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Hi. I need some help with my situation. I was recently terminated after 4 years of teaching. I received a nice evaluation from my principal and I was told that she needed to let me go. Later I found out that our program needed to open a bilingual classroom based on our student population. So basically they need my position for a teacher who speaks Spanish. I was offered to resign to keep a clean record. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to research what's the best thing to do in a situation like mine and I resigned. My principal gave me a VERY nice letter of recommendation. My question is what is my chance collecting unemployment? I know that the fact that I resigned will prevent me to collect unemployment but can I appeal and say that I was forced to resign? Also, what are my chances to get another job? On job applications I say that my reason fro leaving is unstable position due to grant cut. This is true because I was laid off and hired back twice because of unknown grant sta...See More


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