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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][twitter][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Looks like the biggest categories are:

- Media assistants
- College and career navigators
- Social workers 
- English composition assistants
- Pupil personnel workers
- EML therapeutic counselors
- Family engagement specialists
- Special education resource teachers
- Staff development teachers
- And 220 middle school teachers

Total of 850 employees being laid off[/quote]

I like our SDT as a person, but she doesn’t do anything to help with instruction itself. Instead she just runs mandated trainings and assists with testing. She is often absent for her own or family illness. As a chronically ill person myself, I am sympathetic, but she doesn’t do anything when present. At most, she will provide Google links.

My prior SDT was really hands on. When I wanted to try a new technique, she modeled it with my kids, did it along side me, and then observed while I did it so she could give me feedback.[/quote]

My SDT is the same. She facilitates poorly planned meetings and sends out lots of AI generated emails, but never develops staff. SDT in middle school is kind of a scam.

There are also Central Office staff who manage the SDTs. So wasteful.[/quote]

Yup. In my opinion SDT's (MS/HS level) should be cut before media assistants. They mainly seem to exist to facilitate monthly staff meetings that are often canceled anyway. They also take away from planning time by delivering AI-generated professional development that doesn’t feel meaningful or relevant, and instead adds extra work like bs reflections and other requirements that don’t seem to provide real value.[/quote] Yes, SDTs before Media Assistants and ECAs. The SDT role is unique to MCPS because every other districts seems to know its bs so they don’t waste their money.  The Media Assistants essentially run the Media Center that has hundreds of users daily while the Media specialist supports classes doing research. Our ECA runs workshops every other week and supports students during lunch as well as supporting students during class time. I’ve had several students who needed heavy support with writing and I couldn’t have given them level of attention they needed on my own. These two roles are essential to the daily functioning of our HS. Taylor is making a big mistake eliminating their jobs. I hope he reconsiders. [/quote]

SDTs teach .4 , if they are cut, I hope everyone realizes that will push teachers will less seniority out or to part time as we will need to give them back their .6 contractually. [/quote]

I see zero evidence that our SDT teaches 0.4.

That would be two classes.

She doesn’t appear on the master schedule and ours even lists paras.

When she runs trainings, she does them all periods except during her lunch.

If she’s teaching two classes, it should be transparent which two. [/quote]

Ours doesn’t teach either. [/quote]

Some schools like Poolesville MS decided to give their SDT extra planning periods instead of having them teach their .4. Maybe the school put the SDT in charge of AEIST and then overfilled one subject area’s classes to squeeze out another section. It shouldn’t be allowed but it happens because the SDT does grunt work Admin doesn’t want to do.

It takes time to generate all those AI generated meeting agendas![/quote]

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