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[quote=Anonymous]MoCo 360 has a new article out about the scale and impact of the sub shortage and subsequent teacher exodus: https://moco360.media/2023/06/29/mcps-teachers-quitting-amid-substitute-staff-shortages-student-behavior-issues/

[QUOTE]Montgomery County Public Schools continues to be plagued by substitute teacher shortages, with [b]recently-obtained data showing nearly half of over 164,000 requests went unfilled over the past school year[/b]. Current and former MCPS teachers suggest [b]student behavioral issues and insufficient pay rates could be to blame—and some teachers are quitting as a result[/b].

A 10-year veteran MCPS teacher—who requested anonymity for privacy and safety concerns—recently announced she had made the difficult decision to leave the county’s public school system, citing behavioral issues as a key reason. She told MoCo360 that substitutes face unique barriers when attempting to address misbehavior issues.

“Students are in there filming TikTok videos and getting into fights in the classroom,” she said. “They wouldn’t necessarily exhibit that behavior with their own teacher, but as a substitute you don’t have that relationship with them.”

The anonymous teacher told MoCo360 that in the course of her job duties, she deals with middle school students “screaming, yelling, pushing, biting, making threats, assaulting staff members” and more on a daily basis.

Over the course of the 2022-23 school year, [b]MCPS generated over 164,000 requests for short-term substitute teachers, according to data obtained by MoCo360—a number higher than the school district’s  160,500 student population[/b].

Of those job requests, [b]over 75,000 couldn’t be filled by a substitute, meaning another staff member at school had to fill the vacancy or classes had to be combined[/b]. Some educators say in recent months they’ve ended up covering an average of one or two classes a week.[/QUOTE]
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