That's how much he knows about teaching second language learners.
Thinking of these memories make me so angry. I wanted so bad to teach at JPA, but Steve (and Jeanette, let's not forget about her) makes it impossible. He fires everyone.
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Another Steve Memory
At a professional development meeting, Steve showed a video of a fourth grader, one of the best students in that class. She spoke fluently and very well in English about how she really enjoys school, how she wants to study hard and become successful so that she could help Cambodia. Because she was proud to be Khmer. We were all beaming at this wonderful child, thankful for the video which gave us a glimpse of why we were working 9-hour days in the excruciating heat and humidity. Then Steve said, "Her grammar and sentence structure are obviously lacking, and this video shows that we've failed her." The fourth grade teacher spoke up trying to defend the student, but to no avail. Steve was convinced we've failed her.
Not-so-breaking News, and a Steve memory
Sorry to say for the students, that Steve continues to be in charge, running the school into the ground. Latest numbers: 9-10 out of 18 foreign staff has been fired by Christmas 2013, some a month or two earlier. This means he has been and will continue to recruit for the middle of the 2013-2014 school year. If you find yourself being recruited despite having no experience or degree in teaching, yet they encourage you to do an internship in Chicago and pick up your entire life to move to Siem Reap, give us an email.
I apologize to those whose emails I didn't reply to right away. Sometimes I get busy and forget to even check. I'll be better from now on, I promise. Especially if you have been fired by Steve and Jeanette already, or if you still work there and need support.
A memory of Steve: He walked around the hallways with his hands behind his back and talked to the lower school (age 4-7) students with a really loud, piercingly slow voice. If they'd answer a question he asked with improper pronunciation, he'd stop to talk specifically to that student, loudly asking them to repeat the "th" sound or whatever over and over again until he was satisfied in front of not only their entire class but the whole cafeteria. Then he'd chastise the teacher in front of the whole cafeteria: You need to work with him on that sound. As if teaching is that easy.
Yes, Steve, scolding and negative reinforcement and random pronunciation checks are what helps the school run smoother.
I apologize to those whose emails I didn't reply to right away. Sometimes I get busy and forget to even check. I'll be better from now on, I promise. Especially if you have been fired by Steve and Jeanette already, or if you still work there and need support.
A memory of Steve: He walked around the hallways with his hands behind his back and talked to the lower school (age 4-7) students with a really loud, piercingly slow voice. If they'd answer a question he asked with improper pronunciation, he'd stop to talk specifically to that student, loudly asking them to repeat the "th" sound or whatever over and over again until he was satisfied in front of not only their entire class but the whole cafeteria. Then he'd chastise the teacher in front of the whole cafeteria: You need to work with him on that sound. As if teaching is that easy.
Yes, Steve, scolding and negative reinforcement and random pronunciation checks are what helps the school run smoother.
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