Anonymous
Post 10/24/2021 09:01     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Please contact your school's principal if you don't think there's a shortage this year. We are so lucky in that almost all of our classroom teacher positions are filled. We have one that is not and the kids who would be in the class have been split among the other grade-level teachers classes. I looked at the MCPS Careers webiste a few weeks ago and was shocked at the large number of classroom teacher vacancies throughout the county. I've never seen that list so long in October. This used to be such an enjoyable job but now it just sucks. As great as it has been having kids back in the building, so many are multiple years behind grade-level. So many are suffering the effects of isolation and trauma from the last year. I'm seeing kids in the 3rd grade having meltdowns worse than my toddler. Just grabbing their ears and screaming at the top of their lungs. So I fully understand why people didn't come back, have quit, or plan on quitting at the end of the year. Something needs to change because this isn't sustainable.


I did they said there was a surplus because so many kids left for private last year. I heard they made more jobs in the central office because they didn't want to lay people off.

Where did you "hear" that? Voices whispering in your head?
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2021 08:41     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:Please contact your school's principal if you don't think there's a shortage this year. We are so lucky in that almost all of our classroom teacher positions are filled. We have one that is not and the kids who would be in the class have been split among the other grade-level teachers classes. I looked at the MCPS Careers webiste a few weeks ago and was shocked at the large number of classroom teacher vacancies throughout the county. I've never seen that list so long in October. This used to be such an enjoyable job but now it just sucks. As great as it has been having kids back in the building, so many are multiple years behind grade-level. So many are suffering the effects of isolation and trauma from the last year. I'm seeing kids in the 3rd grade having meltdowns worse than my toddler. Just grabbing their ears and screaming at the top of their lungs. So I fully understand why people didn't come back, have quit, or plan on quitting at the end of the year. Something needs to change because this isn't sustainable.


I did they said there was a surplus because so many kids left for private last year. I heard they made more jobs in the central office because they didn't want to lay people off.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2021 07:42     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Please contact your school's principal if you don't think there's a shortage this year. We are so lucky in that almost all of our classroom teacher positions are filled. We have one that is not and the kids who would be in the class have been split among the other grade-level teachers classes. I looked at the MCPS Careers webiste a few weeks ago and was shocked at the large number of classroom teacher vacancies throughout the county. I've never seen that list so long in October. This used to be such an enjoyable job but now it just sucks. As great as it has been having kids back in the building, so many are multiple years behind grade-level. So many are suffering the effects of isolation and trauma from the last year. I'm seeing kids in the 3rd grade having meltdowns worse than my toddler. Just grabbing their ears and screaming at the top of their lungs. So I fully understand why people didn't come back, have quit, or plan on quitting at the end of the year. Something needs to change because this isn't sustainable.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2021 07:14     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no shortage.

As if.


I read so many people jumped ship for private that they had to lay off the excess teachers.


That’s not how surplusing even works in MCPS.
Anonymous
Post 10/24/2021 05:02     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:I’m sure (I hope, at least!) that this year teachers are staying home when they have cold-type symptoms that in past years they’d just push through.


But I don’t think we want teachers, even vaccinated ones, powering through that throat tickle or slight cough to head into the classroom. So everybody scrambles to cover. Following those covid best practices is inevitably going to exacerbate the shortage of subs that’s been a recurring problem for years.


What world are you living in? We were told we cannot take days off without physical proof. So a sore throat means a doctors appointment which isn’t actually possible to schedule on a whim in a world of covid. I hope this is an eye opening post to the bs teachers have to deal with. It gets much worse.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2021 14:56     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Lack of subs. My senior has had individual classes taught by 3 different teachers (15 min each) because there were no subs available. This has happened several times in the past month. And the teachers covering weren’t necessarily content teachers……
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2021 11:13     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:Teachers should be able to evaluate admin just as admin can subjectively evaluate them. Might put some pressure on admin to, you know, actually do their jobs effectively. No wonder teachers are jumping ship.

They do. There's a climate survey every year.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2021 08:24     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:Teachers should be able to evaluate admin just as admin can subjectively evaluate them. Might put some pressure on admin to, you know, actually do their jobs effectively. No wonder teachers are jumping ship.


Right on the money with this comment! Admin makes a HUGE difference in all aspects of teaching but has an enormous influence on staff morale. I wish we were able to give admin thoughtful evals to reflect on what’s working and ways they could offer support or feedback.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2021 08:07     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no shortage.

As if.


I read so many people jumped ship for private that they had to lay off the excess teachers.


Given the number of teacher openings it doesn't look like the ratios of teachers who left match the number of kids who left.
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2021 08:05     Subject: Re:Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Since schools are short staffed, why aren’t school level administrators or Central Office Administrators chipping in? They have education degrees. They used to be teachers. So many levels of bureaucracy when you need manpower in the trenches even if it’s to help substitute classes. Perhaps the experience would remind administrators of where the priorities should be.


They are! Central office sent offers to principals last month. Not every principal agreed, but many did. DD’s school has three staff from central office working at her school. They can’t teach because they don’t have certifications, but they are in the Media Center, Health Room, and Main Office. We got a letter about it on Monday.


Media Specialists still teach
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2021 03:20     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
If you're good making numbers appear out of thin air you will be a shu win in mcps. If not they have a par ogram for you. Keep in mind the kids need to go to college and it's a financial system that wants them inducted no matter what levels. Pass them along and mcps might keep you. Is politics more than anything to succeed. Play the game and don't be a hero. Holding out until teacher respect is a thing again. That will help all us teachers
Anonymous
Post 10/23/2021 00:37     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Teachers should be able to evaluate admin just as admin can subjectively evaluate them. Might put some pressure on admin to, you know, actually do their jobs effectively. No wonder teachers are jumping ship.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2021 16:28     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There is no shortage.

As if.


I read so many people jumped ship for private that they had to lay off the excess teachers.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2021 10:10     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
Anonymous wrote:There is no shortage.

As if.
Anonymous
Post 10/22/2021 03:51     Subject: Does Anyone Have Any Examples of How the MCPS Shortage is Impacting Things This Year?
There is no shortage.