BayAreaWriter – Balasbas Says

I created three videos a week for 31 weeks

Prologue: To be honest, I wrote my frustrations during Summer 2021 somewhere. Probably in a draft I never posted. That or the pandemic is just blurring together. I ended the 2020-2021 SY doing all this crazy tech stuff. I earned a level 1 Nearpod Educator certificate. I got promoted to the head of the EnglishContinue reading “I created three videos a week for 31 weeks “

Department Head dealing with entitlement and side-deals pt. 3

Prologue: It’s May 12th, 2022. And I am tired. Emotionally drained. I don’t remember the last time I took a beer out of the fridge as a way to detox, which is what I did last night. I made some graduation leis on stream to do something mind-numbing. Today we’re revisiting pt. 1 of thisContinue reading “Department Head dealing with entitlement and side-deals pt. 3”

Department Head dealing with entitlement and side-deals pt. 2

Prologue: This past month has been hell. And not because of the students. I don’t know what it is with teachers not knowing how to write emails or communicate in a professional manner. But it’s hella annoying that teachers do not understand how to act in an office/company setting. The last time I wrote, IContinue reading “Department Head dealing with entitlement and side-deals pt. 2”

Department Head dealing with entitlement and side-deals

Prologue: I’ve already made it very clear to my department that the direction of the master schedule will be based on the data from the Spring student course selection. This is not my decision, but instructions from the admin and counseling team. Makes sense, that’s a student-centered approach. Depending on the courses applied to willContinue reading “Department Head dealing with entitlement and side-deals”

Breakthrough San Francisco

I started my career in education with a non-profit organization known as Breakthrough. This nationwide organization believes that all young people should have access to quality education and a clear path to college. They provide support for students from 5th-12th grade. And the location I joined was at the SF Day School, just down theContinue reading “Breakthrough San Francisco”