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Crazy Teacher in my Department

by Sombra

Sep 24, 2013

The district I teach for has just merged our two middle schools into one jr high and our two high schools into one.

This has caused a lot of shuffling of staff. I had taught at one of the high school buildings for the past 12 years but was moved down to the jr high to teach 9th grade due to having less seniority than the people coming in from the other high school that was closing.

My new department contains this woman who is driving me absolutely insane. Due to the large size of the new building, we do not have our own classrooms and I teach in "her room" for one period of the day. She makes this period a living hell for me, criticizing me if I leave a pen out of place, if the hole punch drops a circle of paper on the floor, etc. Then, to make matters worse, she interrupts my later classes. Yesterday, she interrupted the class to accuse me of taking 3 water bottles off her desk, which I did not do, so now she thinks my students must have done it.

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seen this situation before All of you have gone through some major changes this year. This particular teacher sounds very insecure. That is common for some people who feel out of control in their environments. You obviously are not one of those and have made the adjustment well although you miss the way things used to do.

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Sep 25, 2013

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Sara On 9/24/13, Sombra wrote: > The district I teach for has just merged our two middle > schools into one jr high and our two high schools into one.

Try finding someone who has worked with her for some time and ask nicely how -ask for their insight. Who's your supervisor and where are they on this problem. When we share rooms, we leave...See MoreOn 9/24/13, Sombra wrote: > The district I teach for has just merged our two middle > schools into one jr high and our two high schools into one.

Try finding someone who has worked with her for some time and ask nicely how -ask for their insight. Who's your supervisor and where are they on this problem. When we share rooms, we leave and don't reenter until the period is over.

At a certain point I once had to say to a colleague, we've tried to work this through but at this point if you have these strong concerns, you should really speak to 'John' ( their boss). > > This has caused a lot of shuffling of staff. I had taught > at one of the high school buildings for the past 12 years > but was moved down to the jr high to teach 9th grade due to > having less seniority than the people coming in from the > other high school that was closing. > > My new department contains this woman who is driving me > absolutely insane. Due to the large size of the new > building, we do not have our own classrooms and I teach in > "her room" for one period of the day. She makes this period > a living hell for me, criticizing me if I leave a pen out > of place, if the hole punch drops a circle of paper on the > floor, etc. Then, to make matters worse, she interrupts my > later classes. Yesterday, she interrupted the class to > accuse me of taking 3 water bottles off her desk, which I > did not do, so now she thinks my students must have done > it. > > My students do not go NEAR her desk when we are in her > room. They remain in their seats and there is no fooling > around. Her class on the contrary is like a 3 ring circus. > > In addition, she sees things that I am doing with my kids > and she asks me a million questions about it, wants me to > give her copies of all these things I have worked very hard > to create, and takes up my before and after school time > constantly bugging me to help her with lessons, the > computer equipment, etc. > > I am a team player, but this is out of control. I have > tries to explain to her that I have limited time and I have > my own things to work on, but it hasn't seemed to help. I > have tried to explain to her that my class time is precious > to me and that anything that can wait until when I am not > teaching (i.e. water bottle accusations) should wait. She > just doesn't get it, period. I don't know what else to do, > but she is driving me and the other people in my department > insane! > > I miss my old school so much!

Sep 25, 2013

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