Anonymous wrote:This is very common. I am a middle school teacher. We are down 20 teachers out of 60 teachers. It is horrific. The ones that they did hire, just recently, quit. They said it was not what they imagined, too stressful, etc. I too will be leaving at the end of the year. However, if I find something sooner, I have no problem leaving the school, students and families. F all of them

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Anonymous wrote:This type of thing is going to become more and more common as the years progress unless there is a dramatic shift in the way teachers are treated. Otherwise, the mass exodus, and difficulty finding replacements, will continue.

We need to treat teachers as professionals, need to stop piling ridiculous expectations on them, and need to stop blaming them for issues that start at home.

I was a full-time volunteer for a 1st grade class and then 2nd grade the following year. Both teachers were a disappointment and it’s very easy job to be able to get away with laziness. One teacher even won an award and boosted. She did the bare minimum and even less. I lost great respect for teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:My first grader still does not have a permanent teacher for her class yet. They are now hiring a long term sub who has zero experience in the classroom, while continuing to look for a permanent teacher. I’m new to MCPs, and wondering if this is a common thing that happens. Are subs usually any random person who applies? No teaching or classroom experience needed at all? Has anyone had a situation where their child never gets a permanent teacher the entire year?

Substitutes, and quality ones, are a weakness of MCPS. While I won't say your situation is unheard of, I also wouldn't say it's common. Did the teacher leave after the school year started? That's usually where I see scenarios like the one you've described.

No. They never had a teacher. One day before school started they apparently enrolled an extra student over the cap, to give them a 4th class. So they immediately split up the existing 3 classes, and assigned my daughter’s class two different staff members to teach the class. Now they are transitioning to a long term sub because they can’t find a teacher, and the staff members need to do their originally hired positions.

Anonymous wrote:This is very common. I am a middle school teacher. We are down 20 teachers out of 60 teachers. It is horrific. The ones that they did hire, just recently, quit. They said it was not what they imagined, too stressful, etc. I too will be leaving at the end of the year. However, if I find something sooner, I have no problem leaving the school, students and families. F all of them

Anonymous wrote:Long term subs are usually experienced teachers. Is this a recent graduate?

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Anonymous wrote:My first grader still does not have a permanent teacher for her class yet. They are now hiring a long term sub who has zero experience in the classroom, while continuing to look for a permanent teacher. I’m new to MCPs, and wondering if this is a common thing that happens. Are subs usually any random person who applies? No teaching or classroom experience needed at all? Has anyone had a situation where their child never gets a permanent teacher the entire year?

Substitutes, and quality ones, are a weakness of MCPS. While I won't say your situation is unheard of, I also wouldn't say it's common. Did the teacher leave after the school year started? That's usually where I see scenarios like the one you've described.

Anonymous wrote:This type of thing is going to become more and more common as the years progress unless there is a dramatic shift in the way teachers are treated. Otherwise, the mass exodus, and difficulty finding replacements, will continue.

We need to treat teachers as professionals, need to stop piling ridiculous expectations on them, and need to stop blaming them for issues that start at home.

Anonymous wrote:This type of thing is going to become more and more common as the years progress unless there is a dramatic shift in the way teachers are treated. Otherwise, the mass exodus, and difficulty finding replacements, will continue.

We need to treat teachers as professionals, need to stop piling ridiculous expectations on them, and need to stop blaming them for issues that start at home.

Anonymous wrote:My first grader still does not have a permanent teacher for her class yet. They are now hiring a long term sub who has zero experience in the classroom, while continuing to look for a permanent teacher. I’m new to MCPs, and wondering if this is a common thing that happens. Are subs usually any random person who applies? No teaching or classroom experience needed at all? Has anyone had a situation where their child never gets a permanent teacher the entire year?

Anonymous wrote:Public school-mcps! Ha!