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Thank you for sharing your detailed feedback with us. We are committed to our core value of reflection, and each time we receive a review, we take the time to read, reflect and do our best to respond and apply the feedback where possible. Great teaching is hard work in any school community, and we have taken steps to lighten the load for our teachers so that they can focus more on preparing instructional strategies, rather than on designing content and performing other time-consuming tasks. Through providing regular planning periods during the school day, adopting a network-wide standards-aligned curriculum and hiring network curriculum developers, providing frequent time and structures for collaboration, and through other perks like flexible work days (where returning staff members earn a later start or earlier end time up to two times per week), as our network grows, we take many steps to thoughtfully lighten the load for our teachers and limit the work they take home. As a team, we also share the responsibilities that come with providing a great school for our scholars - this means that everyone including leadership team and social workers (for example) can be seen taking on duties or volunteering to clean up at the end of an event. Many believe this is what makes our community special! We value professional development, team building, and aligning our practices - not just within our school teams, but across our broader, community-based organization. So, all staff members engage in an organization-wide summit during regular work hours two times a year (not monthly). We recently formed an organization-wide Education Cabinet that includes many of our staff members. Together with our senior management team, this group works hard to ensure that our all-staff summits feel increasingly meaningful and worthwhile. Thank you again for taking the time to share your feedback! We are constantly learning and continue to value feedback from our professional community.
