Reply to We’ve had 13 days of school. How’s the new grading policy going?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "We’ve had 13 days of school. How’s the new grading policy going?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This thread is so depressing. Nobody wants their taxes to go up, but without more money, how do we prevent schools from being overcrowded and class sizes from being too big to be manageable and teachers’ workloads from being twice as many hours as they’re paid for?[/quote]

We don’t. And so teachers continue to leave.

New teachers, often career changers, don’t last because they aren’t properly prepared for the job’s demands. So we have a rotating door of people, few of whom stay long enough to mentor new teachers.

We need to fix the profession to improve schools. Teachers’ days need to be less chaotic; more time has to be devoted to private planning and grading. Teachers’ nights and weekends must not be considered fair game; work/life balance must be respected. We need twice as many teachers to pull that off, and there aren’t enough people willing and able to do the job. [/quote]

Younger teachers, social workers, nurses often leave as they cannot afford child care and other basics.  If you are unhappy find another job. [/quote]

What are you going on about.  Work/life balance is the topic here.  If you can’t contribute to a conversation in a meaningful way, then please refrain.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics