Not a teacher but wow there’s no excuse for not making it retroactive immediately.

I moved from NJ right when the max entry step went into effect. It drove me to private school but then covid drove me back to public. I was able to negotiate a few years beyond the published entry step though. This was for a middle school science position fairly early in the hiring cycle. It is good to know that they tweaked the number of years. the whole concept is still a major point of contention though. FWIW, I am headed back to private next year.

I took a big pay cut to move to MCPS from out of state but five years later I'm making more than I would be if I hadn't moved because the annual step increase is bigger in MCPS than my old job.

Op here. So I had 16 years in DCPS and this year took a massive pay cut to teach in a private school.
I was open to returning to public schools but if mcps only takes 12 years then I’d actually make more at my cushy private school.

Mcps really is unwelcoming to transferring teachers. Very strange

it's not retroactive - so annoying! Apparently MCEA is aware and working on it. Word is MCPS "quietly changed it to 12" in February.. I just learned this in a teacher FB group. I can't find it on the MCPS website, but someone posted the new chart going up to step 12 for transfers (only 10 if you don't have your master's, I believe).

Just quit if needed and apply again. Plenty of openings.

Anonymous wrote:yes, I heard it just changed to twelve too!

So will this be retroactive for those of us that came in this year at just 8? I have 20 years experience but MCPS only pays for 8. I will quit if a new hire gets put in at a step higher than me. That’s ridiculous!

yes, I heard it just changed to twelve too!

It was recently changed to 12.

Oh yikes! Never mind then!

I believe it it seven

What is the maximum number of years MCpS will take for a teacher transferring into the system?