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Stealing Classroom Materials from Other Teachers

by Furious Teacher

Oct 17, 2012

Hello,

Please let me know if I am crazy or not. I work in a two teacher department. I take pride in my work, and feel that I do a great job at creating handouts and classroom materials that guide students. My coworker has always taken copies of my work, without asking, and used them as her own, or based her own materials on them.

I have always hated that she does this. I have told her before that I do not like it.

The first day of my teaching job, she walked into school, and asked if she could make copies of my classroom rules.

Really?? A SENIOR teacher sponging work off of a newer teacher?

Anyways...it has always been this way.

Now with the new teacher evaluation system...I REALLY want it to stop. She is piggybacking off of my hard work...and has seniority. And with the new eval system...I have to make sure that I stand apart as the teacher that gets better results, has innovative ideas, and works my butt off!

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response to furious teacher On 10/18/12, Furious Teacher wrote: > Thanks for the suggestions. I have confronted her about this in > the past. It usually ends up her throwing a fit and crying about > how hard her life is. I get it...its rough...but the charity > case has to end. > > I have tried to safeguard my materials, but unfortunately we > switch clas...See More

Oct 19, 2012

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Whining over nothing? Uh, you are whining over someone stealing some lousy stuff that you just bought. In comparison, this person has created the curriculum materials that are being stolen from her. She has poured her blood sweat and tears into those materials. That makes them much more valuable and personal that the books that you bought.

So in comparison, it...See MoreUh, you are whining over someone stealing some lousy stuff that you just bought. In comparison, this person has created the curriculum materials that are being stolen from her. She has poured her blood sweat and tears into those materials. That makes them much more valuable and personal that the books that you bought.

So in comparison, it is you who has the lesser right to complain and whine about theft of your materials.

On 10/19/12, anon wrote: > How difficult is it to lock your materials up? You are whining > over nothing as far as I am concerned and trying to stir up > trouble. > > Now let's talk about REAL theft of materials such as books, > workbooks, classroom aids, posters, etc., that teachers spend > their hard-earned money on. That happened to me when a so-called > colleague tried to STEAL my materials, most of which had my name > on them, outright, after I was illegally dismissed. Many of my > materials were boxed, but she decided she wanted to steal my > pencil sharpener, plastic filing cabinet, many fiction books, > teaching books, games, and other such items, I suppose with the > permission of that dirtbag incompetent principal who illegally > fired me. THAT is theft, and I was fortunate enough to retrieve > the stolen items when I just happened to have gone back to my > room rather than get my boxed materials. > > That is dirtbaggery. You are just whining over nothing. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 10/18/12, You don't have any ideas? wrote: >> You haven't tried to do anything? >> >> How about locking your materials up in file cabinets? >> >> Prominently write your name at the bottom of every page with a >> copyright symbol. If anyone says that you can't do that >> because you produced it as part of your job, tell them you >> made it during the summer for a book you are going to publish >> of teacher materials and you are choosing to use it in your >> classroom. Then it would be ILLEGAL for her to copy it. It >> would also be illegal for the copy room to make copies > for >> her and let them know that. You could sue them and her for it. >> >> If you keep not doing anything, then there is no reason for >> her to stop. You need to play hardball. >> >> Put copyright symbols and your name on every piece and let her >> know that you will get a lawyer if she copies your materials. >> Then follow through. If you have to make a website where you >> post your materials as being for sale so you can prove she has >> financially harmed you. Put a ridiculous price on each lesson >> like $10. Then she will owe you $10 for every single copy she >> passes out plus she will owe you a fine in addition.

Oct 19, 2012

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anon By the way, fool, you don't KNOW this person poured her "blood, sweat, and tears" over "creating" materials, ideas that she probably got from somewhere else, by the way, because you know you just don't "create" curriculum out of whole cloth but must follow state and even federal standards. It's a far cry from spending thousands of dollars of your o...See MoreBy the way, fool, you don't KNOW this person poured her "blood, sweat, and tears" over "creating" materials, ideas that she probably got from somewhere else, by the way, because you know you just don't "create" curriculum out of whole cloth but must follow state and even federal standards. It's a far cry from spending thousands of dollars of your own money on classroom materials that a colleague attempted to steal because some principal decided it was okay for her to do it although those materials were my property and she had no right to them. What she attempted to do was commit a crime, a far cry from some whiner who thinks she is the greatest thing since sliced bread and is probably a terrible person to work with.

I've been around these professional martyrs, and I have little use for them.

All she has to do is get off her lazy, martyred rear end and lock her materials up. End of problem.

On 10/19/12, Whining over nothing? wrote: > Uh, you are whining over someone stealing some lousy stuff that you > just bought. In comparison, this person has created the curriculum > materials that are being stolen from her. She has poured her blood > sweat and tears into those materials. That makes them much more > valuable and personal that the books that you bought. > > So in comparison, it is you who has the lesser right to complain and > whine about theft of your materials. > > > On 10/19/12, anon wrote: >> How difficult is it to lock your materials up? You are whining >> over nothing as far as I am concerned and trying to stir up >> trouble. >> >> Now let's talk about REAL theft of materials such as books, >> workbooks, classroom aids, posters, etc., that teachers spend >> their hard-earned money on. That happened to me when a so-called >> colleague tried to STEAL my materials, most of which had my name >> on them, outright, after I was illegally dismissed. Many of my >> materials were boxed, but she decided she wanted to steal my >> pencil sharpener, plastic filing cabinet, many fiction books, >> teaching books, games, and other such items, I suppose with the >> permission of that dirtbag incompetent principal who illegally >> fired me. THAT is theft, and I was fortunate enough to retrieve >> the stolen items when I just happened to have gone back to my >> room rather than get my boxed materials. >> >> That is dirtbaggery. You are just whining over nothing. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 10/18/12, You don't have any ideas? wrote: >>> You haven't tried to do anything? >>> >>> How about locking your materials up in file cabinets? >>> >>> Prominently write your name at the bottom of every page with a >>> copyright symbol. If anyone says that you can't do that >>> because you produced it as part of your job, tell them you >>> made it during the summer for a book you are going to publish >>> of teacher materials and you are choosing to use it in your >>> classroom. Then it would be ILLEGAL for her to copy it. It >>> would also be illegal for the copy room to make copies >> for >>> her and let them know that. You could sue them and her for it. >>> >>> If you keep not doing anything, then there is no reason for >>> her to stop. You need to play hardball. >>> >>> Put copyright symbols and your name on every piece and let her >>> know that you will get a lawyer if she copies your materials. >>> Then follow through. If you have to make a website where you >>> post your materials as being for sale so you can prove she has >>> financially harmed you. Put a ridiculous price on each lesson >>> like $10. Then she will owe you $10 for every single copy she >>> passes out plus she will owe you a fine in addition.

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To the lazy teacher On 10/20/12, anon wrote: > By the way, fool, you don't KNOW this person poured her "blood, sweat, > and tears" over "creating" materials, ideas that she probably got from > somewhere else, by the way, because you know you just don't "create" > curriculum out of whole cloth but must follow state and even federal > standards. It's a fa...See More

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