Re: I was treated unfairly
    Posted by: C Davis on 9/18/14
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    It does NOT take 2 years nor is it next to impossible to get
    rid of an EXCEPTIONAL teacher on a continuing contract.

    I know.

    You can do what they say and it still does not matter.
    Teachers have no rights to defend themselves against
    slander, lies, and undocumented accusations. You are
    whatever they say you are.

    I have taught for 20 years (16 at the same school) and these
    unethical practices are used to cover the butts of inept
    administrators and students suffer the most, let's not forget
    about them.

    It disgusts me what some people will do to ruin the career of
    an honest, hard working, experienced, veteran of ANYTHING.

    They have to surround themselves with ineptness, so they
    don't look as bad as they truly are.

    Sadly, that is the state of education today and I have no
    reason to believe it will get any better. I fear it will be much
    worse and the impact it will have on society in the future
    could be extremely damaging to our nation.

    But I am a believer and ALWAYS have hope for my future.

    On 7/11/14, PsyGuy wrote:
    > This was a 4 month temporary position, not a annual
    contract as
    > governed by the TEC/TAC. Getting rid of a teacher ona
    continuing
    > contract is near impossible it takes a minimum of 2 years
    to do so.
    > Even on a probationary or term contract, teachers have
    one of the
    > strongest contract rights in the state. You can not be
    called in on
    > December 2nd in the middle of the term and have your
    principal
    > fire you, as could easily happen at say USAA or any other
    > organization or company. Your pretty much guaranteed
    that
    > employment for a year (assuming nothing criminal).
    >
    > If your boss tells you to change a grade, change the grade.
    If you
    > worked at a bank and your supervisor told you to do
    something
    > why anyone would think they could say no to their
    superior and
    > keep their job baffles me.
    >
    > People are terminated for poor cultural fit int he workplace
    all the
    > time, and this idea that teachers get to be little rulers of
    their
    > classroom feeds that misperception. You work for the
    district they
    > tell you what to do, and you do it. Thats how "work" and
    > professionals handle themselves. You dont have to agree
    with it or
    > like it, you just have to comply.
    >
    > Yes there are supervisors who are major jerks EVERY
    industry and
    > profession has them, grow a thicker skin, be on time, keep
    the
    > kids and the parents happy and collect your paycheck, its
    called a
    > job, for a reason.
    >
    > On 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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