It's 2:45. I can't sleep. Yes I watched the election and all, that didn't keep me up. (BTW-woot woot). I missed the speech though when I was trying to sleep
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yes, the other teachers are wonderful. They totally are in the same boat, feel the same way and still have time to support me. Most of us have at least one foot out the door. The 6th grade team got together and wrote an email to the administration about a lot of the same things I am writing about. Like Matt said to me, they are a team and, therefore more of a threat than me. The admin. can take me on because I am one, it's easier to put it on me, I'm the scapegoat. We also have an awesome union. I have talked with union reps about the problem, had them help me with wording on emails. If I get cornered again I will have it in my mind already to say that I'm not ready to talk until I have a union rep. Our last ED teacher (which I seem to be becoming, in a way) was ill prepared for the job (as am I) and she ended up leaving on medical pay. Rumor is she is still, two years later, receiving that pay and not working...I should call her and get her doctors name! She got a lot of union support as far as I know. It's hard for me to say exactly what it is that I would complain about though. That's what makes me mad, it's hard for me to summarize, find the main idea, state my grief in a nut shell. Numbers wise they are not out of compliance it's the attitude. I just feel like all I have is that they are being meanie jerks...how do I say that in a more sophisticated, grievance sort of way??? Today the parent that wrote an email to the admin (did I mention this) stating her concerns for her child, saying that I am amazing and the the district has always been supportive but that her child is now not having his needs met...she found me after school and asked if I had heard anything in relation to the email she sent out over the weekend. They haven't even responded. She sent the email to 3 admin. people and no one mentioned it...perhaps they were mentioning it to me on the sly when they cornered me and told me all the things I was doing wrong...anyway, then she asked me how his day was. I said it was wonderful. We had 5 students absent. He completed all his work, had wonderful behavior, helped the office staff and sorted my graded papers to send home! I also told her that she would not be hearing back about the referral I wrote to the office. She asked why. I told her that they sent it back to me. She said, 'does that mean nothing will happen, no consequences for his behavior?' I said that it was up to me, I guess. She said, 'haven't you done everything you can?'I shrugged.
Well this is all really good to hear-- I mean, it's not like you have lots of time to put into this. I totally understand just wanting to be done with it when school gets out... Seems like it'd be worth it to follow through, since NO ONE seems to like these people...
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