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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s an issue at every school in MCPS.  MCPS is really difficult to work for.

I’d say new teachers last about 5 years or so and then have to move on.

MCPS expects too much and doesn’t support teachers well.  So they try to move on in the hopes that it will improve.

Could you imaging working for MCPS?  With its abysmal leadership and horrible policies?  [/quote]

As an an MCPS teacher, I can say this is hyperbole.    Is working for MCPS tough?   Yes, it can be depending on the situation.  [b]  Leaving a position after 5 years in a school is quite normal.  [/b]It looks like most of the staff leaving either had a promotion or want to work closer to home for various reasons.

I think parents have to understand that working in a school can be very similar to working in the private sector.  You can get people that don't get along, new/bad managers, promotions, pregnancies, home purchases, etc. all leading to changing assignments.      In my experience it is very rare for teachers to live in the school zone where they teach, so teachers may not have loyalty to the community, and it should not be expected.  Most staff don't stay at the same school until retirement.  I can think of only a few teachers who are "lifers" at a one school most of their career.[/quote]

I disagree.  [b]You don't leave a decent paying position after 5 years if you're happy and have good leadership[/b].  Not in the private sector and not in the public sector.  
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I think people who say this don’t understand how teaching positions work in MCPS. I was at a school where advancement in my department was not possible because of the age of the RT and the fact he had no desire to become an admin. He had 15 more years minimum before he could retire and lived 10 min from the school. There was no incentive for him to leave his position, so none of us could move up if we stayed. So one by one, we left. It had nothing to do with the leadership being poor and the pay isn’t determined by the school site. So leaving a non-ILT position at Churchill for an ILT position at Einstein makes career sense even if commuting is not a factor.[/quote]

But isn’t that a problem in and of itself?  It would be beneficial to the kids to have more experienced teachers (teachers who have experience in the classroom, but also in that particular school).  [/quote]

Still not how it works. I have three times the experience as a classroom teacher as another person who has been at my current school for five years. Most parents would rather have the 15 year veteran than the five year one. We’re the same age so middle-aged-stuck-in-her-ways versus young-and-energetic is not a factor. [/quote]

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