Re: I was treated unfairly
Posted by: anon on 7/15/14
It's a highly unusual and compassionate principal who will
give a blackballed teacher a second chance.
Most of the time the blackballing questions on applications
guarantee a teacher never makes the cut for an interview.
n 7/15/14, there is hope! wrote:
> I have a theory that, often but not in all cases, the
> teachers who this happen to are actually some of the most
> capable and strongest teachers in our schools. A lot of
> principals are petty minded and ill prepared for a
> leadership role. I tell this following story to give
> teachers hope that you will work again and that you will
> not be branded for life: this last school year I worked
> alongside a fantastic teacher that had left a previous
> school on very bad terms. After she interviewed for the
> job, our principal called her previous school and they had
> the nerve to give her a poor recommendation. In spite of
> that, my principal hired her based on the strength of her
> interview and it was a great decision. She was one of the
> best teachers we had. Don't ever let the actions of a
> petty tyrant define who you are and keep you from teaching
> --find greener pastures!
>
>
> On 7/15/14, Feel your Pain... wrote:
>> Unfortunately, it is a very common occurrence to be
>> targeted in the way that you were. I think that the
>> solution would be to get rid of the stigma attached to
>> the resignation/nonrenewal. It's bad enough to have to
>> finish out a year in a hostile environment, but you
>> shouldn't also have to carry it around afterwards like a
>> scarlet letter.
>>
>> I was non-renewed this year by a principal that kept
>> hauling me into his office for being "rude" to him for
>> things like not hearing him call out to me and forwarding
>> him an email without a "see below" attached. He told me
>> that if we had a better relationship, that he would be
>> more inclined to give me the benefit of the doubt about
>> how he interpreted my actions. He told me once that he
>> could do whatever he wanted to me. Human resources became
>> involved and they said that I had a problem with his
>> "leadership style", but that since he wasn't doing
>> anything illegal, they weren't going to do anything about
>> it. (Can you imagine if that were our standard as
>> teachers? We could do anything as long as it wasn't
>> illegal?)
>>
>> It's just another reason why teachers are leaving the
>> profession in droves. I will most likely leave as well. I
>> don't feel comfortable with the protections offered to
>> teachers. The school districts are acting as if there is
>> an unlimited resource of teachers out there.
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