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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought having high impact tutors was a state initiative to help deal with Covid learning loss?

It is.

I asked what our ES was doing at my son’s IEP meeting and the staff didn’t know what I was talking about.

How are programs implemented functionally in some schools and so dysfunctionally in others?

Did the IEP team include a principal or an assistant principal? If so, they were lying to you. Every school has a dedicated source of funding for tutoring that the principal can decide how to spend. It might be that he/she has already allocated the money given that it’s late in the year.

No—a Principal designee attends. She was aware of HIT, but not necessarily how they were implementing it. The case manager chimed in that she knew of (1) 4th grader getting some hours, because his test scores were really low.

I think I’ll keep digging. Compensatory services due to Covid issued last summer were a joke.

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Anonymous wrote:I have a tutor come to my classroom for a student who is already getting intervention and still needs support. Not an SOL grade.

All grades are SOL grades. Those are the standards you teach.

Ok sorry. I meant an SOL TEST grade. Happy?

Yes. Thank you. I have had principals that have made sure we don't say things like, "It's not an SOL grade". The standards you teach will probably be part of an assessment in later years.

Also, why would it matter that your grade level isn't given an SOL test? If the students need support, they need support.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a tutor come to my classroom for a student who is already getting intervention and still needs support. Not an SOL grade.

All grades are SOL grades. Those are the standards you teach.

Ok sorry. I meant an SOL TEST grade. Happy?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They aren't required to have a bachelor's or even an associates degree, let alone be certified teachers.

A lot that I know are retired teachers-they could have let their license go...please stop acting shocked and appalled we have MANY teacher trainees in schools that have literally no credentials or experience.

I am appalled by that as well.

FCPS is trying to get their SOL scores up by hiring these tutors for one month stints before the tests. So cynical.

No one cares. When parents and admin start respecting the teaching profession and school positions in general- maybe we can dig our way out of this shortage one day but right now people are saying no thanks to teaching, subbing, bus driving, etc-read this site and you will surely know why people are done.

+1000

Put this money into hiring additional full-time teachers and reduce class sizes, and we will see SOL scores go up. It's as simple as that. My school has high-impact tutors and they've been paid many hours to sit in trainings and meetings, then meet with students they have no connection with (and some of whom are not motivated) who are pulled out of classes with their actual teachers, who know what they need but don't have time to deliver it...it's madness.

Anonymous wrote:I have a tutor come to my classroom for a student who is already getting intervention and still needs support. Not an SOL grade.

All grades are SOL grades. Those are the standards you teach.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought having high impact tutors was a state initiative to help deal with Covid learning loss?

It is.

I asked what our ES was doing at my son’s IEP meeting and the staff didn’t know what I was talking about.

How are programs implemented functionally in some schools and so dysfunctionally in others?

Did the IEP team include a principal or an assistant principal? If so, they were lying to you. Every school has a dedicated source of funding for tutoring that the principal can decide how to spend. It might be that he/she has already allocated the money given that it’s late in the year.

Anonymous wrote:I thought having high impact tutors was a state initiative to help deal with Covid learning loss?

It is.

I asked what our ES was doing at my son’s IEP meeting and the staff didn’t know what I was talking about.

How are programs implemented functionally in some schools and so dysfunctionally in others?

I have a tutor come to my classroom for a student who is already getting intervention and still needs support. Not an SOL grade.

Anonymous wrote:I thought having high impact tutors was a state initiative to help deal with Covid learning loss?

FCPS launched this high impact tutoring program before the state rolled out its initiative.

Anonymous wrote:I thought having high impact tutors was a state initiative to help deal with Covid learning loss?

It is, thanks for sharing actual facts on DCUM.

I thought having high impact tutors was a state initiative to help deal with Covid learning loss?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They aren't required to have a bachelor's or even an associates degree, let alone be certified teachers.

A lot that I know are retired teachers-they could have let their license go...please stop acting shocked and appalled we have MANY teacher trainees in schools that have literally no credentials or experience.

I am appalled by that as well.

FCPS is trying to get their SOL scores up by hiring these tutors for one month stints before the tests. So cynical.

They have been hiring them all year. Not just for right before SOLs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They aren't required to have a bachelor's or even an associates degree, let alone be certified teachers.

A lot that I know are retired teachers-they could have let their license go...please stop acting shocked and appalled we have MANY teacher trainees in schools that have literally no credentials or experience.

I am appalled by that as well.

FCPS is trying to get their SOL scores up by hiring these tutors for one month stints before the tests. So cynical.

No one cares. When parents and admin start respecting the teaching profession and school positions in general- maybe we can dig our way out of this shortage one day but right now people are saying no thanks to teaching, subbing, bus driving, etc-read this site and you will surely know why people are done.

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Anonymous wrote:$48 an hour is higher than what newly higher Ed teachers with BA earn. I don’t think this is right

Why? They don’t get full-time or benefits.

+1, and in previous years similar positions at a lower pay were very hard to fill.