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'Dem principals! They ought to be ashamed of theirselves
knowing they once held teachers positions. What about principal
surveys ?? Are they worth the piece of paper or surveymonkey
they're written on?

On 7/12/14, anon wrote:
> If you actually read the OP, the teacher is already GONE from
the
> district and IS being blackballed. THAT is her point.
>
> Until you have been through it, you have NO idea the financial
> devastation, called "economic terrorism" by one California
> attorney who was herself fired from a teacher credentialing
> agency, that happens when some cretin decides to destroy
your
> career. You NEVER get past it because every single day of
your
> life is a reminder of what these people have done if you are
> living in extreme poverty and forced to go on public assistance.
> Teacher job applications invariably ask if you were forced to
> resign, resigned in lieu of dismissal, were "dismissed," non-
> renewed (fired while probationary), and all under threat of
> license sanctions if you dare lie on the application. Answer
> "yes," and your application is thrown into the garbage can.
Those
> "dummy" questions should be against the law since those are a
form
> of blacklisting. A personality conflict should be a "reason" to
> have a teacher forced out of earning a living and NEVER be
able to
> teach again? Spare me.
>
> The culprits who were involved with the OP being railroaded
out of
> a career were APs, according to the website, but no doubt the
> principal was right there encouraging the whole thing.
>
>
> On 7/11/14, to mini wrote:
>> Dear Mini, although what you went through was terrible, try to
>> look with hope to the future. What you went through has
>> happened to a lot of teachers, and often, it is nothing more
>> than a clash of personalities. Resign with grace. Don't say or
>> do anything to add kerosene to the fire. Take some time to
>> pamper yourself and evaluate what happened, learn and grow
from
>> the situation. Then, dust off and start talking to friends that
>> might have an opening at their school. You will not be
>> blackballed. When you interview, take a positive tone and
>> explain that your last job wasn't a match and you are looking
>> for a school that enhances your skills and gives you a chance
to
>> show what you can do with students. You will get past this!
>>
>>
>>
>> 7/11/14, anon wrote:
>>> On 7/10/14, mini wrote:
>>>> I will be naming people and places . They hurt me from
>>> having
>>>> a job and making a living. I meant no ill will to anyone.
>>>> Yet, I was a target on a 4 month contract???
>>>> Why hurt my career? What did I do to you? Because for 13
>>> years
>>>> I had great evaluations. I took a 4 month short contract
>>> job.
>>>> And I have been destroyed. I will name the district, school
>>>> and person that has done this to me. Just to warn other
>>> people
>>>> what can happen to you. Because it is so unfair my career
>>>> should end because of some 's petty hatred.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sadly, this goes on all over the United States. Just one
>>> person, a principal, can literally destroy your life over
>>> literally nothing. And here these dolts in the privatization
>>> movement, and even more than a few teachers, claim it is
>>> "impossible" to get rid of a teacher. It isn't. Something as
>>> minor as refusing the change a grade under a principal's
>>> direction in order to appease an angry parent is enough to
>>> destroy a teacher's career.
>>>
>>> Even now, people think a teacher who was forced out or
>>> "dismissed" "deserved" it, despite the reality that more often
>>> than not, a school district administrator is the one at fault.
>>> Unfortunately, school districts can and do rig it to help
>>> their useless and insane principals and other administrators
>>> in order to keep the "good old boy network" intact.
>>>
>>> What's worse is school districts insist on having those
>>> screening out questions that are designed weed you out of
>>> contention for a job. The question goes something like if you
>>> have ever been non-renewed, forced to resign, resigned in
lieu
>>> of a dismissal, or been dismissed, and, if "yes," you have to
>>> give a date and a "detailed" explanation. As if anybody on
>>> the HR screening staff is even going to look beyond the
"yes."
>>> Those questions need to be made against the law because it
is
>>> a form of blackballing. Besides, school districts already
>>> have the ability to look up licenses for license sanctions and
>>> background checks for criminal issues. Just something as
>>> stupid as a personality conflict with a stupid principal or a
>>> district violating FMLA or some other kind of issue having
>>> nothing to do with teaching or public safety should not be
>>> disqualifying. Those questions were put in years ago when it
>>> was unusual for a teacher to be forced out because
principals
>>> simply didn't do it for reasons of classroom and school
>>> morale. Only those teachers who really did deserve to be
>>> forced out actually were. Now it's just any old reason at all
>>> to cover principals' butts or save money on salaries and
>>> pensions.
>>>
>>> School districts don't even have to have a principal give you
>>> a lousy reference. All they have to do is label you a "do not
>>> rehire," and that is typically all it takes to ruin a
>>> teacher's job search. School districts have been sued over
>>> that designation of former employees.

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