A quiet day

It is Tuesday and more staff changes come to the fore...

So far this year the Head of School was sacked at Christmas his replacement due in post after the summer.

Now to add to the problems the Head of High School has stood down, the Head of Middle School has resigned, The IB Diploma organiser has resigned, an Art teacher is leaving, A Maths teacher is leaving, 2 Science teachers are leaving, an English teacher is leaving, the Economics teacher is leaving, a History teacher is leaving and of course so am I, though I am the exception as I was only ever here on a 1 year contract. The worrying thing is that these are almost all International teachers who are either ending an early contract or have made a decision not to reapply.

If I were the head of the board I would be worried, it has to be a concern about the way the school is being run by the board, when so many staff in high positions are walking away.

From a personal viewpoint I have to say the school have been excellent though, mainly because we as a department have been left alone to get on with what we do best.. Teach.

However the pressure on those who remain will be immense and I would be interested to know how many remain at this time next year. For the staff to feel appreciated and to want to give their best efforts the board really do need to look at what they have done to moral and to the staff this year and try not to make the same mistakes next year or what is a good school in the top level as far as results are concerned will quickly become a second level school a slide that once started is hard to stop.

Through it all its not the staff or the board who are important but the kids, and I feel sorry for the kids especially those I have taught this year. I will miss my students, who have been good and through everything have tried hard in almost all cases.

Cesentias... did Colombian Red Tape run smoothly... The answer is yes ... I was told the 1.5 million pesos that were due to me would be paid after 5.00 tonight and checking online it has indeed been paid into my account.. If anyone from UK banking happens to read this thats 36 hours after asking for it... in other words stop mucking the UK public about with this 3 to 5 working days for bank payments to CLEAR !! as thats just a con to gain the interest to boost the banks coffers in my humble opinion. However I should also state that every time I access the Internet banking here it does cost me the equivalent of 15p but for the speed of access and support definitly worth it.

Tomorrow is another day... where I have nothing to do, being organised is good but damn is it boring ! Maybe I can sneak off a bit early if the weather is good and have a nice walk back.

Manyana mis amigos