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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For perspective - My daughter applied to Fairfax a few months ago from another county.  She had eight interviews (all remote) the day she applied.  Eight job offers on the spot.  She still gets calls even though she has accepted a position.  Fairfax needs teachers.  [/quote]

Another perspective, I contacted HR more than once in the spring to see if there could be any negotiation on the salary scale.  I work in a neighboring district and would like to come to FCPS as an experienced and certified special ed teacher so I could be in the same district as my children.  It would be a big pay cut since they won’t give experienced teachers all of their years of experience.  I would make less even if I was put on the same step but it would be closer than their max entry that is posted.  I never got a response. [/quote]

They should just remove that maximum entry step. If you come over with 20 years exp, credit the 20.[/quote]

+1. FCPS is beyond stupid to not remove the maximum entry step, especially in the critical shortage positions. It's also time to consider signing bonuses for certain teaching and classroom positions. [/quote]

FCPS teacher here, critical need position. Had 20 years of experience, combined across a couple of places. I lost 5 experience years when I joined FCPS. No negotiating. It was about a 15k cut. I had been thinking about it for a few years prior but their salary scale had not been updated at that point and likewise I was looking at more like a 25-30k cut.

I made the best decision for myself at the time but I’d be lying to say I don’t sometimes wonder if I did the right thing. Each year I continue working I will continue to lag behind where I would have been (whether I’d stayed where I was or been in Fcps the whole time).

I do think Fcps needs to think outside the box to bring in folks, but honestly, no matter what they do, it will have a marginal impact. Education is broken and there’s no easy fix.[/quote]

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