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Falsely accused teacher

by Dave

Dec 13, 2007

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I'm looking for support groups for falsely accused
teachers, help in any way, websites that monitor public
school superintendants, etc. The "system" we have in Pa.
is just plain crazy. I'm looking for good people that want
to help teachers fight back against a system that denies
teachers their due process under the law. I'm not here to
vent, I'm here to find a group to change the system, to one
that holds superintendants accountable for their actions.
Please help. Thanks.

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Anonymous for this one It is SOOOOO easy to "get" a teacher anymore, particularly male teachers. Over the course of 32 years, I have had false allegations leveled at me three times, in 3 separate locations, once in a private school and two other times in public ones. Every time I was exonerated, but it is the allegation that kills. It nearly ended my career the second ti...See MoreIt is SOOOOO easy to "get" a teacher anymore, particularly male teachers. Over the course of 32 years, I have had false allegations leveled at me three times, in 3 separate locations, once in a private school and two other times in public ones. Every time I was exonerated, but it is the allegation that kills. It nearly ended my career the second time, as I was new in a newly formed public school system with a deputy superintendent for personnel who wanted to make a rep for himself as a hard a**. Even though the allegations were shown to be exaggerated at best, and completely false at worst, I was reassigned to a very tough, inner city school, with the intent of getting "rid" of me. Their strategy succeeded, as I resigned in less than 2 months after being threatened, having property stole and damaged and going to school, each day, with a headache and a stomach ache before the first student stepped into my classroom. Fortunately, another school system chose to give me another chance and that worked out well.

Sadly, I do not know of any advocate groups but do have some advice for anyone who faces this.

** be super careful, particularly in new situations, before the clientel gets to know you. I had the misfortune of being in an elementary school in a very conservative little town for my first public school assignment. I was already under suspicion when I arrived, merely due to my being male. Why, some wondered, did a male teacher want to work with younger children?Tthis was a small, Southern town, one that was still fighting the war between the states and had some very primitive ideas. It was also full of "Christian" people that Jesus, I think, would be ashamed of, very judgemental and narrow minded. Had I known the situation beforehand, I would NOT have gone there to begin with. If you should find yourself in such a predicament, keep your hands to yourself, never allow yourself to be alone in a classroom with ANY student, but particularly female ones, and....get yourself out as soon as you can.

** I would not be in any school situation without some legal protection. The local affiliate of the NEA,in my situation, did little to actually help, but the mere fact that someone else was involved, other than me, kept the very worst from happening. Join an association or a union (IF YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A REAL ONE) and be very active in it.

** finally, be very up front with people, keep parents informed, contribute to the local and school communities as much as you can. False allegations are much less likely to occur to someone who is known and very popular although that is not a strict, iron clad rule. If you are known as a student advocate, one who goes above and beyond for the individual student, false accusations are going to be more readily seen as just that...false.

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Dec 23, 2010

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sherri On 12/13/07, Dave wrote: > I'm looking for support groups for falsely accused > teachers, help in any way, websites that monitor public > school superintendants, etc. The "system" we have in Pa. > is just plain crazy. I'm looking for good people that want > to help teachers fight back against a system that denies > teachers their ...See More

Jan 15, 2011

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sherri On 12/23/10, Anonymous for this one wrote: > > It is SOOOOO easy to "get" a teacher anymore, particularly male > teachers.

Anonymous, I would like to get enough teachers together to make a real "voice" to get something done to stop this. Anybody out there?

Jan 15, 2011

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sherri It doesn't look like there is a way for teachers to fight back. How is your research going, Milauna?

On 9/29/10, Milauna Jackson wrote: > I am a student in LAVC and would like to bring to attention the > powerful impact of being falsely accused of sexual misconduct. > If any one would like to discuss their personal experience of ...See More

Jan 15, 2011

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anonymous On 1/15/11, sherri wrote: > On 12/23/10, Anonymous for this one wrote: >> >> It is SOOOOO easy to "get" a teacher anymore, particularly male >> teachers. > > Anonymous, I would like to get enough teachers together to make a > real "voice" to get something done to stop this. Anybody out there?

Can somebody plea...See More

May 7, 2011

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