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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now that the assistant principal is leaving, I worry about the balance at Chesterbrook. I think the principal is so stressed right now that it casts on to teachers. The principal gets in her own head a lot and pushes her agendas. She caters a lot to the parents and that dictates how the school is run for the teachers. Teachers are afraid to speak up and when they do, they feel it doesn’t matter. It is a stressful time and only the third week of school. She is still pushing for live platform changes, new policies, new ideas, delegating work, etc when teachers are finally figuring out what is working. Teachers feel very overworked and stressed with the constant pressure and changes. If the principal learns to ease back and give teachers more autonomy, she has incredible leadership potential. I hope it gets better, covid and a new ap search are definitely not helping things.

Unfortunately, I didn’t want to wait it out so I left. I’m still in touch with everyone there and care about Chesterbrook so much. [/quote]

Interesting. As a parent, I'm not a huge fan of the principal. I don't see that she caters to the parents (or maybe I'm just not in the select group!) But I agree that she doesn't give the teachers autonomy. She strikes me as a tech-obsessed control freak who thinks like a politician (smile and say agreeable things to everyone but then ignores everything that isn't in line with her thinking). I also get the impression that the younger teachers, especially, are afraid to question her or push back if her guidance is unclear. I agree that she has potential, but until she learns to relax and trust the expertise of her teachers, and stop trying to control every single thing that occurs at the school, more and more teachers will leave and parents will be frustrated. Meanwhile, the students pay the price.[/quote]

She is super stressed right now and it does bleed to the teachers. You can tell. She also doesn’t really have experienced teachers anymore. And these young teachers are now tasked with training new younger teachers, which is another added stress. This effects their ability to teach our children. She needs to hire more experienced teachers but she doesn’t want to look bad because she has no clue how to run an elementary school. So she keeps hiring new teachers who she can control. She’s be better suited at a middle school. I think she could be a competent leader there. [/quote]

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