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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]By the way is it true that another teacher quit BASIS today?[/quote]

Yes and it is a terrible loss.  She was the third Spanish teacher and she was excellent.  The other two were both at the end of the year.  And they were awful.  I finally thought my kid had a shot at learning the language.  Damn.  It may not have had much to do with BASIS, though.  She got a fairly prestigious job in her home country, and she had been commuting from Annapolis each day because she her child was a student at the Naval Academy...... which must not have been pleasant at all.  But now I am afraid again about who will be our next Spanish teacher.  Basis does in general a fairly good job of firing teachers at the end of the year.  Hiring good ones?  Not nearly as well done.  And long term great Basis teachers tend to be put in charge of new Basis schools that are starting elsewhere.  That is how we lost the best maths teacher my child ever had, and our best HOS, who this year is in charge of additional schools instead of just focusing on us.  So we have also had 3 HOS in 3 years, one fired, one fantastic, one who also should be gone at least by the end of the year (I'm hoping sooner).  Really tough row to hoe in a start up, even if it is part of a chain, because they did not bring us many solid experienced teachers from AZ.  And most of the ones who came have been promoted and moved on.

Each year it gets better, and my first started young enough that I am not all that worried about the final outcome.  They learned a lot from the chaos and uneven instruction and out of control kids the first year.  Things are a world away this year when my youngest started.  So that transformation occurred basically in two years (we are in our third).  If we could only find a way to hire competent teachers, the uneven instruction would become a non-issue.  And if we could only find a way to deal with the few children in each Element that really ruin classes for all the rest by being disruptive (they get sent to the Dean, and then turn up the next day and do the same thing), and a few other issues, I would have no complaints.  As it is, at the moment, I am quite happy with both children's teachers.  And this is a first for me.  So let's see whether they can hire a decent Spanish teacher again and keep her here this time.  Maybe they could just move someone from Arizona.  That would be wonderful. As it is, the children (when it is the right time of the year) have the option of participating in a sample class offered by several candidates and voting for the one they think is best suited for the school, which is quite a cool system.  So my child voted for the teacher who is their instructor in one of the courses they are taking this year, and the teacher is excellent.  [/quote]

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