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Re: Should I quit
Posted by Confused on 10/02/09

    On 10/02/09, ummm wrote:
    > What's a "Caucasiab"???
    >
    > Caucasian it was a typo.
    >
    > On 9/30/09, Confused wrote:
    >> On 9/30/09, What was so bad about the dept chair? wrote:
    >>> What did the sped dept. chair do badly that you guys wanted
    >> her gone?
    >>>
    >>> Do you think that is why they have it out for you now?
    >>
    >> She was a typical bully. She would threaten us, use profanity,
    >> lie on us to admin to have us written up, scream at us in
    >> front of other co-workers, talk about Caucasian people in
    >> front Caucasiab co-workers, etc. She even bragged about how
    >> she got a certain teacher to quit at her previous job for
    >> harrassing her! Yes, I think that she must have gave the AP
    >> some untrue info on me and he is listening to her.
    >>>
    >>> On 9/29/09, Confused! wrote:
    >>>> I am in a situation this school year that I am assuming is
    >>>> carrying over from last year. I was in a terrible bullying
    >>>> situation by my department chair and the assistant
    >>>> principal last year. I along with most of the sped dept
    >>>> was tortured by this evil bitter woman (dept chair). It
    >>>> was so bad that we tried to get a petition going to have
    >>>> her removed. We received no assistance. We were told that
    >>>> we would be having a meeting with the acting principal and
    >>>> she would handle the situation. Well, nothing happened.
    >>>> So, when it was decided that some of the teachers would
    >>>> need to go to the new school, I volunteered. I knew that
    >>>> it was still not going to be the "best situatin" because
    >>>> the principal for the new school was my old principal from
    >>>> my current school. I'll just say that his appointment made
    >>>> a lot of other admins with more experience very upset,
    >>>> they even tried to get him removed from his position. He
    >>>> is very unprofessional and a slacker to say the least.
    >>>>
    >>>> Anyway, at the new school, I am starting to be treated
    >>>> unfair by the assistant principa this time who was the
    >>>> instructional coach at old school and principal's right
    >>>> hand man. To make a long story short. I was told that I
    >>>> may be put on 3 observations and given a PDP. I am tenured
    >>>> and should only receive one observation. This was said to
    >>>> me out of the blue with less than a month into new school
    >>>> year. I then asked why and he gave me a bunch of bogus
    >>>> reasons. I had never been formally observed and when I was
    >>>> informally observed, he told me that he thoughtI was doing
    >>>> fine. So, out of the blue he just one day hits me with
    >>>> this! I then asked why and he said that it was to help
    >>>> me!! I then tried to ask if there was anything that I
    >>>> could work on and if so, why wasn't I informed. He just
    >>>> nixed me off!
    >>>>
    >>>> Anyway, I had a horrible year last year that affected my
    >>>> health. I was stressed so bad that I was having anxiety
    >>>> and heart palpitations. I am starting to have the same
    >>>> problems. I am actually off work now and have been off for
    >>>> a couple of weeks. My heart is enlarged and I am drained!
    >>>>
    >>>> I am thinking about asking to be released out of my
    >>>> contract after leave for medical reasons, but I am afraid
    >>>> that I may be blackballed and given negative references,
    >>>> again, I have never been formally observed and he never
    >>>> wrote anything down and this was a couple of weeks before
    >>>> I left on sick leave.
    >>>>
    >>>> I know I am rushing and may have left out some
    >>>> information,but is it best for me to come back and be
    >>>> treated unfair again and risk my health by trying to get a
    >>>> lawyer or just leave this toxic school system?
    >>>>
    >>>> Also, my school is doing a lot of illegal things dealing
    >>>> with sped students. For instance at the beginning of the
    >>>> school year and as of now. We have no 10th spec ed
    >>>> teachers. The students are in the class with only reg ed
    >>>> teachers and their IEPs say either resource or collab. It
    >>>> is a nightmare. The 9th grade teachers have to take the
    >>>> slack and do the IEPs for students we do not even know or
    >>>> teach.
    >>>>
    >>>> Please give opinions. I am still stressed!
    >>>


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