Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland: MCPS Expected To Loosen Requirements for Substitute Teachers

Tuesday, July 9, 2019

MCPS Expected To Loosen Requirements for Substitute Teachers

The Montgomery school board on Thursday will discuss loosening requirements for substitute teachers amid a “severe shortage” of fill-in instructors.

The school system’s current policy requires an applicant to have at least a bachelor’s degree or certification. People applying to substitute in vocational programs can be hired without a college degree but must have at least two years of experience in a related area.

The school system currently has 3,003 registered substitute teachers, including certified teachers, retired Montgomery County teachers and current part-time teachers, according to school board documents...

https://bethesdamagazine.com/bethesda-beat/schools/mcps-expected-to-loosen-requirements-for-substitute-teachers/

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AnonymousJuly 9, 2019 at 7:52 AM
"People applying to substitute in vocational programs can be hired without a college degree but must have at least two years of experience in a related area."
This is the de facto standard for part-time faculty at Montgomery College.
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Formed in 2002, the Parents' Coalition of Montgomery County, Maryland seeks to achieve the goals of coherent, content-rich curriculum standards; high expectations combined with timely remediation and acceleration; a wider range of educational options for parents and children; greater transparency and accountability; and meaningful community input.

E-mail: parentscoalitionmc AT outlook.com

What The Washington Post said about the Parents' Coalition

The coalition might be the best-known parent advocacy group in the region. Its members represent several constituencies, including parents of special education and gifted education students and fiscal watchdogs. The group's defining victory came this school year when the school system scaled back the fees charged to families for course materials.

Coalition leaders have drawn attention to the misuse of funds collected from students for activities, the broadcast of a commercial radio service on school buses and, with their "Weast Watch" blog, the travel habits of Weast and his lieutenants.

The Washington Post, June 4, 2009

Jerry Weast on the Parents' Coalition

"Along the way, you’ve had a challenging relationship with the Parents’ Coalition, the network of citizen activists who use the political process and other means to hold MCPS accountable.

The thing people accuse me of is listening, but not hearing. I hear, but I do not always agree. I am sorry that the world is faster than it was 10 years ago. I did not do that. [But] if we do not keep up, then our kids will be behind. We have to stop whining and get real."

Bethesda Magazine, March-April 2011