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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]11:56 yes to all. 
The lowest performers need more - more time, more tutors, more books, more practice without them feeling like they are a failure because they are not there, yet, like their peers. Each classroom should have an assistant teacher to help those students or the lead teacher takes the lower students and assistant teacher works with the rest of the class. How do you get an Assistant teacher in each room, MCPS?? [/quote]

[b]Advocate for this investment during the upcoming budget hearings, advocate to the BOE, work with your PTA/cluster to advocate  to Admin and CO for having assistant teachers in lower ES classrooms.  Similarly for all upper ES and MS math and English classes.[/b] My kid’s MS math class has 35 kids.

This is exactly what I think is needed in K-2, as reducing all class sizes is not going to happen.  Additionally personnel to be tutor in Math, ELA, and English.  These tutors can be full or full part-time paras or a specific tutor position that helps out.[/quote]

Why should parents or teachers have to advocate to the Admin, CO or BOE? If they were doing their jobs, don't they know this is needed? They were hired/voted they should DO SOMETHING.[/quote]

Because people have lots of wants and often there are competing priorities or ideas on how to best solve an issue.  For example, people are constantly advocating for smaller class sizes.  But we know that smaller classes sizes require teachers, space, likely additional buildings or portables, etc.  So a better solution would be to advocate for Assistant teachers or Paras in say all K-3 classes to help ensure meaningful differentiation and small group usage.  Or advocate for a floater Para who could help with sub duties or tutoring.

Someone asked "How do you get an Assistant teacher in each room, MCPS??".  An answer was provided.[/quote]

Because of "competing needs...," *certain* PTA asks parents not to advocate with Admin. They think if parents advocate for things that doesn't come through the PTA, they will not agree to it or Admin will agree to whatever that parent is asking which then in turn doesn't allow the PTA to push their agenda. Eye roll!!![/quote]

Parents can always talk to Admin and advocate for what their child needs.  PTA   Should be advocating for the greater needs and wants of their community.[/quote]

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