Anonymous wrote:I posted this on another thread about why I'm pleasantly surprised by Dr. Taylor. Cross-posting here.

Because BCC is finally getting attention from MCPS this year. Because I appreciate his transparency. Because, whether or not you agree with the direction, they're actually trying to bring in public comment on the redistricting and improving HS programs across the board (instead of only in pockets). Because he's responsive (whether you like how he responds, is another story). Because he's having to clean up the previous superintendent's mess and that is going to take time. Because I find the focus on positive spin and finding joy and humor refreshing.

And people mainly come to DCUM to complain about things, so it's not a huge surprise that people have mostly negative things to say. When I talk to other MCPS parents in person, they are also pleasantly surprised.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in MCPS and have contacted him several times about concerns I've had through email & received responses. I've heard accounts of people having face to face discussions with him. He doesn't really understand a lot of the issues facing MCPS, for example - special ed. He makes a decision and when confronted with how that decision won't practically help anything he just spouts the same decision he made and say "you're mistaken, this decision won't have the bad consequences you're talking about." Without listening to the experience and data the person is presenting.

One example is that losing specialists (part of the central office "reorg") would be balanced out by getting new teacher positions. He was completely unable or unwilling to grasp that specialists *are* in schools nearly everyday already providing support and that losing them will impact teachers getting that support. No, the cross functional teams are not going to be able to fill that void. Cross functional teams were tried many years ago and failed btw... Clearly no at the top had the historical knowledge to tell him of this or he had the similar response to ignore that information.

We're also still all waiting for these special ed teacher positions! I haven't heard of a single school getting extra positions other than the normal allocations they'd always be given every year based on numbers. Where are those positions, or more importantly, where's that money?

150 special ed teacher positions posted on Careers...anybody going to fill them?

Is MCPS going to fill any jobs? I moved from out of state. I have 15+ years experience in teaching and stellar recommendations from former principals. MCPS has not acknowledged my initial TeachMCPS application I did months ago and every job I've applied to hasn't responded unless it's the standard rejection letter sent out to all applicants. I've gotten multiple offers from Anne Arundel and PGCPS but I don't want to take the pay cut.

This is very typical for McPS! At this point in the summer I would email principals director about openings and reference your online application. Also see if you can contact your content area coordinator to speed things up.

Was going to say the same thing. Contact the school leadership directly. MCPS seemingly has this cumbersome system, but individual principals can actually get some movement going on their own (is my understanding).

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Anonymous wrote:I work in MCPS and have contacted him several times about concerns I've had through email & received responses. I've heard accounts of people having face to face discussions with him. He doesn't really understand a lot of the issues facing MCPS, for example - special ed. He makes a decision and when confronted with how that decision won't practically help anything he just spouts the same decision he made and say "you're mistaken, this decision won't have the bad consequences you're talking about." Without listening to the experience and data the person is presenting.

One example is that losing specialists (part of the central office "reorg") would be balanced out by getting new teacher positions. He was completely unable or unwilling to grasp that specialists *are* in schools nearly everyday already providing support and that losing them will impact teachers getting that support. No, the cross functional teams are not going to be able to fill that void. Cross functional teams were tried many years ago and failed btw... Clearly no at the top had the historical knowledge to tell him of this or he had the similar response to ignore that information.

We're also still all waiting for these special ed teacher positions! I haven't heard of a single school getting extra positions other than the normal allocations they'd always be given every year based on numbers. Where are those positions, or more importantly, where's that money?

150 special ed teacher positions posted on Careers...anybody going to fill them?

Is MCPS going to fill any jobs? I moved from out of state. I have 15+ years experience in teaching and stellar recommendations from former principals. MCPS has not acknowledged my initial TeachMCPS application I did months ago and every job I've applied to hasn't responded unless it's the standard rejection letter sent out to all applicants. I've gotten multiple offers from Anne Arundel and PGCPS but I don't want to take the pay cut.

This is very typical for McPS! At this point in the summer I would email principals director about openings and reference your online application. Also see if you can contact your content area coordinator to speed things up.

Was going to say the same thing. Contact the school leadership directly. MCPS seemingly has this cumbersome system, but individual principals can actually get some movement going on their own (is my understanding).

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Anonymous wrote:I work in MCPS and have contacted him several times about concerns I've had through email & received responses. I've heard accounts of people having face to face discussions with him. He doesn't really understand a lot of the issues facing MCPS, for example - special ed. He makes a decision and when confronted with how that decision won't practically help anything he just spouts the same decision he made and say "you're mistaken, this decision won't have the bad consequences you're talking about." Without listening to the experience and data the person is presenting.

One example is that losing specialists (part of the central office "reorg") would be balanced out by getting new teacher positions. He was completely unable or unwilling to grasp that specialists *are* in schools nearly everyday already providing support and that losing them will impact teachers getting that support. No, the cross functional teams are not going to be able to fill that void. Cross functional teams were tried many years ago and failed btw... Clearly no at the top had the historical knowledge to tell him of this or he had the similar response to ignore that information.

We're also still all waiting for these special ed teacher positions! I haven't heard of a single school getting extra positions other than the normal allocations they'd always be given every year based on numbers. Where are those positions, or more importantly, where's that money?

150 special ed teacher positions posted on Careers...anybody going to fill them?

Is MCPS going to fill any jobs? I moved from out of state. I have 15+ years experience in teaching and stellar recommendations from former principals. MCPS has not acknowledged my initial TeachMCPS application I did months ago and every job I've applied to hasn't responded unless it's the standard rejection letter sent out to all applicants. I've gotten multiple offers from Anne Arundel and PGCPS but I don't want to take the pay cut.

This is very typical for McPS! At this point in the summer I would email principals director about openings and reference your online application. Also see if you can contact your content area coordinator to speed things up.

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Anonymous wrote:I work in MCPS and have contacted him several times about concerns I've had through email & received responses. I've heard accounts of people having face to face discussions with him. He doesn't really understand a lot of the issues facing MCPS, for example - special ed. He makes a decision and when confronted with how that decision won't practically help anything he just spouts the same decision he made and say "you're mistaken, this decision won't have the bad consequences you're talking about." Without listening to the experience and data the person is presenting.

One example is that losing specialists (part of the central office "reorg") would be balanced out by getting new teacher positions. He was completely unable or unwilling to grasp that specialists *are* in schools nearly everyday already providing support and that losing them will impact teachers getting that support. No, the cross functional teams are not going to be able to fill that void. Cross functional teams were tried many years ago and failed btw... Clearly no at the top had the historical knowledge to tell him of this or he had the similar response to ignore that information.

We're also still all waiting for these special ed teacher positions! I haven't heard of a single school getting extra positions other than the normal allocations they'd always be given every year based on numbers. Where are those positions, or more importantly, where's that money?

150 special ed teacher positions posted on Careers...anybody going to fill them?

Is MCPS going to fill any jobs? I moved from out of state. I have 15+ years experience in teaching and stellar recommendations from former principals. MCPS has not acknowledged my initial TeachMCPS application I did months ago and every job I've applied to hasn't responded unless it's the standard rejection letter sent out to all applicants. I've gotten multiple offers from Anne Arundel and PGCPS but I don't want to take the pay cut.