Pros
Excellent materials and resources are provided for classroom instruction. Numerous opportunities for professional advancement and growth. Off campus leadership visits the schools often.
Cons
There is no reprieve for teachers to have problems with their principals. The district does have a grievance process for employees who have a problem or concern with an immediate supervisor. But it just boomerangs right back to the person who filed it, hopefully if you decide to work for this district you will not find yourself in an environment to have to consider this action because it will only make things worse for you. The surveys at the end of the year are not anonymous so if your opinion of your immediate supervisor is less than favorable then don't voice your opinion there, voice it by leaving and going to another campus or district and writing to the school board. Also keep in mind the teachers association gets their dues drafted out of teachers paycheck by the district, so one has to wonder if they really work for teachers or for the district. So I would not count on them to come to my defense if needed. It seems as if a noose is being wrapped around teacher's necks and they don't even know it. The knot is tightening as we speak. And no doubt in my mind the TKES evaluation instrument is nothing more than busywork to keep teachers time wrapped up and to divert their attention from developing policies that adversely affect their jobs and undermine a teacher's professionalism. Wake Up teachers!!!!! Students don't come first anymore, administrators do. Just as the person who mentioned the level of un-professionalism she had to endure at a school in East Point. I just happened to stumble upon this website and started reading the reviews and I was almost certain I knew exactly what school she was referring to.. especially when she made reference to the actions of the two female Principal and Assistant Principal. Sounds exactly like the reputation Brookview Elementary school in East Point. The children of that school or any school with that type of climate really suffer emotionally and academically when there is high teacher turnover and teacher morale is low. Most children in that community already come from unstable home environments and the school is the most transient in the county, and they deserve to have a stable community of teachers who have energy to support their high level of emotional needs. Most of whom their teachers are like second parents to them. Instead a teachers energy is utilized defending themselves from their administration in order to keep their jobs, who search for a reason to have an issue with you. There is no outcry because of little parent support and an unspoken sentiment of no concern for students on the south Fulton side. Obviously, that type of workplace is allowed with the districts permission. But something needs to change and can.
