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

    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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