Anonymous wrote:This is so disheartening.
Each year we return to DCPS it gets worse.
I wish my colleagues felt supported. I’m tired of absorbing newbies.

Anonymous wrote:There's probably going to be a lot of turnover in a lot of professions. The pandemic has a lot of people rethinking their career choices.

Teachers in DC seem like they have a pretty cushy gig. They are extremely well paid and their union runs the schools. If they move somewhere else, they're likely going to take a pay cut and other school systems are not going to be so deferential to all their demands.

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Anonymous wrote:So far the principal has announced only three leaving at Janney.

Another teacher announced their departure last night. I think there will be one more, all told, in a lower grade.

Was it different from today's email of an aid and 4th grade teacher?

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

WTU has never focused on helping the good teachers get the supports to perform their jobs. It's always been about ensuring the poorest performers get to keep their jobs. Deal has a lot of very good teachers who never went on strike to protest reopening. I'm going to be pissed if we lose lots of them due to these crazy DCPS and WTU antics. Don't even get me started on Neal's current insane plan that's a set up for failure for teachers and kids.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

Neal also calls sitting in a classroom taking a virtual class IPL and dodges questions about reopening, so many parents have very little faith in her willingness to have 100% in person instruction.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Not true: From Perry Stein (May 28): Chancellor Ferebee said that DCPS will have a separate virtual academy next year for all students who are virtual that will be managed centrally. They may be taught virtually by teachers at their school or another school.

But that last part says teachers...at a school, meaning some poor teacher will have to simulcast or teach online too. They need to select a handful of teachers who are ill and couldn't do IPL anyway and THEY will teach DL. NOT a single teacher in person. It's not fair to anyone involved.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

+1. Also Neal spoke at an event at our ES last week and said: “deal will be 100% in person” so also cut that sh*t

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Anonymous wrote:So far the principal has announced only three leaving at Janney.

Another teacher announced their departure last night. I think there will be one more, all told, in a lower grade.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

Admin leave is useless. That leave is up to administers to give out to teachers for free. There isn’t some sort of bank of it. I want 8 hours of sick leave. Anyway, all of dc government is required to report their vaccine status.

No teacher I know wants to do anything but open full stop in August. You are just making sh*t up.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

really?

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Not true: From Perry Stein (May 28): Chancellor Ferebee said that DCPS will have a separate virtual academy next year for all students who are virtual that will be managed centrally. They may be taught virtually by teachers at their school or another school.

But that last part says teachers...at a school, meaning some poor teacher will have to simulcast or teach online too. They need to select a handful of teachers who are ill and couldn't do IPL anyway and THEY will teach DL. NOT a single teacher in person. It's not fair to anyone involved.

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

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Anonymous wrote:PP again but it also my limited understanding that virtual learning won’t be centralized next year it will be done in house at each school. That uncertainty might also be causing some teachers to leave.

Is that true? That’s truly terrible.

I hope to g-d that is not true. Why doesn’t WTU address this?

Because we do not know how many kids will need DL, it's likely not even 1 student at each school. The only students who may need DL are students in the MES program, most students are NOT medically fragile.

Plus a greater concern for the WTU is class sizing, pay, teacher support, IMPACT, and student curriculum. Not something DCPS doesn't even have the full results for yet.

The WTU is currently most concerned that DCPS has asked for vaccination status of its teachers and is providing an 8-hour administrative leave incentive. They don't care at all about virtual, not even on the radar, they are still looking for reasons to block fall. Watch.