Is it a serious morale problem, or does it come with the territory? What does it mean that 60 percent of the Charleston County School District's teachers participating in a survey believe that they are not valued by the district? See Many Teachers Don't Feel Valued in Monday's P&C.
Part of the complaint concerns extra pay given to administrators while teachers' salaries remained the same and class sizes rose. Part is perceived inattentiveness to previously stated teachers' concerns.
In response to perceived low morale, Superintendent Nancy McGinley plans to make a video.
You can't make this stuff up.
"Board Chairwoman Toya Green said she thinks the district's leadership has a good connection to its teachers."
Well, she would know, wouldn't she?
And "teacher coaches," that many surveyed teachers say add little to educational advancement, continue to proliferate under the name of "instructional resource teachers."
You know, Don Quixote gave his old nag a beautiful-sounding name, but it was still an old nag.
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I really appreciated Ruth Jordan's comment in the paper today. What was it?
I think it spoke volumes as to where CCSD's priorities lie. It's not about the teachers or the children.
The Teacher Alliance was an organization developed by Andrew HaLevi to gain a foothold in the news, and to provide a springboard toward administration within the district.
There is a reason less than 20% of Charleston County Teachers belong to the Alliance.
Diette Courege was sure to point out and emphasize that pay and expenditures were the greatest source of concern among teachers regarding support.
I can, without a doubt, refute that. No teacher I speak with (and I speak with many), mentions pay or spending at all; they mention intimidation from higher ups and parents, and a lack of support from the community and school board realted to student misbehavior.
I agree. While the pay raises for the administrators may well have been a slap in the face to many, teachers don't teach in SC for the money.
I did find the "video" comment annoying. I remember watching a video attempting to lure teachers to downtown schools showing a shot of the fancy downtown shops at which they could conveniently shop. If anyone else remembers that please correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't they show a clip of Saks? Now who shops there on a teacher's salary?
Hopefully they won't be paying the same firm who made that ridiculous video.
Ruth Jordan was right on. CCSD has never been about the children.
Take your kids out of CCSD and join us in South Carolina Virtual Charter School (it's a public school not your typical home school)... then you can really have some input in your children's education. Of course that means YOU will have 100% of the responsibility for your child's education. How many parents are willing to do it????
A lot of us in SCVCS are here because Charleston County schools are, in a nutshell, scary places for children to be!!! I took my child out of, get ready for this, Buist because of some serious s***(excuse my language) my child had to deal with via a PARENT.
Bottom line the schools in Charleston County are awful places for your child. CCSD is not about the children or the teachers or anything remotely good.
Be accountable for your child's welfare and education. Virtual school is the new era in future education of all ages of children.
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