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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My oldest attends a NOVA Catholic high school (certainly a sports-focused environment) where the class sizes are reasonable and we don't get phone calls or emails about poor performance. The thing to remember is that the kids are in high school now so they're expected to manage their work load and be proactive in reaching out to the teacher for help if they need it. 
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Ew. Any public school comment always brings out the supposed non MAGA Catholics. [/quote]

DP. I’m not a MAGA Catholic, but I am a person who has taught in both public and Catholic high schools. They simply don’t compare. In public, I was tasked with performing miracles with no resources. I burned out. In private, I am given the resources and respect to do my job well.

It’s about teacher support and teacher morale, and the publics aren’t doing well on either front right now.

And this has nothing to do with politics or religion. It’s about resources. [/quote]

But, no when you teach or have your kids attend a Catholic school, it absolutely IS about the religion.  That is the point of their religion classes and chapel.  It is very, very clear.  You may be happier with being able to kick behavior issues out, or problem parents out or whatever, but that doesn’t change the fact that religious schools teach religion.  They aren’t sponsoring public schools, they aren’t tending to the poor students en mass.  These are Catholics who accept money from people to teach their children reading, writing, socialstudies and religion.  [/quote]

The question was about teacher support and morale, which is absolutely about resources and not religion.

At the Catholic school, I’m provided with time to grade papers (additional planning periods), whereas in the public it had to be done at home.

At the Catholic school, I have a max of 90 students, whereas my largest load in the public was 176.

At the Catholic school, I have a small administration tasked with supporting teachers. At the public, I had a large admin and a ton of “specialists” who created work for me in order to justify their positions outside of the classroom.

At the Catholic school, I can be intentional with my curriculum. At the public, I was given a poor curriculum I had to spend time tailoring and altering to fit the needs of my students.

And you’re wrong about kicking kids out. We have many students with learning plans and behavioral issues. The difference is we can help them better because teachers have more time and more supports.

So say what you will about Catholic schools, but my direct experience with both leads me to believe teachers are better supported in Catholic. That can lead, understandably, to better student outcomes. [/quote]

It explains why grading is so slow, which is the only tool parents have to monitor their kid's progress here.  It's a huge issue, if it's not timely then parents have little they can do in terms of allocating any resources to help their kid.  Grading has to be fast, no matter what and it's asinine that over-bloated FCPS administration doesn't f-ing understand this.  I am beyond mad.  Half of these people should be fired and don't deserve half of their salary if they don't understand this. [/quote]

I'm not even sure what this is in response to, but I'm both a parent and a teacher in FCPS and "overbloated" admin is the best and most succinct description of the county.  I just started teaching after a long stint in a private and I'm just beyond shocked at the nuclear-level red tape and pure bureaucratic stupidity I'm encountering.  The whole grading/assignment/digital resources system could not be clunkier and more difficult to use if someone tried to design it that way.[/quote]

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