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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is it any different than prior years?  And is it purely about teachers being disgruntled?  It sounds like some teachers moved because they....uh....wanted their kids to go to school in person and they are just staying someplace else?[/quote]

I’m leaving my NW ES purely bc the families showed themselves to be really rude and entitled during the reopening period. I’m very excited to get out of the toxic W3 school culture.[/quote]

So are you going to a different DCPS?  Or what?[/quote]

Yep different DCPS EOTP don’t want to get too detailed on here but it wasn’t too hard to find a school happy to take on a teacher with 5 straight years of highly effective scores. Looking forward to getting back to working with kids instead of placating overbearing parents[/quote]

translation: you don’t want to be held accountable by parents so you’re moving to a school where you hope that less affluent parents will be less uppity. [/quote]

If that’s what you got out of my statement then sure go with that. What exactly am I supposed to be accountable to parents for?[/quote]

Are you serious? For teaching their kids and for treating them fairly [/quote]

Sounds like that teacher did/does that. What is your problem???[/quote]

Yeah I am the OP that was asking what parents were holding me accountable for. Seeing that answer, I guess I’m in good graces because I’ve done that all year. Glad to know I’ve met parent expectations during this difficult year, even if they haven’t realized it yet :) [/quote]

My guess is the PP meant teaching effectively, which means in person.[/quote]

No, I literally meant doing your best with teaching whether in-person or virtual - showing up to class on time every day, being organized and prepared, responsive to students, having empathy for them and grading fairly - many teachers cannot manage all that even though it is their job. Some teachers are amazing, some are good, some are just okay and then we have the weird, mean, crazy ones. I’m ok with a teacher who is not doing a good job if they are at least nice and I know that they are trying. [/quote]

This whole exchange seems way to polite for DCUM, but as the teacher who started this thing rolling I appreciate that you have reasonable expectations. I know exactly what those ineffective teachers look like, and as a teacher who gets frustrated by lazy coworkers I can only imagine how frustrating it may be when that person is responsible for you child. I’m sorry if you have had teachers like that, it does the rest of us no good to pretend they don’t exist.[/quote]

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