Al Bateen Academy Abu Dhabi
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Pros • The school currently implements the IB curriculum for Year 12 and Year 13, and the IGCSE curriculum up to Year 11. However, there is consideration underway to discontinue the IGCSE in favor of adopting the MYP program • While the apartment quality is satisfactory, tenants are responsible for additional expenses, including electricity, gas, water, and cooling bills, with a minimum tax of $450, varying by apartment size and location. • A wide range of extracurricular activities is available, with a requirement for all teachers to lead at least one activity per term, conducted after school hours. Cons • The insurance provided is insufficient, failing to cover even basic medication costs. • inadequate work-life balance, lack of appreciation for efforts, gossip and backbiting, duplicity, lack of support, Burdened with excessive workload, and disruptive to life balance. • The institution employs outdated methods for student tracking, such as cutting and pasting paper into student books, showing a lack of environmental consciousness. • Teachers face the added responsibility of grading notebooks bi-weekly, a task made more challenging by class sizes averaging around 30 students. • Stressful, lacking in appreciation, burdened with excessive workload, and disruptive to life. • There's little collaboration among teachers of the same subject. There's a lot of jealousy, backbiting, and gossip. • New staff members are not granted access to crucial IB exam resources, including the question bank, a privilege reserved exclusively for longer-tenured staff. The school is reluctant to invest in additional access rights or to allow the sharing of existing accounts among staff members. • Not all teachers with the same level of experience receive equal pay; compensation largely depends on one's proficiency in negotiation.

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If you are a teacher and your experience is in teaching adults, expect to teach all stages from seventh to thirteenth grade, because this school will not allow you to teach your specialization, but will assign you tasks in various ways regardless of the students' interests. There are teachers who have no experience or certification in teaching the IB baccalaureate, and their only experience is mostly with fifth grade, yet they teach older students, and the students suffer in silence. If you are a parent and wants to discuss your child's academic performance, the head of the department will meet with you along with the head of the subject and persuade you to withdraw your child from the specific class especially if the teacher is new or they do not like him, and they will not allow you to meet with the teacher

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You are expected to teach all stages from year 7 to 13+ moral and well-being, You will also be responsible for the tutor group and ECA every term, if they does not like you for any reason they will incite and mobilize parents against you, withdraw students from your class, one by one, without informing you or consulting you, they will not allow you to meet with the parent alone. In this school, there's no respect for teachers, and there's no collaboration among teachers of the same subject. There's a lot of jealousy, backbiting, and gossip

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I cannot recommend this school due to several serious issues that negatively impact the students' well-being and safety. First and foremost, there's a prevalent smoking problem among students on campus that is not being adequately addressed by the administration. Additionally, bullying is rampant, creating an unsafe and hostile environment for many kids. The administration's response to these issues is lacklustre at best, demonstrating a lack of competence and a biased attitude that favors certain students over others, further exacerbating the problems. This environment is not conducive to learning or to fostering a healthy, supportive community for children. Parents and guardians should be aware of these concerns when considering this school for their children's education.

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