Dear Dr. Spilchuk,
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Thanks for what you do. It plays an important role in
the balancing of things in the international education
scene. Despite criticisms, the information that International
School Review provides is of value to me, and that is
why I renewed my membership before I made a decision
at a job fair this year. I was looking for any real red
flags that might deter me from signing with the school
I have, and re-reading the reviews of that school today,
I can see that most of the ratings on most of the reviews
are right (although I would like to see a rating on the
balance of teacher time vs. prep time added to your scorecard).
Hence, the value in having more reviews...to weed out
the erroneous reviews that are based on perhaps the personality
or personal issues of a teacher, rather than the accurate
balance of experiences had by most.
I thought that the reviews of the job fair I attended
were also very accurate. I wish I had added thoughts
now. But I concur with much of what has been said about
the
experience (and fortunately despite the challenges of
that job fair, I did manage to get a job, one that I'm
happy with so far). Extremely valuable information.
I will make more of an effort to read more thoroughly
the reviews, I think, in preparation for any changes
I might make in the future, although I foresee none for
awhile.
Thank you very much, and once again: perhaps consider
adding the balance of prep time to a teacher's work time
to the scorecard."
Best wishes,
Happy Camper
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ood to hear that the site has been useful to you, Lorelei.
Dear Happy Camper,
A site where teachers talk to teachers about schools
is the best information source to draw upon to make wise
career decisions, I agree! I've been in the business
for 30 years; I wish there had been an ISR before some
of my very early assignments.
Not to worry about the publication! We will not publish
without your permission, although truly, what you have
to say is very helpful to readers on the site. Have you
thought about an anonymous posting on the ISR site? I
could do that by working with you to change any notifying
details if you are interested.
Best and good luck!
Barbara
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