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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here- I’d rather the school year start after Labor Day but run later into June.

Also, get rid of transition day and non-grading day PD days. Do we also need a full week before students start? Give 2.5 days to prep classrooms and a 1/2 day for compliance training. During an election year, Election Day can be the grading day. IMO, we shouldn’t be using a snow day for the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. Save it for an actual inclement weather day. It’s always challenging to squeeze PT conferences into the handful of hours allotted during the existing 2 early release days. Make all three days prior to Thanksgiving early release days. [/quote]

Wait, you only want PD days for grading, not for actual PD? [/quote]

Poster is saying no PD days. With the way MCPS does PD days, I agree. I don't agree with cutting preservice week though. I always feel like I need more time to set up prior and have to use my own time to get it all done as it is. It would be helpful if we had more of our own self managed time during pre service though.

With that being said, there's a way to structure PD days that make them useful. MCPS just doesn't do that. Other counties/ states have PD days that are similar to educator conventions where like subject colleagues all meet together and different topics are presented that are relevant to that subject/ age group. Professionals walk away from that day with ideas and tangible things they can start implementing in their own classroom or incorporating into their own planning. MCPS just gives everyone the same PD no matter if you're in your 1st year teaching or 20th. No matter if you teach 12th grade english or 1st grade. It's the same scripted PD for all. 
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Gosh, that sounds like such a horrible waste of time.  Why on earth does MCPS waste days off school putting teachers through one-size-fits-all professional development rather than focusing on on what would actually be helpful for specific teachers?[/quote]

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