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Harassed By Principal

by justletmebe

Apr 17, 2018

I am a special ed teacher. I started in the middle of last school year after transferring from another district. Right away, I was concerned with ALL the special ed kids being removed from the inclusion classrooms about twice per week for tests and quizzes. The Gen Ed teachers I work with told me that I needed to remove them to read the tests to them. After doing this for about a week, I finally got enough courage up to talk to my supervisor about this. Basically, I was concerned that this practice went against IDEA laws, specifically Least Restrictive Environment, which clearly states students should only be removed from inclusion classes if supplemental aids and services cannot be provided in class. My issue was these services could be provided in class - modified tests, clarify directions, even read test aloud if that was in their IEP. Plus, it totally osticized the kids and I felt bad. Long story short, director of special services got involved and made the practice immediately sto...See MoreI am a special ed teacher. I started in the middle of last school year after transferring from another district. Right away, I was concerned with ALL the special ed kids being removed from the inclusion classrooms about twice per week for tests and quizzes. The Gen Ed teachers I work with told me that I needed to remove them to read the tests to them. After doing this for about a week, I finally got enough courage up to talk to my supervisor about this. Basically, I was concerned that this practice went against IDEA laws, specifically Least Restrictive Environment, which clearly states students should only be removed from inclusion classes if supplemental aids and services cannot be provided in class. My issue was these services could be provided in class - modified tests, clarify directions, even read test aloud if that was in their IEP. Plus, it totally osticized the kids and I felt bad. Long story short, director of special services got involved and made the practice immediately stop. My principal was on the "side" so to speak of the gen ed teachers.

Ever since, shes harassed me. She's written me up, given me baseless warnings, recorded me on the security cameras, made awful comments, etc. Her bosses have been pretty good to me. They wouldn't let her observe me alone, questioned why she didn't give me a 4 in certain areas when she co-observed me. They made it pretty clear to me that they thought her actions were out of line.

Then this happens: She was on email correspondence between a few colleagues and me. In my quick reply, I had a little grammatical error in my email. An hour after she got my email, she emailed the ENTIRE building about a "contest". She then made a hundred copies of a grammar worksheet and put it in every staff member's mailbox. The grammar worksheet was about the exact error contained in my email. She then offered to pay the first five people who completed it correctly $5. I was so hurt! I couldn't believe she would do something so outrageous. This woman is so sick! Talk about a role model for children. The union basically told me to get over it.

Now, the superintendent is involved in this mess. The principal has hid her face from me for the last week. I don't know if this is because she feels guilty or if its because she's getting some heat from central office.

How would you handle this if you were in such a toxic environment?

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