Wood Acres ES - Teachers happy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trust me, they would go to the movie night even if they were unhappy. I teach at a school with a similar community nearby and I love my students and would show up for them, but I'm deeply unhappy with the environment and culture of my school set by the admin down. It's condescending and only focused on test scores not actual kids. The admin rules by intimidation. Also, you have to go to a certain number of events to get a decent professionalism score on your evaluation.

If you are talking about attending a school play or something where supporting the students would come into play, maybe. But the students wouldn’t care if there was a teacher there to watch them watch a movie.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There's gotta be something illegal or unethical when the admin who is evaluating a teacher is the same person that is trying to squeeze 70-80 hrs per week out of them as well as getting teachers to fill their yellow form out to say 40. There is a conflict of interest.

I dont know about that. Clearly it's been a minute since you worked for MCPS. No more yellow forms.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That's why I'm searching these forums- desperate to find a school nearby where people feel valued by their boss.

There are some, but there are many more where the teachers are undervalued, unappreciated, and greatly overworked.

It’ll be hard to determine which is which, though. Most teachers are going to try very hard to remain professional.

Look for teacher turnover. I left a toxic administration a couple of years ago. Almost 25% of the school left that year.

[Anonymous]

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