Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 20:01     Subject: APS- teacher retention
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Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think the key to teacher retention is 4 day student contact weeks with an entire day for planning/meetings. Parents would riot though


I think 1/2 day per week would be sufficient - remember early release Wednesdays. Cut out unnecessary training. Bring in more assistants for reading/math/sped. More counselors/therapists who are engaging regularly with kids.


Right but then APS would make half days mandatory professional learning days.

A 4 day week would be amazing. As an APS employee, that would definitely keep me on board.


Funny. My kids were just saying how much they liked having Mondays off during the pandemic to catch up on work/reading.


Agree. It worked really well for our family.


This is not work well for many kids (particularly elementary) that struggle with lack of structure, schedule, etc.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 17:22     Subject: APS- teacher retention
Subsidized housing is not likely to be a long-term solution. The teachers who live to Fairfax and beyond now when they have families still will
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 16:40     Subject: APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think the key to teacher retention is 4 day student contact weeks with an entire day for planning/meetings. Parents would riot though


I think 1/2 day per week would be sufficient - remember early release Wednesdays. Cut out unnecessary training. Bring in more assistants for reading/math/sped. More counselors/therapists who are engaging regularly with kids.


Right but then APS would make half days mandatory professional learning days.

A 4 day week would be amazing. As an APS employee, that would definitely keep me on board.


Funny. My kids were just saying how much they liked having Mondays off during the pandemic to catch up on work/reading.


Agree. It worked really well for our family.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 16:35     Subject: APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think the key to teacher retention is 4 day student contact weeks with an entire day for planning/meetings. Parents would riot though


I think 1/2 day per week would be sufficient - remember early release Wednesdays. Cut out unnecessary training. Bring in more assistants for reading/math/sped. More counselors/therapists who are engaging regularly with kids.


Right but then APS would make half days mandatory professional learning days.

A 4 day week would be amazing. As an APS employee, that would definitely keep me on board.


Funny. My kids were just saying how much they liked having Mondays off during the pandemic to catch up on work/reading.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 16:31     Subject: Re:APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:
I think the key to teacher retention is 4 day student contact weeks with an entire day for planning/meetings. Parents would riot though

I don't think teachers need this. They do need more support staff in the school, though, to deal with behaviors, mindless data requests, and other things that someone other than the teacher could take care of.


I am a teacher and I want/need this.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 13:57     Subject: APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I think the key to teacher retention is 4 day student contact weeks with an entire day for planning/meetings. Parents would riot though


I think 1/2 day per week would be sufficient - remember early release Wednesdays. Cut out unnecessary training. Bring in more assistants for reading/math/sped. More counselors/therapists who are engaging regularly with kids.


Right but then APS would make half days mandatory professional learning days.

A 4 day week would be amazing. As an APS employee, that would definitely keep me on board.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 13:34     Subject: APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:I think the key to teacher retention is 4 day student contact weeks with an entire day for planning/meetings. Parents would riot though


I think 1/2 day per week would be sufficient - remember early release Wednesdays. Cut out unnecessary training. Bring in more assistants for reading/math/sped. More counselors/therapists who are engaging regularly with kids.
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 12:27     Subject: APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Arlington should dump missing middle nonsense handouts for DINKs and provide quality subsidized housing for public servants like teachers, etc.


So what if teachers are also DINKs- does that cancel each other out or do you make them pay extra for having the audacity to be child-free?


I'm a DINK and work in APS. Why is that a bad thing???
Anonymous
Post 02/17/2023 12:18     Subject: Re:APS- teacher retention
I think the key to teacher retention is 4 day student contact weeks with an entire day for planning/meetings. Parents would riot though

I don't think teachers need this. They do need more support staff in the school, though, to deal with behaviors, mindless data requests, and other things that someone other than the teacher could take care of.

Anonymous
Post 02/16/2023 18:01     Subject: APS- teacher retention
I think the key to teacher retention is 4 day student contact weeks with an entire day for planning/meetings. Parents would riot though
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2023 17:12     Subject: APS- teacher retention
I’m a married teacher who could potentially buy in arlingt
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2023 15:30     Subject: APS- teacher retention
I bought my little house almost 20 years ago but I can't afford to live in Arlington if my property taxes are significantly increased to subsidize the mortgages of every public servant who wants to live here!

And I say this as a single parent public servant myself!
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2023 15:03     Subject: APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:Arlington should dump missing middle nonsense handouts for DINKs and provide quality subsidized housing for public servants like teachers, etc.


So what if teachers are also DINKs- does that cancel each other out or do you make them pay extra for having the audacity to be child-free?
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2023 14:38     Subject: APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Arlington should dump missing middle nonsense handouts for DINKs and provide quality subsidized housing for public servants like teachers, etc.


Oh man that would be amazing.


Subsidized housing for local public service professionals such as APS teachers and Arlington PD.. - why is this not already a thing?
Anonymous
Post 02/16/2023 14:34     Subject: Re:APS- teacher retention
Anonymous wrote:They need to treat teachers better. Stop dumping so many responsibilities and administrative tasks on them. Hire more support staff in schools.
Parents need to stop treating teachers like the hired help and like the professionals they are. In another thread here, a parent refers to a kindergarten teacher as "a babysitter." And you all wonder why teachers are leaving the profession in droves.


This. Raise pay to be competitive AND treat teachers better. Treat them as the professionals they are.