Anonymous
10/09/2025 20:52
Subject: Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:It isn’t that teachers aren’t being hired. There simply aren’t teachers to hire. And I say this as someone who looks at teacher resumes (not MCPS, but I live in the county).
The job has become unsustainable, so we can’t keep people in classrooms. And there are very few people willing to work nonstop hours for teacher pay.
What we are experiencing is the result of growing teacher expectations without the resources to pull the job off.
Certified teacher here and new to the county (got here after the school year started) and I can’t get a job at any MCPS school. I’ve emailed principals (to no response) after applying for each and every job. Radio silence.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 20:41
Subject: Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:The job has become unsustainable, so we can’t keep people in classrooms. And there are very few people willing to work nonstop hours for teacher pay.
What we are experiencing is the result of growing teacher expectations without the resources to pull the job off.
Yet, when MCPS wants to do things like pay better wages or hire more people, the county council pulls on the purse strings, makes it insanely difficult to get the money, and then complains that it costs too much. And teachers are *still* overworked and unsupported.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 20:33
Subject: Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It isn’t that teachers aren’t being hired. There simply aren’t teachers to hire. And I say this as someone who looks at teacher resumes (not MCPS, but I live in the county).
The job has become unsustainable, so we can’t keep people in classrooms. And there are very few people willing to work nonstop hours for teacher pay.
What we are experiencing is the result of growing teacher expectations without the resources to pull the job off.
Could you write to BOE/county council and let them know from your subject matter expert (SME) point of view? Apparently they are still in their illusion that MCPS doesn't have a teacher shortage and can easily hire whatever teacher with specialties that are required for the regional model magnet programs.
+1
Anonymous
10/09/2025 20:31
Subject: Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It isn’t that teachers aren’t being hired. There simply aren’t teachers to hire. And I say this as someone who looks at teacher resumes (not MCPS, but I live in the county).
The job has become unsustainable, so we can’t keep people in classrooms. And there are very few people willing to work nonstop hours for teacher pay.
What we are experiencing is the result of growing teacher expectations without the resources to pull the job off.
Could you write to BOE/county council and let them know from your subject matter expert (SME) point of view? Apparently they are still in their illusion that MCPS doesn't have a teacher shortage and can easily hire whatever teacher with specialties that are required for the regional model magnet programs.
I’ve spoken to the BOE in the past. I’m not sure what good it does.
Until the job is actually achievable and sustainable, all districts are going to bleed teachers. You can hide a shortage by hiring anybody available, but that doesn’t mean they’ll stay through the first year. We all need teachers who will stay for years, maintaining and growing programs. We can’t do that when teachers are expected to give up their lives for the job.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 20:19
Subject: Re:Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:My kid once had a series of long term subs for a whole semester.
Our long-term sub just quit too because they got a full-Time job at another school. It’s tough out there for kids at some schools.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 20:17
Subject: Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:It isn’t that teachers aren’t being hired. There simply aren’t teachers to hire. And I say this as someone who looks at teacher resumes (not MCPS, but I live in the county).
The job has become unsustainable, so we can’t keep people in classrooms. And there are very few people willing to work nonstop hours for teacher pay.
What we are experiencing is the result of growing teacher expectations without the resources to pull the job off.
Could you write to BOE/county council and let them know from your subject matter expert (SME) point of view? Apparently they are still in their illusion that MCPS doesn't have a teacher shortage and can easily hire whatever teacher with specialties that are required for the regional model magnet programs.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 20:03
Subject: Re:Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:My dc didn’t have a science teacher for 3/4 of 7th grade (when we reopened in 2021). For the first several months, they sat in the gym or were babysat by teachers during their planning periods or by the principal. Even after they got subs, the subs didn’t teach the lessons. Assignments and grades came from other teachers in the department. The class had to complete the assignments without any instruction. What I never understood was why they didn’t spread the pain around. Why couldn’t 3 different classes each spend a quarter without a teacher instead of one class being without one for most of the year?
That’s a great way to make sure yet another teacher quits. It takes a ton of work to set and maintain expectations; to do it each quarter would burn a teacher out.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 20:01
Subject: Teacher quit
It isn’t that teachers aren’t being hired. There simply aren’t teachers to hire. And I say this as someone who looks at teacher resumes (not MCPS, but I live in the county).
The job has become unsustainable, so we can’t keep people in classrooms. And there are very few people willing to work nonstop hours for teacher pay.
What we are experiencing is the result of growing teacher expectations without the resources to pull the job off.
The job has become unsustainable, so we can’t keep people in classrooms. And there are very few people willing to work nonstop hours for teacher pay.
What we are experiencing is the result of growing teacher expectations without the resources to pull the job off.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 19:56
Subject: Re:Teacher quit
My dc didn’t have a science teacher for 3/4 of 7th grade (when we reopened in 2021). For the first several months, they sat in the gym or were babysat by teachers during their planning periods or by the principal. Even after they got subs, the subs didn’t teach the lessons. Assignments and grades came from other teachers in the department. The class had to complete the assignments without any instruction. What I never understood was why they didn’t spread the pain around. Why couldn’t 3 different classes each spend a quarter without a teacher instead of one class being without one for most of the year?
Anonymous
10/09/2025 19:52
Subject: Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anyone had an issue with a school not hiring a teacher then the teacher quitting randomly and school still expecting students to take the same tests and have the same grades as the students in the other teachers classes?
They didn’t hire a teacher, so the non-existent hire quit? Not being snarky, just confused by your wording.
Sorry, I did some bad wording. They didn’t have a teacher for like two weeks, hired one and they just quit.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 19:50
Subject: Re:Teacher quit
My kid once had a series of long term subs for a whole semester.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 19:50
Subject: Teacher quit
Anonymous wrote:Anyone had an issue with a school not hiring a teacher then the teacher quitting randomly and school still expecting students to take the same tests and have the same grades as the students in the other teachers classes?
They didn’t hire a teacher, so the non-existent hire quit? Not being snarky, just confused by your wording.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 19:42
Subject: Teacher quit
A high school had a long term sub for an AP level class, sub left, another teacher filled in. Students weren't prepared for the AP test.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 19:18
Subject: Teacher quit
Yes. My kids have had a lot of long term subs.
It sucks. Life isn’t fair. You just have to deal with it.
It sucks. Life isn’t fair. You just have to deal with it.
Anonymous
10/09/2025 18:59
Subject: Teacher quit
Anyone had an issue with a school not hiring a teacher then the teacher quitting randomly and school still expecting students to take the same tests and have the same grades as the students in the other teachers classes?