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Full disclosure: I'm one of those teachers who quit after a few years. I taught at two schools in Brevard County and was under three different principals over the course of three years. As far as I can tell, administrators do not know what they're doing in terms of management and they don't care to improve their professionalism. The administration does not work to support teachers and are instead focused on various initiatives or metrics. On the plus side, that means the administration is not interfering with teaching practices. On the negative side, that means teachers aren't genuinely challenged to improve their effectiveness and are often expected to divert attention from academics to accommodate administration's priorities. There was no programming for new teachers, which is a shame, since administration doesn't consider it their particular job to coach newbies and veteran teachers don't either. The teachers are probably who you'd expect to find anywhere: a mix of abilities and personalities. People at the district are either lovely human beings or monsters; I have received kind help and also been yelled at for a similar level of miscommunication. Read the news to know what's going on with the school board. It may affect your day-to-day activities in the classroom because people are reactive. As a teacher, do not expect to actually receive raises or actually be able to use your planning periods. 

You are hired under the principals but report to both principal and district. You may get lucky if your principal is collaborative and understands your role as a mental health provider or you may get really unlucky and your principal tells you to do anything and everything not related to mental health needs of the students and families at your school. Even at district level there is little to no support at all for mental health initiative and lack of understand our code of ethics and confidentiality. There is a lot of politics and good ol boy system. If you fight against the system for what is right they push you out and team up on you. Its you against everyone and your opinions are wanted but do not matter. I would not ever recommend anyone from mental health field to ever work directly under BPS. Work for an agency that services at the schools and understands therapy and will actually support your interventions with students. 

Pay is horrible for a master level clinician. Don’t even try to get more it won’t happen. HR doesn’t understand what licensed means and provide little support. 

Sad thing is I met with the Mullins and told him all this and he just turns his back.

I am a substitute teacher for BPS, the pay is very low, there are no benefits for this position.  Each school differs widely in how supportive the administrative staff are for substitutes, and some schools are far better organized than others in terms of schedules and etc.  Additionally, some schools have better systems for dealing with poorly behaved students than others, the only caveat is that you can't really know which schools until you have subbed there at least a few times.  The upside to this position, is that there is great flexibility, I don't have to take a job if I have another appointment, will be out of town etc.  All of the scheduling for jobs can be done through the phone app, which is amazing, and you can mark yourself unavailable for days you know you don't want to sub, or if you find yourself suddenly ill, you just don't have to take a job for that day.  They only call on the phone when you are marked as available in the system, and don't already have a job for the day.  It is also possible to pick and choose which schools you want to work at, I only do high school for example, after subbing at all levels, I made the choice to only sub at the high school level, and I have work every day that I want it.

As an ESE case manager, classroom teacher and support teacher, I have strengthened  relationships with families and kids, sponsored a club for a few years, and learned to work quietly - because those who want to make a difference with accuracy or data create problems- requiring Admn./teachers amd the district  To be accountable. I can never get back the 60 hr work weeks —time away from my kids and husband or maintaining personal wellness. 
The culture is impersonal , teachers are overworked, underpaid, and unrecognized for efforts or achievements. It is a “fend for yourself atmosphere”. Some get away with doing nothing- others do much more and are criticized. My current position- I am doing 3 jobs because no one was hired for two other positions in my department at the school. They are not compensating me- just expect me to absorb it. My heart is advocacy- serving the kids.
Thankful to complete my second masters this year to serve this community  elsewhere.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to actually have the impression that your job would matter?! I walked into this job ready to make a difference in the lives of students, and left disgusted at the priorities BPS has in place. I watched counselors completely unaware that students were missing a core course. I watched principals that would not post job openings because they wanted to fill it with a XXX coach, leaving the teachers to suffer through a semester of coaching a substitute despite countless issues. Everyone in the building that I worked in complained about EVERYTHING. There was no appreciation towards the teachers and frankly most of them didn’t deserve it because they didn’t care or do anything for their students. There is no accountability for teachers. The majority of the students are wonderful & the ones that need more are a product of their environment, they’ve spent 80% of their day with miserable dictators on a power trip… it is hard to stay out of the negativity or to even realize that you’ve been impacted by it… WORK ANYWHERE BUT HERE I PROMISE YOU WONT REGRET IT

Throughout the whole interviewing/testing period I was thinking this job had promise. I couldn’t have been more wrong. Unless you are just transferring from another school and have already had the crucial training needed for this position I’d suggest to just keep scrolling. I did not have much training.  I kept getting the runaround and  I was told to call the district or others in my position at different locations for help. ? Online training was available , unless you know all about focus it was pretty much pointless. I had no idea what my roles and responsibilities were or who to even ask. I  was not alone, as I was told by many fellow employees no one really received much training and I’d have to just figure it out on my own. So basically I was just a warm body to fill a position. I’m not afraid of a challenge I was  looking up things on my own and doing best every day I was there. I recognize a bad situation when I see one. So disappointed. 

I work  for ele. school. The principal is great to work with and for. He takes the time out of his busy schedule to listen to all staff if and when we have an issue or just want to vent. hes fair and treats alll staff equally. Its my home away from home, the time I have spent working for Sunrise School has been such a great opportunity. love working and caring for the school  and kids and staff and parents. all are so friendly Sunrise staff work together to make it  great and happy  while kids learn so much, .  I am always  learning something new from staff or coworkers and from the kids too. .The most enjoyable part of my job is talking to the kids and, making their day as interesting and fun and safest it can be., especially when they are having a not so good day. the hardest part of the day ,well not sure about that yet.

Let me just preface this by saying I met a lot of passionate, good people in my duration of working at the school. Many of them wanted to make a difference and care about the students, and it shows. However, upper management completely ruins the experience with micromanagement and overworking their staff to the point of exhaustion and paranoia. Management doesn't care about their employees' well-being and plays favoritism with the staff, making the culture toxic. Many coworkers I talked to experienced daily stress of always being watched and losing their jobs over small things. My supervisor would not be constructive with my feedback and was setting me up to fail, as they only wanted to good in the eyes of District.  Definitely not a place to work for if you value your sanity and values.

As a public school employee you don't expect the pay to be fantastic,  but fair.  In this district you are asked to do more and more with less and less time.  There is no pay for extra time and the requirements to do the job to the level needed to really make a difference for all kids.  In the end,  it is the kids who are hurt because q lesson can only do so much.  
As a teacher of 18 years coming from a similar socioeconomic area, I took a 14k party cut and now,  10 years later,  I am still 4k less than my old district. The benefits in Brevard are also much worse than my old district in Wisconsin (take away anothe 10k). 

BPS has created a hostile work environment for veteran teachers.  This has been accomplished through giving little to no support or compensation for the work these experienced teachers bring into the classroom everyday.  Anyone (students, parents, administrators, other teachers, someone walking in off of the street) can make allegations against a teacher and an investigation is conducted.  The union has little to no pull in the county.  BPS cares about one thing; MONEY and how to keep as much of it as possible in their savings account as possible.  They need to put the kids first by keeping good veteran teachers in the classrooms to provide a top notch education,

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