Are you following the ARD and IEP paperwork?
Are you a member of one of the Texas teacher organizations - have
you talked with them?
What sway does your specialist/coordinator have with the admin?
On 2/04/15, stressed wrote:
> 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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