Hello, all.

I taught for 4.5 years, but have been out of the classroom
for the past 3 years getting a master's degree.

The district I taught in before was small and drama-laden.
They were incredibly disrespectful of teachers time. For
example, they would do things like drop by one afternoon
and announce a brand new program that needed to be
implementented immediately, thereby rendering useless the
months worth of photocopying/planning/scheduling you'd done
based on what was "required" before.

Students ran the school, and EVERYBODY knew it. There was
no consequence for student behavior besides what you could
come up with as an individual teacher. The idea of school-
wide enforcement was a joke, as being sent to the vice
principal resulted in nothing.

The district required so much professional development
(usually a random 2 nights a week), that creating a
schedule for planning, grading, photocopying, calling
parents, etc. was impossible. Professional development
started 30 minutes after school let out, but we had duty
and had to drive across town, and this was just a stressful
process for 2 days out of each week.

All that said, I love teaching, I just feel a sense of
acute anxiety at the thought of joining a school district
again. School districts just don't seem to treat their
teachers well, from my experience, and I fear the pain of
teaching again.

Any advise?

I have spent the last few years trying to prepare to have a
better experience, but I am not sure how much I can prepare
for unethical administrator treatment and lack of school-
wide preparation to respond to distruptive students.

Thanks!

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