Darry-Error
by teachbad
Oh, my. Big changes are afoot at the Columbia Heights Education Campus (CHEC) in Washington, DC. I taught social studies in this hell hole for three years. The head of my department was an assistant principal because teachers were not trusted to hold this position.
This man was the worst of the worst of the bullying, sloganeering, hard-headed, head-in-the-sand principal class to emerge in the last 10 years. Never in my entire working life have I known somebody so universally despised and distrusted by those he was supposed to inspire, instruct and lead. An insecure, disorganized, dishonest bully who single-handedly ruined teaching for dozens if not hundreds of teachers. Our department of 9 ran through 25 teachers in the three years I was there. He was also in charge of the ninth grade, which experienced similar carnage. The overall yearly teacher turnover is 40–50%. (This just in: What do we have to show for this? 40% proficiency in Reading and 48% in Math, 2011. Seriously?)
He was notorious for berating teachers behind closed doors until they cried, faking dates on evaluations, scheduling
