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Re: Should I quit
Posted by unhappy mother on 9/30/09


    My daughter had a very similar situation in her 3rd year
    teaching. Non-tenured. She had so many observations from
    her director(a bitter woman) who was constantly changing
    directions. She was put on a PDP. She resigned since it
    was that or be non-renewed. She has not found a new job
    this year. STAY PUT!! Jobs are too hard to find. Grit your
    teeth and keep going.


    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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