Re: Zucker Middle in Charleston County is a Joke!

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i accidentally posted this without a response - these are NOT my
sentiments - the teacher who wrote this needs to find another
profession

On 12/01/10, looneyteachr wrote:
> On 8/22/09, Zucker Slave wrote:
>> I am employed as a "teacher", sorry slave at the new Zucker
>> Middle in Charleston County. This place is a multi-million
>> dollar disaster. First off, the administration does not
>> know their ass from a hole in the ground in terms of
>> organization. The principal has her head so far up the
>> Superintendents ass, that she cannot see the writing on the
>> wall. To make matters worse, she likes to quote and preach
>> all the wonderful things we will do with science, but has no
>> idea how to teach or instruct it! Zucker is going to be a
>> complete disaster in terms of false promises and
>> expectations. We are not allowed to give homework, seat
>> work, worksheets, notes to be copied, pencil and paper
>> exercises, or any written assessment. The staff have zero
>> indication of curriculum, as our coordinator/facilitator is
>> a complete idiot, whom does not know how to implement any
>> semblance of cross-curriculum content. Staff moral is
>> non-existent; policies are grandiose and lofty with
>> high-falutin edu-speak. We have two copy machines in the
>> whole entire school, which work when they want to; kind of
>> like the students. We went for the entire first week with
>> out a student schedule, and had middle school students
>> cooped up in their homerooms for twenty-seven total hours
>> straight, as administration did not have their schedules
>> ready until Friday August twenty-first. We are required to
>> be in attendance from eight A.M. until four-twenty P.M.,
>> however the busses do not pick the students up until well
>> after five p.m. We as "slaves" are not allowed to sit down
>> period while we have students in the room, hence we must
>> stand for nine hours a day. If the students dirty any part
>> of the school, we must act as room inspectors, for dirt,
>> gum, pencil shavings, and grime because this is the "crown
>> jewel" in the Charleston system. If we fail to monitor our
>> rooms, we risk being written up. How do you expect middle
>> school students to keep a school clean, when they have
>> trouble keeping their own lockers, and rooms at home clean?
>> We also have spies amongst faculty whom randomly walk into
>> our rooms, and report what we are not doing to the
>> administration. Our students are allowed to leave the room
>> to go to the restroom at any time, per school policy,
>> however they are not allowed to sign out; we must stop
>> instruction, acquire the students name, and personally sign
>> them out and back in when they return. Hence, we are
>> stopping ten times per class period to let students use the
>> restroom. Our supposed curriculum is "science based",
>> however these students do not have the basic skills to
>> understand math, science, social studies, and ELA, when
>> teaching in terms of standard related content. Yet, these
>> kids are supposed to learn these core skills through
>> science, which requires understanding of not only science,
>> but also basic grade level content areas? Also, not to
>> mention that we have a twenty eight minute lunch, and need
>> to walk our "responsible adults" everywhere as if they are
>> in a prison. We do not have any materials, structure, or
>> enforceable discipline that alters student behavior. We use
>> a "progressive discipline" plan that is a joke, as it
>> basically allows a student to get away with the same
>> behavior thirty times before they are suspended for five
>> days. This school should have been solely magnet, with
>> students that actually wanted to excel in science. Most of
>> the students that the staff spoke with stated that they did
>> not want to come here, as they hate science. I am sorry but
>> everyone believing that this model will be a panacea is
>> sadly mistaken. The administration needs a sense of realism
>> as to what is actually attainable, and to treat their staff
>> with professional respect and dignity.
 

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