Comments on: Someone’s unhappy with White Hat Management (no!!) http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/13/someones-unhappy-with-white-hat-management-no/ "She is very powerful, so be nice to her." Former Chancellor, Ohio Board of Regents, Eric Fingerhut Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:51:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jane http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/13/someones-unhappy-with-white-hat-management-no/comment-page-1/#comment-75393 Jane Fri, 23 May 2008 19:48:25 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/13/someones-unhappy-with-white-hat-management-no/#comment-75393 I worked at a Life Skills Center in SE Fl. It was only a 90 day teaching contract but it was the worst teaching experince of my life and I resinged after 60 days. The staff was amazingly unprofessional. I used think the some staff competed for attention of the boys because they were so young and not ready to be in educational environment. The gossip was so bad, the drama worse and it was all generated by the support staff and just one teacer, I miss the students, some of them really were great kids in bad environment trying to survive. I hope they will find their way. I liked the idea of helping kids in need and thought i was doing something good, but it did not work out that way. I worked at a Life Skills Center in SE Fl. It was only a 90 day teaching contract but it was the worst teaching experince of my life and I resinged after 60 days. The staff was amazingly unprofessional. I used think the some staff competed for attention of the boys because they were so young and not ready to be in educational environment. The gossip was so bad, the drama worse and it was all generated by the support staff and just one teacer, I miss the students, some of them really were great kids in bad environment trying to survive. I hope they will find their way.
I liked the idea of helping kids in need and thought i was doing something good, but it did not work out that way.

]]> By: Jeffrey http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/13/someones-unhappy-with-white-hat-management-no/comment-page-1/#comment-45686 Jeffrey Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:41:08 +0000 http://www.writeslikeshetalks.com/2007/12/13/someones-unhappy-with-white-hat-management-no/#comment-45686 None of this surprises me having worked in a White Hat Management run business. My time at the Life Skills Center at a school in Florida only lasted 5 months but was by and far the worst experience I have had professionally. I have been involved in Educational Administration for around 10 years when I took the job. I unfortunatley was taken in by White Hat and Life Skills facade of Educational philosophies, classroom set up and new take on helping at risk kids. It was a total nightmare. I was put in a position that I did not apply for and was given inadequate infrastructure to actually do my job. I was asked at build "fictitious schedules" to help obtain funding, which I refused to do and was fired for not complying. The school itself started with 21 educators and administrators and about 120 students. At the end of my 5 months they had fired or laid off so the staff was down to 12 members and the student body had grown to 300. Even the school principal resigned 4 months into the first school year. Their educational system was at odd with the State of Florida, but they are somehow still in operation. My experience was horrible but the plight of the students is much worse. Their environment outside of school is dangerous and school should offer them a safe haven but at the Life Skills Center this is simply not the case. It was discouraged to punish students as expulsions and poor attendance would hurt the school, so teachers needed to keep a blind eye to the misbehaviours that ranged from smoking to drug use and sale all the way to assaults. I am glad to be gone, but feel terrible for the kids and teachers who remain. None of this surprises me having worked in a White Hat Management run business. My time at the Life Skills Center at a school in Florida only lasted 5 months but was by and far the worst experience I have had professionally. I have been involved in Educational Administration for around 10 years when I took the job. I unfortunatley was taken in by White Hat and Life Skills facade of Educational philosophies, classroom set up and new take on helping at risk kids.

It was a total nightmare. I was put in a position that I did not apply for and was given inadequate infrastructure to actually do my job. I was asked at build “fictitious schedules” to help obtain funding, which I refused to do and was fired for not complying. The school itself started with 21 educators and administrators and about 120 students. At the end of my 5 months they had fired or laid off so the staff was down to 12 members and the student body had grown to 300. Even the school principal resigned 4 months into the first school year. Their educational system was at odd with the State of Florida, but they are somehow still in operation.

My experience was horrible but the plight of the students is much worse. Their environment outside of school is dangerous and school should offer them a safe haven but at the Life Skills Center this is simply not the case. It was discouraged to punish students as expulsions and poor attendance would hurt the school, so teachers needed to keep a blind eye to the misbehaviours that ranged from smoking to drug use and sale all the way to assaults. I am glad to be gone, but feel terrible for the kids and teachers who remain.

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