That blame you for EVERYTHING?
2006-06-12 11:02:11 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
As a principal myself, I know that what you say can happen. I have worked with principals who were on a power trip of some kind.
If you really feel that you are being treated unfairly, be sure to keep documentation of what the principal is not supporting you on. If you are not a member of your state's professional teaching organization, I would recommend that you join. Most state organizations will provide legal advice and even go with you to meet with the principal and probably the personnel director.
You may want to change schools if that is an option for you. We are not all bad.
One last thing may be to do some self examination to see if there may be a grain of truth to what the principal is saying.
As educators we owe it to our students to be the best at what we do. As a principal I owe it to students and teachers to work with teachers to help them reach their highest potential.
Hope this helps
2006-06-12 14:39:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
Our principal is an absolute jerk! (I can't think of a better word right now.) She power trips and therefore hates me b/c I am smart. She is neither an academic advisor, nor a decent manager (nor a socially CAPABLE) person. Everything that Roy said is absolutely true...Roy, can I come and work at your school?
Seriously, join the union (it helps unburden those of us who pay dues) and you will be protected much better.
Also, hiding in your room is good- I try to remember why I am there when things get tough and just focus on the kids. You cannot control what others do- you can only control your reactions. So take a deep breath and ignore the B as best you can. I know it sux hard.. my principal has a bad rep in the entire district. I never can figure out why it's so hard to get rid of them.
2006-06-12 16:58:55 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Document, document, document. It is always a good idea to keep documentations on all incidents that may occur, with students, parents, or even your principals. Several people said to hide in your room, but I don't think that is a good idea. I think that you should continue to do the best job possible and that means staying involved in all aspects of the school including extra curricular activities. Also, but staying under radar you might not have other teachers to back you up in the long run because they won't really know what you are doing to help your students and your school. I hope this helps some and good luck.
2006-06-12 18:09:03 · answer #3 · answered by Red 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That has to be rough. I had to deal with a principal when my one nephew lived with me while his father was moving after he got married. The principal was not supportive of the home situation of my brother moving out of state at all.
Do you have tenure? If not you have to suck up until you do but if you do have it, just go to the principal and say you would like a meeting with him to discuss a few things bothering you, set it up convenient to you, and sit down and write out your thoughts so if you are nervous you have a plan to follow.
With my nephew, he had alot of anger issues but he wasn't to blame for everything that went wrong in school always. So I basically said I have a problem with what's happening, how can we fix this to work together on helping Joe. You could say something like, we seem to have alot of times when we don't agree on issues, how can we resolve this.
If he's a real jack*** and looks for things wrong all the time then ask him to show you what you did wrong, or proof of why it was wrong. You gotta be firm with him, that is if you have tenure. I found alot of times people that blame others are inadequate themselves so if you confront them, they back down and things improve.
2006-06-12 11:53:08 · answer #4 · answered by Tina of Lymphland.com 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Document everything. Keep a written running record of your instruction (to confirm/back up your lesson plans), and the basic content, date, and time of every conversation you have with your colleagues and especially with your principal, on any subject. For serious issues, use your school email and save every email you send/receive from your colleagues and principal.
Try to stay below his/her radar. Hide in your room except for duties and staff meetings (sit to the middle/side during meetings).
Look for a chance to transfer to a different building asap.
2006-06-12 16:52:12 · answer #5 · answered by spedusource 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Our principal had her head as big as Jack-in-the-Box man.She literally look you up and down when she was talking to you.She acted like her s**t didn't stink.Alot of very good teachers left because of her ! !
2006-06-12 15:26:01 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't give them anything to blame you for, HIDE. Stay in your room and be invisible. Maybe they will start to pick on someone else.
2006-06-12 11:33:24 · answer #7 · answered by bebop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Transfer to another school. I had the same issue last year.
2006-06-12 16:02:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kick their ***
2006-06-12 21:35:09 · answer #9 · answered by Abhi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋