- Provide a classroom that does not meet the basic needs for a working day, e.g., an unheated classroom.
- Ensure that classroom does not have the basic equipment for the course being taught, e.g., no fume hood for teaching high school chemistry.
- Do not provide for adequate laboratory supplies to perform inquiry science, but require that labs be done.
- Provide no more than 50 minutes out of each day to: prepare for teaching five classes; grade papers; enter grades into grading program; fill out IEP forms; complete referral forms for at risk students; write college recommendations; clean up lab materials; print progress reports; and more.
- Schedule several after-school meetings in each week, during time when students could be getting extra help.
- Mandate the curriculum you expect to be followed.
- Stress the importance of "hands-on" science but do not provide adequate supplies or allow modification of curriculum.
- Add two to four new initiatives each year that must be layered on top of the curriculum. Do not repeat the initiatives from year-to-year.
- Be inaccessible for pedagogical discussions, and if caught in the hall and spoken to, act distant.
- Do not listen to the concerns of your staff, or try to understand their concerns, or support them in the work they need to do.
How to Burn Out a Science Teacher
Administrators, if you are looking to burn out your teacher, here's what you do:
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Amen. I am tired of content (test prep) vs. love of science/inquiry./questioning tug-of-war that I am part of.
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