Anonymous wrote:The teachers who think summer school is child care- are you parents? I find it hard to believe that any teacher/parent would still cling to the tired line that parents want kids in buildings for childcare.
Have you returned, in person- and seen the truly transformative impact it’s had on your students? Have you sent your own kids back and seen the impact being back has had on your student/family.
As for those who are threatening to quit because of internet snark- grow up. People have ALWAYS hated teachers. So here your opportunity to see this just as a job. Don’t hold out for teacher appreciation week gifts- but also maybe stop reading internet hate. Teaching is a job. That’s it.
It’s fair and ok to take issue with how unions handled this past year. Teachers unions are not above reproach.

Anonymous wrote:The teachers who think summer school is child care- are you parents? I find it hard to believe that any teacher/parent would still cling to the tired line that parents want kids in buildings for childcare.
Have you returned, in person- and seen the truly transformative impact it’s had on your students? Have you sent your own kids back and seen the impact being back has had on your student/family.
As for those who are threatening to quit because of internet snark- grow up. People have ALWAYS hated teachers. So here your opportunity to see this just as a job. Don’t hold out for teacher appreciation week gifts- but also maybe stop reading internet hate. Teaching is a job. That’s it.
It’s fair and ok to take issue with how unions handled this past year. Teachers unions are not above reproach.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to teach summer school after a year of being harassed and belittled? The money isn’t enough and neither are bonuses. What does that say?

Were you harassed and belittled at work, or on DCUM?

NP here, why the snark? Anyone could see that the pandemic is pushing the public education sector to its limit. I assuming that you must not read your news? https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/us/covid-school-teaching.html

Its a sad day when some adults choose to only consume their news from television and radio sources and lack basic research skills.

What's wrong with my question? I know many teachers personally, and I know that public education is in trouble. I support funding it (which is part of why it makes me super angry when teacher union leaders write op-eds downplaying the impact of the pandemic on students). But PP was talking specifically about "a year of being harassed and belittled". What was she referring to? DCUM? Or was there harassment during the course of her work? Because the solution to harassment on DCUM is not to turn down work.

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Anonymous wrote:Cringe- again.
The ‘attitude’ of go into work and teach kids- in a school building, is why you’ll quit?
Bye,bye,bye.

This is PP. I'm not a teacher. I'm just watching people who need a service that was already having trouble filling positions continue quite vocally to demean and belittle the people in those positions, and -- well, I'm just not on board with that being your most effective strategy.

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Anonymous wrote:At the elementary school where I work, we have over 100 kids on the waitlist. It is sad because MCPS had said summer school for all, but there’s just not enough teachers.

Well, I guess they shouldn't have said that. It's not a shortage if there are enough qualified people to fill the position.

Anonymous wrote:At the elementary school where I work, we have over 100 kids on the waitlist. It is sad because MCPS had said summer school for all, but there’s just not enough teachers.

Anonymous wrote:It’s a bit confusing to me. Many teachers are waiting to hear back after applying. Most of the job postings are still there. I have the feeling county is not getting enough ESOL and SpEd teachers to sign up, so because of service and equity issues may not be able to offer many of the courses or grade level programs. I have no proof of this, though, but it makes sense.

I think the county is also trying to get more students signed up before opening up more sections and assigning staff. I think there will be a lot of last minute sign-ups with the constant pushing back of deadlines.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't think this pp will even understand sarcasm.

Many teachers have had enough and aren't coming back for summer school or fall. You treat people like crap and scream and whine, most will find other jobs.

Written sarcasm is often hard to detect.

Anonymous wrote:I don't think this pp will even understand sarcasm.

Many teachers have had enough and aren't coming back for summer school or fall. You treat people like crap and scream and whine, most will find other jobs.

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Anonymous wrote:Why would anyone want to teach summer school after a year of being harassed and belittled? The money isn’t enough and neither are bonuses. What does that say?

Were you harassed and belittled at work, or on DCUM?

Not PP, but I know teachers who were harassed on social media simply for being teachers. Teachers who had never posted anything about virtual learning or ADA. A teacher on ADA because she had an organ transplant in 2020 was stalked by a neighbor while she walked her dog masked in her neighborhood. The teacher was outside masked for 30 min twice a day outside of her duty day. The neighbor saw that as proof she could be indoors with 15 kids for 6+ hours a day. She escalated to video taping and shouting her beliefs. That is when the HOA got involved.