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At this point it is just a threat. However I plan on leaving
anyway. I can't stay at a school where they listen to an IA who's
new and never been in a Elementary school before over an
experienced teacher and a behavior specialist. I've just never
heard of anybody getting hired after they were put on a growth
plan. I feel sick to my stomach all the time, worrying that my
IA will run up to the office for anything and they will instantly
tell him he's right and that I'm wrong and I will be in trouble
again. However none of them have any spec ed behavior experience
and my specialist and coordinator are telling me I'm doing
excellent. I have an internal battle daily. Do it their way and
my kids suffer. Do it the way I was trained and the behavior
specialist way and get in trouble.

On 2/04/15, PsyGuy wrote:
> Well yes and no.
>
> Legally, and technically as long as your certificate is valid
of
> course you can get hired.
> The practical aspect is much more "grey". It really depends
what
> your district does as far as record keeping and what your
> potential district does as for as verification. Districts are
loath to
> provide anything more than a service record, and PDAS.
> However, Texas law allows them to send anything not
> specifically excluded by law, most districts know they wont get
> much so when they call HR they just ask if the person is
eligible
> for rehire. The other issue is what your districts policy and
more
> importantly your work practice is regarding a TINA or Growth
> plan. You have two files basically a district file at central
office
> and a campus file with your principal. Whats in your campus
file
> may very well never see the light of day or be copied/forwarded
> to the district. So if your principal put you on a growth plan
and
> just filed it in their office you be a non issue. If they sent
it to
> the district office it might never be requested or commented
on.
>
> The other issue is what are you going to do for a reference,
your
> principal wont give you one likely and if a potential principal
> calls them up there really isnt anything you can do if they say
> you were put on a growth plan, since its true.
>
> It sounds like this was a threat, and not an actual growth
plan?
>
> I dont know how to advise you without more information. If you
> wait it out and the school non-renews you, then youll have to
> mark "non-renewed" on your applications from here on out. If
> you resign youll give up any benefits and unemployment youd
> be entitled too, and theres still nothing to stop your
principal
> from bad mouthing you.
>
> On 2/01/15, stressed wrote:
>> Can you get hired at another district if you were on a growth
>> plan at your last district? What about the need for a
>> principal recommendation? I teach a in a special education
>> behavioral unit and my IA has been running to my principal
>> telling him there's not enough disapline in my class ( keep
>> in mind he was a drill Sergeant in the military for 20 years.
>> He has told me that he knows more about my kids and how ti
>> deal with them than my behavior specialist. They threatened
>> me with a growth plan.

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