I am a teacher and my principal is constantly coming in and out of my class. Often surprise visits and is always finding something wrong. Usually small things but she likes to blow things out of proportion. Sometimes she manages to humililate me in front of the students. I take her with a grain of salt but it gets annoying. Have any other teachers experienced this?
2007-03-23 09:17:15 · 7 answers · asked by nutritionist34 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
Yes. Last year a boy lied about where he was going (he said he was going to the restroom and detoured through the cafeteria) and when the principal brought him back to class, she chewed me out about letting him leave. There were other times during the year that she called me down and chewed me out about about something without hearing my side of it. She believed the students instead of me.
I eventually got fed up with it and applied at a neighboring district. This year I am in a different school and my principal is very supportive and appreciates the work I do. Even though I have more students and a smaller classroom, my overall stress level is much less. My suggestion is to find a place where you will be appreciated.
2007-03-23 09:24:41 · answer #1 · answered by DLM 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It could be that your boss thinks she's not fit to be principal if she is supposedly trying to humiliate you. She might be consider you an intimidating figure to her because you're such an awesome teacher. But since she's of higher status, she has the power to overreact over little things and humiliate you in front of your students. It probably gives her the satisfaction of knowing that she can be the intimidater instead of the intimidatee.
It could also be the fact that she does to every teacher and she just likes the attention and bother her collegues.
Hope it gets better at work!
2007-03-23 12:08:04 · answer #2 · answered by zzz_snoozer_zzz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your boss needs to take some classes on professionalism. The boss in any job should be pulling someone aside out of range of anyone if they need to talk about an issue. To do this in front of students or other staff shows a lack of true leadership on your principals part.
If I were you I'd do the professional thing and ask to sit down and talk to her about it. Let her know you value her "assistance," but also that her way is undermining your efforts in your own classroom. Let her know you are willing to work on any imperfections, but insist she treat you with the respect of a professional!
2007-03-23 16:55:51 · answer #3 · answered by suigeneris-impetus 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not a teacher. However, my mum was, and as it was a small school, I was bound to take classes with her. Like you, she suffered from this problem.
Tackle the largest issue (being humiliated in front of the kids? Distraction? Etc.), and speak to her privately about it. Put it in the terms of "it would be better for the kids' education if . . . " because then you're not being confrontational.
Good luck!
2007-03-23 09:23:58 · answer #4 · answered by living_in_a_bell_jar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe the principal sees a little of themselves in you.
2007-03-23 09:21:50 · answer #5 · answered by Jewels S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to talk to my husband. He is having the same problem with the principal (boss) in his school. In his case, we decided it was the alpha-male syndrome, in your case, you are probably intimidating to your boss in someway, therefore, since she is in a position to humilate you, she does to make herself feel empowered.
2007-03-23 09:23:11 · answer #6 · answered by mark my words 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe u r very stubborn in class
2007-03-27 00:29:54 · answer #7 · answered by kwadwo_adade 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋