National Math and Science Initiative reviews

•Due to nature of PD delivery right now, the work for a part-time coach is sporadic. •Many part-time coaches were/are brought on-board even with the above-mentioned limitations of opportunities for work. •Sometimes, the response time from upper management is lacking or slow, seemingly offered when there are fires to put out more so than as a means of fostering and maintaining open communication amongst all employees. Advice: take the time to touch base with and check in on all who report to you - by survey, monthly coach meetings, open office hours (not just for those who are working on a specific project).

Senior level managers are past due for a change. Many are unprofessional and unpredictable lacking management skills better than first-time shift leaders at fast food restaurants. Work place bullying is normal, mass firings are regular, and the culture created by that instability does harm to a lot of genuinely great people at the organization. The amount of money wasted (hiring people for one role, compensating them astronomically, then giving them secretarial work or mismanaging them to the point where they don’t get the opportunity to think for themselves) should be considered a fireable offense and if left unchecked, will be their downfall. I feel the most sorry for the non-senior level employees. They deserve so much better than they get.