Another problem with the CFT squads is that they often have unqualified and inexperienced staff in the positions. For example, a person was shifted from the Equity office and placed on a CFT as the SpEd specialist.

Appreciate that it takes time to roll out new initiatives. I get it- it’s a huge system. However, when we have asked cfts for support, they don’t show up when they are scheduled to do so or it takes multiple days to reply to emails. These people have been working in central office forever and don’t actually want to deal with kids. We worked with some of them before their title changed, so fully know how these people operate. They much prefer to stand back and make demands, without doing the messy work themselves. So tired of MCPS employees claim they are in it for the kids, when they truly only care about power and maintaining a title. Parents need to know and continue to support mcea in bringing these people back to schools where they can make an actual difference. It’s so sad that the system could actually make a change for the better if people in these jobs worked with kids.

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Anonymous wrote:Cft’s are assigned to school to support reading, math, special ed, eml services, etc. But if they never actually step foot into the school (one has shown up once) then why are these people getting paid as 12 month employees to do nothing except oversee schools from central office and tell us what to do from afar. This needs to be looked into bc it’s highly corrupt.

As a parent, I suspected this to be the case. But as teachers, you all need to call this out via the MCEA. I hope MCEA President David Stein says this about CFTs during the operating budget hearings.

So I know these are brand new positions, introduced in July or so? I think that maybe even if you haven't seen them from September to December, it could be that they weren't working with you, but someone else in your building or maybe that as a brand new initiative, they're still rolling out supports. Just a thought? Worth looking out for but too early I think to make a judgment call.

Anonymous wrote:Cft’s are assigned to school to support reading, math, special ed, eml services, etc. But if they never actually step foot into the school (one has shown up once) then why are these people getting paid as 12 month employees to do nothing except oversee schools from central office and tell us what to do from afar. This needs to be looked into bc it’s highly corrupt.

As a parent, I suspected this to be the case. But as teachers, you all need to call this out via the MCEA. I hope MCEA President David Stein says this about CFTs during the operating budget hearings.

Anonymous wrote:What purpose does the CFT serve? Ours never shows up, nor do they actually work with kids or support teachers. Why is the county continuing to fund these roles and if these are some of the ‘best’ teacher leaders, shouldn’t they come and model lessons at their schools and teach us teachers? If parents spoke up, maybe these people would actually help schools.

So, more BS from MCPS about addressing the needs of high needs students, yes?

Anonymous wrote:Cft’s are assigned to school to support reading, math, special ed, eml services, etc. But if they never actually step foot into the school (one has shown up once) then why are these people getting paid as 12 month employees to do nothing except oversee schools from central office and tell us what to do from afar. This needs to be looked into bc it’s highly corrupt.

Agreed.

Cft’s are assigned to school to support reading, math, special ed, eml services, etc. But if they never actually step foot into the school (one has shown up once) then why are these people getting paid as 12 month employees to do nothing except oversee schools from central office and tell us what to do from afar. This needs to be looked into bc it’s highly corrupt.

I have no idea what these CFTs do. They were touted as the antidote to so many problems in our cluster, but as a parent, I’m not seeing the impact.

They do nothing.

What's a cross functional team?

What purpose does the CFT serve? Ours never shows up, nor do they actually work with kids or support teachers. Why is the county continuing to fund these roles and if these are some of the ‘best’ teacher leaders, shouldn’t they come and model lessons at their schools and teach us teachers? If parents spoke up, maybe these people would actually help schools.