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lack of recognition

by smiley

May 13, 2012

I am so sick of my coworkers taking credit for my work.

Does this happen a lot at your school? How do you stop it? It's gotten to the point where I don't want to share any of my ideas with anyone. This past week, a specials teacher tell the principal she was responsible for a long term project that I managed and planned. I'm tired of being a doormat. I feel like my principal never listens to me or recognizes anything that I do. But he is always listening to all these other people. I feel really unappreciated. Any time I make a suggestion about something or give an idea it gets shot down immediately. But if another person says it, they get all the credit for it. And it will get implemented. It drives me crazy. I'm even starting to wonder if I should find another job.

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Bob This happens to me all the time. I remember a little saying, "What goes around, comes around." There are some people who know the ideas are yours and you know the ideas are yours, so that's all that's important. One time I had a parent come up to me and she told me she knew I was behind the idea even though someone else was taking credit for it. So...See More

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KK That is so frustrating when that happens! It is hard to find a professional way to say, "Hey, that was my idea" after someone steps on you like that.

A couple of ideas for next year: Do you have professional enrichment plans, where you set goals and implement special projects? If so, when you sit down with the principal to go over your pro...See MoreThat is so frustrating when that happens! It is hard to find a professional way to say, "Hey, that was my idea" after someone steps on you like that.

A couple of ideas for next year: Do you have professional enrichment plans, where you set goals and implement special projects? If so, when you sit down with the principal to go over your project, that's an opportunity to say, "in March, I managed a group of 50 kids after school who were doing x, and in April we included the parents to do y." This gives you an opportunity to track what you are doing and go over it with the principal.

Can you avoid working with people who will take credit like that? There have to be some more honorable people to collaborate with--they may have been burned by the same person with other projects.

Maybe you can make public relations a professional goal (whether you state it for the administration or not). That's not one of my inherent strengths--I tend to focus on planning things for students and modifying them so they work efficiently, and then I realize I haven't done a great job sharing all the great thinking and learning we're doing in our room with parents, colleagues, or administrators. Some possible ideas: Plan at least one event where you want to contact local media to feature your class or group of students. Create an I'm So Proud of Our Learning wall, with photos of students doing interesting things, and great quotes about their learning experiences, and examples of their work. Display this on your website and/or outside your classroom. Make an effort to get to know the parents, and include them in learning activities. Reach out to colleagues you admire and collaborate with them. When they realize what you have to offer, it's harder for other people to pretend your work was theirs.

Good luck!

On 5/13/12, Bob wrote: > This happens to me all the time. I remember a little saying, > "What goes around, comes around." There are some people who > know the ideas are yours and you know the ideas are yours, so > that's all that's important. One time I had a parent come up > to me and she told me she knew I was behind the idea even > though someone else was taking credit for it. So my advice > to you is to just keep quiet. The people taking credit will > eventually get their due... And keep thinking up the cool > ideas. The kids need you

May 14, 2012

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