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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]MCEA is committed to the salary steps which keep experienced teachers from earning decent pay when transferring to MCPS.  MCEA is a big part of the problem.  They also keep sub pay low.  I would not recommend voting for any MCEA endorsed BOE candidates (Yang, Coll, Rivera-Oven). [/quote]

If you had witnessed any part of the public contract negotiations that took place before the pandemic, you would know that is completely untrue. MCEA submitted proposals based on a perceived professional salary of $100k and how long one would expect to get to that level. They also requested dramatic increases in substitute teacher pay. MCPS responded with some gobbledegook of a salary scale which actually included pay decreases for more experienced staff. When called on it, they withdrew the counter offer and did not submit a new one. Increasing teacher pay and planning time have been priorities in MCEA bargaining. Which you would know, again, if you had witnessed any part of the negotiations.  [/quote]

I’m not the PP. I read that as MCEA discourages experienced teachers from transferring in. I don’t think she was referring to existing MCPS teachers.

I posted above about being offered a position. I was offered a job that would pay me 25K less than the published step I should be on if they respected my experience. Instead, I went to a neighboring county that offered me $19K more than MCPS offered. Truthfully, I felt rather disrespected by MCPS. The offer was rather insulting considering my experience and qualifications. (I also received a private school offer that was more than MCPS’s offer.)[/quote]

MCPS doesn't actually want experienced, expensive teachers. It wants to hire cheap, impressionable young teachers.

Name the school district. I don’t believe you. I have 20 years experience at even though I would enter at a higher step in PG, Howard and Fairfax County, it wasn’t step 20 and the pay wasn’t that much (if at all) higher than MCPS. Also, I spent 9 years working in a MoCo private school with $40k annual tuition and I was paid exactly what MCPS would have paid me at the REDUCED entry of step 8. When I first moved to Maryland in 2012, MCPS allowed external candidates with a Master’s to enter at step 12. Then it was reduced to step 10 and now it’s step 8. [/quote]

MCPS step 18 Masters - 102K
MCPS step 8 Masters (top salary for transfer) - 73K
PGCPS step 18 Masters - 88K
HCPSS step 18 Masters - 91K
Fairfax County step 13 Masters - 85K - cap for transfers is 13 and still higher than MCPS

What’s there not to believe? So the numbers may have been a bit off because I’m using current salary scales, but the point remains. MCPS is not attractive to experienced teachers.

As for your private experience, private schools vary WIDELY. 
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The point is your numbers were off and that ALL experienced teachers get paid less when moving districts. It’s unfortunate because these policies were designed for folks within 3-5 years of retirement trying to game the pension formulas. In reality, we have recessions and reductions in force that cause many people to pick and move where they can find a job.

Also, don’t forget to calculate benefits. How do the health and county pensions compare? Oh wait, some of those districts don’t have county pensions in addition to state pensions. What are the health care costs for retirees? I guarantee this is where you see the stark differences. Current employees are paying the costs of retirees. [/quote]

The numbers weren’t off enough to make a difference. I initially said I was offered 25K less than a MCPS teacher with similar experience. It seems that number has actually grown to almost 30K using the current salary scale.

The county pension would only make a difference if an older teacher could stay long enough to be vested. Otherwise, it’s not a major factor that is going to replace a 30K reduction in salary. As for the state pension, that travels with you. Health care? A stellar plan still isn’t going to make up for that severe drop in pay.

My point is that MCPS isn’t appealing for transferring teachers with many years of experience. [/quote][/quote]

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