The biggest plus of this is that Mrs Garrett has been at Basis DC for the last 4 years. She knows all of the staff and half of the students and their families well already.

I'm glad they made this official now, so she can get started on recruiting and hiring for next year.

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers should be looked to advance, but she is advancing VERY fast and it's leaving big holes in her wake.

So only crappy teachers should be able to advance so they don't leave "big holes". The good teachers should be forced to stay put.

That sounds great for morale, I'm sure.

Sorry - I didn't realize that you only need to teach for a few years as a way to get into school administration. Know quite a few people who first acted as deans or similar AND also got additional training BEFORE becoming Head of School.

Quite honestly, I have great confidence in her ability to put in the work and figure it out -- just hoped we would have one more two-year AZ transplant first before she took the reins. And it also makes it more likely that she will leave D.C. sooner.

Wouldn't forcing her to get more (real, no bullshit very part-time) training leave the same hole? How would you be better off?

Universities offer this kind of training in the summer for two years in a row, with projects due in between.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers should be looked to advance, but she is advancing VERY fast and it's leaving big holes in her wake.

So only crappy teachers should be able to advance so they don't leave "big holes". The good teachers should be forced to stay put.

That sounds great for morale, I'm sure.

Sorry - I didn't realize that you only need to teach for a few years as a way to get into school administration. Know quite a few people who first acted as deans or similar AND also got additional training BEFORE becoming Head of School.

Quite honestly, I have great confidence in her ability to put in the work and figure it out -- just hoped we would have one more two-year AZ transplant first before she took the reins. And it also makes it more likely that she will leave D.C. sooner.

Wouldn't forcing her to get more (real, no bullshit very part-time) training leave the same hole? How would you be better off?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers should be looked to advance, but she is advancing VERY fast and it's leaving big holes in her wake.

So only crappy teachers should be able to advance so they don't leave "big holes". The good teachers should be forced to stay put.

That sounds great for morale, I'm sure.

Sorry - I didn't realize that you only need to teach for a few years as a way to get into school administration. Know quite a few people who first acted as deans or similar AND also got additional training BEFORE becoming Head of School.

Quite honestly, I have great confidence in her ability to put in the work and figure it out -- just hoped we would have one more two-year AZ transplant first before she took the reins. And it also makes it more likely that she will leave D.C. sooner.

This is the best news ever.

She's an excellent teacher, well liked by colleagues, parents and students.

Members of the faculty were part of the search process, and strongly supported her in this role. I think that bodes really well.

And yes, she needs to hire an amazing person to replace herself quickly.

Anonymous wrote:Teachers should be looked to advance, but she is advancing VERY fast and it's leaving big holes in her wake.

So only crappy teachers should be able to advance so they don't leave "big holes". The good teachers should be forced to stay put.

That sounds great for morale, I'm sure.

Teachers should be looked to advance, but she is advancing VERY fast and it's leaving big holes in her wake.

Anonymous wrote:She has been a fabulous chemistry teacher, and then a fabulous college counselor. I would rather have good teachers and counselors than heads of school, tbh. Good for her, I guess, but that probably also means that she will be moving out of D.C. in 3 years or less. . .

Overall, the students will lose.

I want to know who the new college counselor will be because that is becoming VERY important for a lot of the families.

So you're saying that teachers should not be allowed to advance in their careers? That's bullshit.

She has been a fabulous chemistry teacher, and then a fabulous college counselor. I would rather have good teachers and counselors than heads of school, tbh. Good for her, I guess, but that probably also means that she will be moving out of D.C. in 3 years or less. . .

Overall, the students will lose.

I want to know who the new college counselor will be because that is becoming VERY important for a lot of the families.

Dear BASIS D.C. Families,

As you are aware, Mr. Tim Eyerman is returning to Arizona to work with our growth team. We are extremely grateful to Tim for his hard work over the last two years and for the tireless way he championed BASIS in the D.C. community. I'm sure you will want to join us in wishing him the very best in his new position.

We are delighted to announce that Mrs. Jill Garrett will take over as the Head of School. As well as being in education for nine years, Mrs. Garrett has been working at BASIS D.C. since 2013. She graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a BA in Chemistry and from New York University with an MA in Science Education. We quickly realized how valuable an asset she was and persuaded her to take on the role of College Counselor. Despite her title, she has always been an integral part of the management team and has added so much to the culture of the school. She is loved by her students and highly respected by her peers and we are supremely confident that she will be a first-class Head of School.

Carolyn McGarvey, the Chief Schools Officer at BASIS.ed, will be in D.C. on a regular basis, to train and assist Mrs. Garrett as she transitions into her new role.

We are excited to welcome Mrs. Garrett!