*sigh*
Argh!!! = s
**Warning!** This is a vent session about school crap...
Ok, I'll start with the positive...I just finished my January commitment to the Social Studies textbook adoption committee...which turned out to be quite nice. I not only acquired a nice collection of new tote bags, grade level texts, and was stuffed with decent foods, I also was paid for my time =). It was informative, interesting and well worth the extra hours.
That said...I'm not too happy with the rest of the "favors" being asked of me. *Note to self: When someone begins a sentence with, "Oh, can I ask you a favor?", you turn and RUN shouting NOOO! I had one of the most restful and relaxing long weekends, only to come to back to what now feels like the longest week ever.
Another teacher sends 2 of my students to the office...blowing a situation out of proportion. The vice principal interrupts my class to inform me they have detention today, the referral was filled out incorrectly (although I didn't submit it), and that I needed to inform the parents of the incident because she was quite busy herself. WHAT?!? This is not my job! Fine...while I had a thousand things to do after school including getting myself to a meeting, I could make time to do someone else's job... = s
Vice principal stops me at my lunchtime and asks for a favor...can I take another teacher's bus duty? It's my lunch for heavens sake and I'm not thinking about what that favor implies...so of course my stupid self says..."sure". After careful consideration, I've now realized, this means, I have an extra duty for the rest of the school year. Normally, each teacher has one week of before and afterschool duty and one week of recess duty. Now...I have my duties plus an extra week of bus duty for another teacher! Fine.
BUT...come to find out...they gave me her duty because she's tutoring. WHAT?!? SO AM I! BUT...get this...she's tutoring using a special intervention program and has 7 students from each 5th grade class, she also is getting paid double what I am for my tutoring because she's doing the "special tutoring". Fine.
I'm also taking 5 students that are in her regular tutoring session because she's now doing the "special tutoring". I only get paid the normal rate. Fine.
So, not only am I doing her a favor, by taking her 5 students in my session, I'm getting paid 1/2 of what she is for the same amount of time, I'm taking her additional duty because god know why, and now, she has no duty! OMG! NOT fine.
After careful consideration, I'm discussing the situation with my vice principal. This isn't fair. I shouldn't have to take a duty for another teacher for the entire year, period!!!!!!!!!
My reading coach approached me this a.m. while I was searching for my misplaced keys with those dreadful words, "Can I ask you a favor?" Distracted and already very distraught, I agreed to another committee with another set of very long and arduous meetings. WHY?!?!?
***Must learn how to say NOOOOOOOO!!!***
This really is my fault, I can't point the finger elsewhere...= s
**Warning!** This is a vent session about school crap...
Ok, I'll start with the positive...I just finished my January commitment to the Social Studies textbook adoption committee...which turned out to be quite nice. I not only acquired a nice collection of new tote bags, grade level texts, and was stuffed with decent foods, I also was paid for my time =). It was informative, interesting and well worth the extra hours.
That said...I'm not too happy with the rest of the "favors" being asked of me. *Note to self: When someone begins a sentence with, "Oh, can I ask you a favor?", you turn and RUN shouting NOOO! I had one of the most restful and relaxing long weekends, only to come to back to what now feels like the longest week ever.
Another teacher sends 2 of my students to the office...blowing a situation out of proportion. The vice principal interrupts my class to inform me they have detention today, the referral was filled out incorrectly (although I didn't submit it), and that I needed to inform the parents of the incident because she was quite busy herself. WHAT?!? This is not my job! Fine...while I had a thousand things to do after school including getting myself to a meeting, I could make time to do someone else's job... = s
Vice principal stops me at my lunchtime and asks for a favor...can I take another teacher's bus duty? It's my lunch for heavens sake and I'm not thinking about what that favor implies...so of course my stupid self says..."sure". After careful consideration, I've now realized, this means, I have an extra duty for the rest of the school year. Normally, each teacher has one week of before and afterschool duty and one week of recess duty. Now...I have my duties plus an extra week of bus duty for another teacher! Fine.
BUT...come to find out...they gave me her duty because she's tutoring. WHAT?!? SO AM I! BUT...get this...she's tutoring using a special intervention program and has 7 students from each 5th grade class, she also is getting paid double what I am for my tutoring because she's doing the "special tutoring". Fine.
I'm also taking 5 students that are in her regular tutoring session because she's now doing the "special tutoring". I only get paid the normal rate. Fine.
So, not only am I doing her a favor, by taking her 5 students in my session, I'm getting paid 1/2 of what she is for the same amount of time, I'm taking her additional duty because god know why, and now, she has no duty! OMG! NOT fine.
After careful consideration, I'm discussing the situation with my vice principal. This isn't fair. I shouldn't have to take a duty for another teacher for the entire year, period!!!!!!!!!
My reading coach approached me this a.m. while I was searching for my misplaced keys with those dreadful words, "Can I ask you a favor?" Distracted and already very distraught, I agreed to another committee with another set of very long and arduous meetings. WHY?!?!?
***Must learn how to say NOOOOOOOO!!!***
This really is my fault, I can't point the finger elsewhere...= s
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