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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends - if they have an iep? I’d tell them that most of the services are delivered by the general Ed teacher because inclusion spec Ed teachers are stretched too thin and we spend so much time on paperwork and not with kids. I’d also tell them no matter what they “advocate for” in the iep, it doesn’t actually happen during the school day due to limited resources and time so half the time we just agree to make you go away [/quote]

We know. Thanks for being a failure in your life's work.[/quote]

Likewise for being a failure at actual life. (Lack of empathy is the first sign of being a psychopath)[/quote]

"I decided to use an anonymous forum to taunt distraught parents of special needs kids in a blasé manner about how we fail their children. But you're the psychopath! Poor me!"
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Try working in the corporate world.  Teaching is so much easier.

The thread is what we would tell parents if we could. I appreciated that teachers transparency and didn't read it as a taunt. You're clearly dissatisfied with your child's service, but you're lashing out to someone who is telling you there is literally nothing they can do to solve your problem. [/quote]

I’m the one who posted about spec Ed. Not a taunt just the hard truth. And I’m not a failure at my job, I’m actually a really good spec Ed teacher and I advocate hard for the kids on my caseload. But these are the truths of the conditions in mcps and that’s what the thread asked about. Sometimes I wish parents knew so they didn’t believe the BS . That being said, parents should not be angry at the teachers - it’s the system and lack of appropriate resources [/quote]

If you really wanted parents to know, why not tell them instead of lying to them to get them to “go away”? I don’t get it. That’s something that is absolutely in your power to do, and doesn’t even take a lot of effort.[/quote]

And get fired ? Or written up by my boss/ supervisor for telling you that? No way [/quote]

People outside teaching have no idea what pressures teachers face. No idea at all. I wish it were as simple as the PPs suggest re: just talking to parents. [/quote]

Please, you have a job for life.  It's almost impossible to get fired.  
The union has captured the Democratic Party.[/quote]

I see you didn’t actually address the point:
You have NO IDEA what teachers face. I had a prospective teacher shadow me for two days. He left saying he had no idea that’s what a teacher’s day is actually like. He then went back to school and joined another profession.

Shadow for two days. It’ll open your eyes.[/quote][/quote]

Try working in the corporate world.  Teaching is a joke compared to the stress and lack of job security in a high level corporate job or Big Law.[/quote]

It’s not really comparably when those jobs pay 5-10 times more and you can afford to outsource.  [/quote]

Teacher here who switched from corporate life. Not only did I get paid more, I was also able to pee when I wanted to AND I got more than 8 minutes for lunch. (I got closer to 2 hours, actually.) I was also able to take an hour off to go to an appointment without spending 3 hours preparing for my absence. If I needed a quiet day, I could shut my office door and choose to avoid people. Oh… and I didn’t bring any work home.

I believe some corporate jobs are harder. I know many aren’t. [/quote]

Well the days of closing office doors are gone for the majority of people who now sit in cubes. It's impossible to get away from people unless you work at home which is definitely not something teachers can do.

However, there seems to be a disconnect between the staffing shortages and the people writing on a different thread on this board that they've been applying to teach in MCPS for months or longer and nothing happens. Some teachers said that applicants should reach out directly to schools they want to work in. If there is such a demand for certified teachers, they shouldn't need to jump through hoops to get someone's attention. It's not very intuitive.[/quote]

Part of the problem (from my perspective) is that counties don’t want to pay for experienced teachers. An amazing teacher with 20 years successful experience costs a ton more than a first year out of college. MCPS won’t even honor experience after 8 years, so teachers moving into the area would have to voluntarily give up a ton of money by taking a lower step on the pay scale in order to work for MCPS.

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Why would pay someone twice as much to do the same job? Some level of increase for experience is fair, but without substantially more responsibilities, it shouldn’t be anywhere near 2x.[/quote]

Why would a transferring teacher accept a salary of 75K when people with the exact experience are making 95K?

MCPS causes part of their staffing problem by failing to respect transferring teachers.

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