Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 21:01     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
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Anonymous wrote:No one is switching for $5k. It is a calling. Because there is no way in hell anyone would do the amount of paperwork required for a mere $5k (and much less after taxes). Not to mention the amount of bodily fluids involved


If a general education teacher decides to switch this week, that would leave a class of general education students without a teacher. What happens with that class?


They don’t care about the average kid without documented issues. They will just stuff more kids into each class.


This. MCPS doesn’t care about the average kid. They are happy to let them fall through the cracks. 28 kids in a class versus 32. Not much difference. Who cares that the majority of our kids are ‘Approaching Expectations’?


MCPS doesn’t care about Special Needs Students. Students who qualified for ESY were switched to online learning at the last minute this summer and now a last ditched effort to fill almost 100 Special Education Teacher positions. Special Education in MCPS has been a neglected afterthought by MCPS for years and now is at a crisis level. Students aren’t getting the services that they legally have a right to with next to no planning to improve recruitment by highly paid Central Office administrators. It’s shameful.


They really only care about students - Blair magnet - who give them good headlines - top 14 selected by MIT - which try to counter the real truth: this is a school district that fails large swaths of kids despite significant resources being spent. (3 billion a year). My dyslexic was one of them. We left. It got better.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 20:44     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Anonymous wrote:A ONE time payment of $5k is a JOKE. Just like the $1k retention bonus teachers got (but MCPS touted it every month to make it seem like it was an additional bonus) was. You would have to pay an extra $5k A MONTH to MAYBE make it worthwhile to switch.


It is also insulting to current SpEd teachers who are not ellgible for a bonus and are getting totally dumped on regarding working conditions.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 20:37     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
A ONE time payment of $5k is a JOKE. Just like the $1k retention bonus teachers got (but MCPS touted it every month to make it seem like it was an additional bonus) was. You would have to pay an extra $5k A MONTH to MAYBE make it worthwhile to switch.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 20:35     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one is switching for $5k. It is a calling. Because there is no way in hell anyone would do the amount of paperwork required for a mere $5k (and much less after taxes). Not to mention the amount of bodily fluids involved


If a general education teacher decides to switch this week, that would leave a class of general education students without a teacher. What happens with that class?


They don’t care about the average kid without documented issues. They will just stuff more kids into each class.


This. MCPS doesn’t care about the average kid. They are happy to let them fall through the cracks. 28 kids in a class versus 32. Not much difference. Who cares that the majority of our kids are ‘Approaching Expectations’?


MCPS doesn’t care about Special Needs Students. Students who qualified for ESY were switched to online learning at the last minute this summer and now a last ditched effort to fill almost 100 Special Education Teacher positions. Special Education in MCPS has been a neglected afterthought by MCPS for years and now is at a crisis level. Students aren’t getting the services that they legally have a right to with next to no planning to improve recruitment by highly paid Central Office administrators. It’s shameful.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 20:24     Subject: Re:$5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
MCEA just sent out communication that they never agreed or ratified the bonuses.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 20:14     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Imagine reading this and declaring the teacher shortage is over. Some people in this country are truly just stupid.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 19:23     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
I just feel that this is mostly a publicity stunt. "See! We tried!"

Just to shake a few more nuts from the tree. Not many staff would consider this. Maybe a few in the whole county have the right certs/vacancy at current school/aren't teaching an already hard to fill subject.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 18:31     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one is switching for $5k. It is a calling. Because there is no way in hell anyone would do the amount of paperwork required for a mere $5k (and much less after taxes). Not to mention the amount of bodily fluids involved


If a general education teacher decides to switch this week, that would leave a class of general education students without a teacher. What happens with that class?


They don’t care about the average kid without documented issues. They will just stuff more kids into each class.


This. MCPS doesn’t care about the average kid. They are happy to let them fall through the cracks. 28 kids in a class versus 32. Not much difference. Who cares that the majority of our kids are ‘Approaching Expectations’?
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 18:24     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:No one is switching for $5k. It is a calling. Because there is no way in hell anyone would do the amount of paperwork required for a mere $5k (and much less after taxes). Not to mention the amount of bodily fluids involved


If a general education teacher decides to switch this week, that would leave a class of general education students without a teacher. What happens with that class?


They don’t care about the average kid without documented issues. They will just stuff more kids into each class.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 18:22     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
I just read the email that went to staff. It’s 2500 in october and the rest in February. And nothing about how they are going to address the vacancies this creates. I’m sure principals are concerned about this.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 17:55     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hahaha no. Nope. Love how they waited until the very last day before preservice.


Anonymous wrote:What about current Spec Ed teachers? Do they get an extra $5K?


Talk about declining morale. How horrible for the teachers who are already doing Special Ed. Feels like a kick in the teeth to them.

MCPS admin truly is terrible.


MCEA would have to agree to paying SpEd teachers more. And they’re not going to, because the elementary and social science teachers in the union would never agree to it.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 17:45     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Anonymous wrote:Hahaha no. Nope. Love how they waited until the very last day before preservice.


Anonymous wrote:What about current Spec Ed teachers? Do they get an extra $5K?


Talk about declining morale. How horrible for the teachers who are already doing Special Ed. Feels like a kick in the teeth to them.

MCPS admin truly is terrible.
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 17:43     Subject: $5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Hahaha no. Nope. Love how they waited until the very last day before preservice.


Anonymous wrote:What about current Spec Ed teachers? Do they get an extra $5K?
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 16:50     Subject: Re:$5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
Anonymous wrote:“It’s a trap”

-Admiral Ackbar



Agreed. I have five certs including SpEd and ESOL. If they want me to switch back to SpEd, they better damn well pay me!
Anonymous
Post 08/19/2022 16:42     Subject: Re:$5k bonus for MCPS general educators to become special educators
“It’s a trap”

-Admiral Ackbar