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What happens when teachers are unhappy with the school climate and they are attacked or watch coworkers attacked. Teachers quit in droves.

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I'm a relatively new teacher, but please don't quit. Find a different school among the 100+ out there in our county.  I've worked at several schools in a variety of roles and at my second one they taunted me stating that if I file a bullying complaint--no one will care! Yes, they attacked me every time I raised an issue that either affected student learning or professionalism between staff.  I just switched to survival mode for a few months and got outta there as soon as I could (literally to the hour).  Subsequently, I found a much better school.

There are some amazing schools in MCPS that truly have a positive work climate.  You'll find that school--just get an involuntary transfer and don't look back!

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I envy the optimism of new teachers.  I've been teaching for nearly 20 years and there are things I like about MCPS but a lot more that I dislike. I do think we get paid well and have good benefits in comparison to other school districts.  What I can't stand is the disorganization of central office and the trickle down effect it has at the school level.  It's ridiculous that we are still expected to have our kids meet certain targets by the end of the year when we've been in a pandemic. [b]Let's not forget we are expected to solve all of societal problems and teach at the same time.  Kids have so many more SEL needs than they did ten years ago.  There's so much more mobility and poverty in MCPS than there was ten years ago.  I have my students seven hours a day and work my butt off but if they're not getting support at home, there's not much else I can do to get them on grade level. It's an asinine system and is only getting worse by the year.[/b] [/quote]

X 1,000 - ALL of this!  I teach third grade and of my four reading groups, two are below.  That's normal for me.  However, my lowest group this year reads on a kindergarten level.  They're so lost in any whole group instruction.  Even when the boring Benchmark text is read aloud they're completely checked out.  I can't blame them.  They have absolute chaos going on at home and are in pure survival mode on the days that they are able to attend school.  Yet during our team's data chat with the principal she was wondering why they still hadn't made more progress.  I can't move a kid who is three years behind a full year in just 4 months.  It's insane.[/quote]

There’s only so much a general education teacher can do when there are wide gaps between the abilities of 30 students. MCPS needs smaller class sizes and support staff to help meet the needs of the students in a situation they are 3 grades behind. Where’s the Reading Specialist? Is there a PPW for the home issues interfering with attending school and learning?[/quote]

PP here - our reading specialist is great but she has to pull intervention groups for K - 5 so she can only see so many kids.  My class isn't an anamoly....kids across the nation lost a lot of time being virtual.  I work at a Focus school so while we do have a PPW there are many families struggling right now.  I'm not even sure how many schools each PPW services.  [/quote]

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