Submitted by Victor (not verified) on March 25, 2008 - 19:58.
I know that there is no such thing as the perfect school, however, those teachers that received this letter must have felt like they worked for the perfect school. That was such a wonderful way to start the year. I think that most administrators do try to start the year off with something that is similar to these words. For instance our administrator always has had a welcome back breakfast to kick off the year. Everyone is very motivated and excited to start. This year for some reason our administrator had the breakfast for us and started the year great with all her enthusiasm but has not done much more to keep our moral up through out the year. It is now the end of March with only about 8 weeks left of school and the teacher moral has been down a great deal. Many teachers have turned in their transfer forms and are talking about not enjoying themselves because of the discipline problems we are having that are not being addressed by the administration. Teachers are feeling that things are being swept under the rug sort of speak. Unfortunately, it can be contagious because I too have found myself feeling down about things happening at our school. I believe that to many times administrators get caught up in the "test scores" that nothing else matters and therefore a letter or statement like this one in this blog would really be nice for our staff right about now. I am glad that I have a great class this year and none of the problems that are causing teachers to be upset are from my room. However, because they are from my grade level I see and hear all their problems which is why I get down too.
The Perfect Supporting School
Submitted by Victor (not verified) on March 25, 2008 - 19:58.
I know that there is no such thing as the perfect school, however, those teachers that received this letter must have felt like they worked for the perfect school. That was such a wonderful way to start the year. I think that most administrators do try to start the year off with something that is similar to these words. For instance our administrator always has had a welcome back breakfast to kick off the year. Everyone is very motivated and excited to start. This year for some reason our administrator had the breakfast for us and started the year great with all her enthusiasm but has not done much more to keep our moral up through out the year. It is now the end of March with only about 8 weeks left of school and the teacher moral has been down a great deal. Many teachers have turned in their transfer forms and are talking about not enjoying themselves because of the discipline problems we are having that are not being addressed by the administration. Teachers are feeling that things are being swept under the rug sort of speak. Unfortunately, it can be contagious because I too have found myself feeling down about things happening at our school. I believe that to many times administrators get caught up in the "test scores" that nothing else matters and therefore a letter or statement like this one in this blog would really be nice for our staff right about now. I am glad that I have a great class this year and none of the problems that are causing teachers to be upset are from my room. However, because they are from my grade level I see and hear all their problems which is why I get down too.