Anonymous
08/20/2025 22:35
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
PEP is down teachers, paras and speech.
Anonymous
08/20/2025 22:21
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Not in the DMV but where I live in New England there is a lot of turnover in special Ed. It's really frustrating work. Not because of the kids, but because of all the paperwork, meetings...angry administrators, angry parents/guardians...
The worst is administrations who allow zero consequences for violent kids in the classroom. Teachers never signed up to be a punching bag.
Anonymous
08/20/2025 22:18
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:As of 8/20 there are 290 teaching positions listed. Some are part time of course, but that’s pretty high with only a few days left before school starts.
175 are full time, that's an average that is less than 1 opening per school in MCPS.
Anonymous
08/20/2025 21:07
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
As of 8/20 there are 290 teaching positions listed. Some are part time of course, but that’s pretty high with only a few days left before school starts.
Anonymous
08/06/2025 21:53
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Has anyone ever experienced applying for one position and then central office staff asking you to consider applying for another position?
Not personally, but I have heard accounts of this, they are trying to fill the high need positions first. Email the school principal your interest directly, the principal won't let central office swipe you when you're interested in filling a vacancy at their school more.
Thank you!
Anonymous
08/06/2025 21:01
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Has anyone ever experienced applying for one position and then central office staff asking you to consider applying for another position?
Not personally, but I have heard accounts of this, they are trying to fill the high need positions first. Email the school principal your interest directly, the principal won't let central office swipe you when you're interested in filling a vacancy at their school more.
Anonymous
08/06/2025 20:47
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Has anyone ever experienced applying for one position and then central office staff asking you to consider applying for another position?
Anonymous
08/04/2025 17:23
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are kids less well behaved in school as compared to 20, 30 years ago?
No.
But fights were just a thing you didn’t get expelled for them.
Smoking was just a thing as a matter fact, we had a senior lounge that allowed smoking.
Kids drank at 18 so if you were drinking at 16, nobody gave a shit.
We didn’t have all the strivers complaining about more AP classes.
If a teacher punched you, it was just discipline.
Bullying was part of life it helped you grow.
Was education better? Hell no.
Was complaining less? Hell yes.
You need better math skills. I’m the class of 1997 (out of state) at a HS with over 3,000 kids and it was t like this. If you had sex, used drugs, smoked, assaulted students/teachers you were suspended. Multiple times and you were expelled.
Anonymous
08/04/2025 17:02
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are concerned, so apply for a job.
Yeah, really.
Go get a job where you can be shot by a six-year-old child, deal with angry parents, be paid very little, and constantly be attacked by the GOP.
The MAGA is having their way by running teachers out of the profession.
Oh, how ironic that the billionaire white pedophile males who love sex trafficking attack teachers.
Say you know nothing of MoCo politics, without saying you know nothing of MoCo politics.
It’s a Big world out there if you got your head out of the a-hole of every moco politician, you might see what’s really going on.
for 30+ years all I heard was teachers complain about the one thing the Dept of Ed ever did...and that is "No Child Left Behind"
The one that stopped teaching phonics? Now I wonder why they would complain
exactly, and now MD is getting rid of memorization of times tables in grade 3. All of cognitive science tells you that memorization of simple facts allows the brain to focus more easily and learn advanced thinking...and in terms of math, this means their future learning of algebra and above.
And I swear, if someone tells me they never use algebra, let me ask you how you decide to buy a dozen eggs for 3 dollars or 6 eggs for 2 dollars cuz you're doing algebraic thinking to make your choice!
and same poster here...if someone tells me they don't see the use of calculus...if you ever see trends, like, IDK, temperature influences and land masses, or stock prices and tariffs...that is calculus in action.
Anonymous
08/04/2025 16:44
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are concerned, so apply for a job.
Yeah, really.
Go get a job where you can be shot by a six-year-old child, deal with angry parents, be paid very little, and constantly be attacked by the GOP.
The MAGA is having their way by running teachers out of the profession.
Oh, how ironic that the billionaire white pedophile males who love sex trafficking attack teachers.
Say you know nothing of MoCo politics, without saying you know nothing of MoCo politics.
It’s a Big world out there if you got your head out of the a-hole of every moco politician, you might see what’s really going on.
for 30+ years all I heard was teachers complain about the one thing the Dept of Ed ever did...and that is "No Child Left Behind"
The one that stopped teaching phonics? Now I wonder why they would complain
exactly, and now MD is getting rid of memorization of times tables in grade 3. All of cognitive science tells you that memorization of simple facts allows the brain to focus more easily and learn advanced thinking...and in terms of math, this means their future learning of algebra and above.
And I swear, if someone tells me they never use algebra, let me ask you how you decide to buy a dozen eggs for 3 dollars or 6 eggs for 2 dollars cuz you're doing algebraic thinking to make your choice!
Anonymous
08/04/2025 15:41
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are concerned, so apply for a job.
Yeah, really.
Go get a job where you can be shot by a six-year-old child, deal with angry parents, be paid very little, and constantly be attacked by the GOP.
The MAGA is having their way by running teachers out of the profession.
Oh, how ironic that the billionaire white pedophile males who love sex trafficking attack teachers.
Say you know nothing of MoCo politics, without saying you know nothing of MoCo politics.
It’s a Big world out there if you got your head out of the a-hole of every moco politician, you might see what’s really going on.
for 30+ years all I heard was teachers complain about the one thing the Dept of Ed ever did...and that is "No Child Left Behind"
The one that stopped teaching phonics? Now I wonder why they would complain
Anonymous
08/04/2025 15:16
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are concerned, so apply for a job.
Yeah, really.
Go get a job where you can be shot by a six-year-old child, deal with angry parents, be paid very little, and constantly be attacked by the GOP.
The MAGA is having their way by running teachers out of the profession.
Oh, how ironic that the billionaire white pedophile males who love sex trafficking attack teachers.
Say you know nothing of MoCo politics, without saying you know nothing of MoCo politics.
It’s a Big world out there if you got your head out of the a-hole of every moco politician, you might see what’s really going on.
for 30+ years all I heard was teachers complain about the one thing the Dept of Ed ever did...and that is "No Child Left Behind"
Anonymous
08/04/2025 14:45
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Are kids less well behaved in school as compared to 20, 30 years ago?
No.
But fights were just a thing you didn’t get expelled for them.
Smoking was just a thing as a matter fact, we had a senior lounge that allowed smoking.
Kids drank at 18 so if you were drinking at 16, nobody gave a shit.
We didn’t have all the strivers complaining about more AP classes.
If a teacher punched you, it was just discipline.
Bullying was part of life it helped you grow.
Was education better? Hell no.
Was complaining less? Hell yes.
Wtf? You must have been one naughty kid
Anonymous
08/04/2025 14:37
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:You are concerned, so apply for a job.
Yeah, really.
Go get a job where you can be shot by a six-year-old child, deal with angry parents, be paid very little, and constantly be attacked by the GOP.
The MAGA is having their way by running teachers out of the profession.
Oh, how ironic that the billionaire white pedophile males who love sex trafficking attack teachers.
Say you know nothing of MoCo politics, without saying you know nothing of MoCo politics.
It’s a Big world out there if you got your head out of the a-hole of every moco politician, you might see what’s really going on.
Anonymous
08/04/2025 14:34
Subject: Still a teacher shortage?
Anonymous wrote:Are kids less well behaved in school as compared to 20, 30 years ago?
No.
But fights were just a thing you didn’t get expelled for them.
Smoking was just a thing as a matter fact, we had a senior lounge that allowed smoking.
Kids drank at 18 so if you were drinking at 16, nobody gave a shit.
We didn’t have all the strivers complaining about more AP classes.
If a teacher punched you, it was just discipline.
Bullying was part of life it helped you grow.
Was education better? Hell no.
Was complaining less? Hell yes.