Last year, the MVA teachers were helping to fill vacant teacher positions. This year, the CO cuts will help to fill them. At some point, MCPS, and probably most other counties will have to face the fact that very very few people still aspire to be teachers.

He should be embarrassed with the cuts they are making.

Anonymous wrote:I'm not sure but the email from MCEA said, "Often when we think of “Central Office” we only think of the highest-level executives like Chiefs and Associate Superintendents. But the truth is that the Central Office is populated by hundreds of dedicated MCEA members working hard to support students and classrooms."

So who are the MCEA members? And are any of them being reassigned?

The notification of involuntary transfer means that these MCEA members need to participate in transfer season and apply to open positions that are posted beginning in March/April. They have some time to find a position, but if they don’t easily, they will be placed in one in May (but can still keep interviewing).

What this really means is that there will be fewer teachers hired from outside the system this season.

** also central office supervisors directors and instructional specialists were cut / reduced

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Anonymous wrote:Special Education and early childhood teachers and SLPs were cut. Everything done quickly and seemed like bo one was following any procedures with the cuts.

My understanding is that those cuts will primarily affect PEP programs. I believe they are increasing the number of SpEd positions in elem, middle and high schools. They should look at cutting primary development positions (special teacher teaches lessons once a week in K, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms); at our school, there a lot of planning time built in for this role without noticeable benefits for the students. This position could be better allocated as a gen ed teacher.

NP. It was Infants and Toddlers SLPs and early childhood teachers that got cut. There were no cuts to PEP staff.

Can you be more specific about “early childhood teachers “? This is vague. There are a lot of special education early childhood programs (PEP, CAPP) and general education programs like Head Start and PreKindergarten. Where are these cuts?

Infants and Toddlers also has special educators. The cuts were from these. Not from actual school-based Pre-K programs like PEP, CAPP, or Head Start.

This is accurate. No school based teachers from any school was cut at all. Only central office based teachers (this included infants and toddlers SLPs and special instructors). The chart will be released tomorrow 1/31

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Anonymous wrote:Special Education and early childhood teachers and SLPs were cut. Everything done quickly and seemed like bo one was following any procedures with the cuts.

My understanding is that those cuts will primarily affect PEP programs. I believe they are increasing the number of SpEd positions in elem, middle and high schools. They should look at cutting primary development positions (special teacher teaches lessons once a week in K, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms); at our school, there a lot of planning time built in for this role without noticeable benefits for the students. This position could be better allocated as a gen ed teacher.

NP. It was Infants and Toddlers SLPs and early childhood teachers that got cut. There were no cuts to PEP staff.

Can you be more specific about “early childhood teachers “? This is vague. There are a lot of special education early childhood programs (PEP, CAPP) and general education programs like Head Start and PreKindergarten. Where are these cuts?

Infants and Toddlers also has special educators. The cuts were from these. Not from actual school-based Pre-K programs like PEP, CAPP, or Head Start.

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Anonymous wrote:Special Education and early childhood teachers and SLPs were cut. Everything done quickly and seemed like bo one was following any procedures with the cuts.

My understanding is that those cuts will primarily affect PEP programs. I believe they are increasing the number of SpEd positions in elem, middle and high schools. They should look at cutting primary development positions (special teacher teaches lessons once a week in K, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms); at our school, there a lot of planning time built in for this role without noticeable benefits for the students. This position could be better allocated as a gen ed teacher.

NP. It was Infants and Toddlers SLPs and early childhood teachers that got cut. There were no cuts to PEP staff.

Can you be more specific about “early childhood teachers “? This is vague. There are a lot of special education early childhood programs (PEP, CAPP) and general education programs like Head Start and PreKindergarten. Where are these cuts?

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Anonymous wrote:To me it seems like it's just a reshuffling of staff. I've seen the chart. I would post it but I am not sure it's the final one. We had access to it yesterday.

So far I am not impressed with how this has all been handled. It would be different if there was a vision that was shared with us as to how the re organization of things would help us.

Infant and Toddler's SLP's cut to help with the deficit in school based SLP's. I also heard there were cuts to the Autism staff.

I suspect this won't work out how they hope it will. They are assuming these people will go to the schools and I think some will just quit instead or go to other districts. They might be better served trying to figure out why all their school SLPs are fleeing and making the job less crummy.

I would leave too if my position is cut. Surrounding districts are paying more now.

Anonymous wrote:To me it seems like it's just a reshuffling of staff. I've seen the chart. I would post it but I am not sure it's the final one. We had access to it yesterday.

So far I am not impressed with how this has all been handled. It would be different if there was a vision that was shared with us as to how the re organization of things would help us.

Infant and Toddler's SLP's cut to help with the deficit in school based SLP's. I also heard there were cuts to the Autism staff.

I suspect this won't work out how they hope it will. They are assuming these people will go to the schools and I think some will just quit instead or go to other districts. They might be better served trying to figure out why all their school SLPs are fleeing and making the job less crummy.

To me it seems like it's just a reshuffling of staff. I've seen the chart. I would post it but I am not sure it's the final one. We had access to it yesterday.

So far I am not impressed with how this has all been handled. It would be different if there was a vision that was shared with us as to how the re organization of things would help us.

Infant and Toddler's SLP's cut to help with the deficit in school based SLP's. I also heard there were cuts to the Autism staff.

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Anonymous wrote:Special Education and early childhood teachers and SLPs were cut. Everything done quickly and seemed like bo one was following any procedures with the cuts.

My understanding is that those cuts will primarily affect PEP programs. I believe they are increasing the number of SpEd positions in elem, middle and high schools. They should look at cutting primary development positions (special teacher teaches lessons once a week in K, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms); at our school, there a lot of planning time built in for this role without noticeable benefits for the students. This position could be better allocated as a gen ed teacher.

NP. It was Infants and Toddlers SLPs and early childhood teachers that got cut. There were no cuts to PEP staff.

Anonymous wrote:Special Education and early childhood teachers and SLPs were cut. Everything done quickly and seemed like bo one was following any procedures with the cuts.

My understanding is that those cuts will primarily affect PEP programs. I believe they are increasing the number of SpEd positions in elem, middle and high schools. They should look at cutting primary development positions (special teacher teaches lessons once a week in K, 1st and 2nd grade classrooms); at our school, there a lot of planning time built in for this role without noticeable benefits for the students. This position could be better allocated as a gen ed teacher.

They said org charts will be posted tomorrow.

I am not following because I am with PGCPS, but PGCPS did this two years ago. They put those that were in central office and told them they either have to go back into the classroom or lose their job. It forces the county to hire and fill the teacher positions. They also cut instructional specialist, interventionist, resource teachers, coordinators, etc, all of which where school based. Back in the classroom everyone goes. I get it although it sucks. I am at a school that is at 75 percent capacity. We have students that are just supervised in the hallways by the classrooms in the hall because of no teachers or subs. We can not have full staffed central office but no teachers in the schools.

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Anonymous wrote:CO is undergoing a reorganization/reclassification. The new Org chart is supposed to be out tomorrow. It’s a 81 FTE reduction. Likely a combination of unfilled positions and actual people being transferred. Almost all the Chief jobs were put open. That doesn’t mean there will be all new people but it does mean there are some position related changes

Interested in this chart. Does anyone know where we can find it? I agree with the decision to reorganize central office.

It’s supposed to be published today. Tune into todays budget meeting where the changes should be discussed.

Haven't seen a new org chart shown at the meeting. These are the slides Taylor presented:

https://go.boarddocs.com/mabe/mcpsmd/Board.nsf/files/DDELSJ57F4C5/$file/Operating%20Budget%20Work%20Session%20_%20Jan.%2030.pdf