Alibaby, I'll be ringing them first thing. I'm so sorry you're having a hard time as well..how do they get away with that though? I mean, surely they would need to share out the more needy kids so to make it fair on the other students? and your workload?? otherwise parents would complain? ...
Good luck BabyQ - just ring to find out what your rights are. You can decide if you want to take it further after that. Hope you have managed to get a good night's sleep.
Ok, well this just gets better and better. Upon contacting my union, they advise me that if I were interested in coming back on a permanent basis I would have needed to inform my employer by November last year ..which I can see the logic in- so they can allot it in their budget- I get it...and I'm not stressed by it as I do have other options. I'll lay them out for anyone else who is interested in the info.
Option 1: as stated above, if interested in permanency, notify employer by nov 1 for the following year to be employed. (unless you can express some financial hardship that has recently occured making it necessary for you to return asap)
Option 2: Acquire a contract job at another school which would enable your employing school and new school to work out a temporary resumption of family leave. (time on leave clock still ticking down)
Option 3: Do CRT work which would not have any effect on family leave (time on leave clock still ticking down)
OK now for the situation where my work pulled out the carpet from under me. Get this...He said it's on a very fine line and sounds like they made an offer to me, especially as there is an email in writing, however ...
As it's not a FORMAL offer, they're not prepared to do anything.
(read: if Union and I were to take action, it's too hard of a case to win, therefore they won't)
Well, this has just been the icing on the cake, started the waterworks again.
I just feel so abused.
Oh dear! That sounds awful - I was hoping that the offer was going to help you out. Have you spoken to the person who made you the offer themselves? Grrh - I don't think I am helping you out too much...... Hang in there - I really hope that something wonderful comes out of all of this mess. xxx
Mak, I really appreciate all your help, and that also goes to everyone who put a hand out to show they care..
As for speaking to the person who offered me the position, it has been a few days and all I can think about is calling them to tell them how disappointed I am that the offer was put out there and then reneged.
Does anyone have any advice on how I might (tactfully/concisely) let my employer know that this incident has left me feeling undervalued?
I will need to do this by the end of tomorrow I think, as waiting until Monday would probably lose it's effect, iykwim, and I really just want to put this behind me and focus on where I'm going (Mak, I think this is the part where the something wonderful might eventuate..i hope)
..aaaaaand it's my birthday next week..I wanna feel good and not be stressing.
Hi BabyQ – I have been reading your posts regarding your teaching position. It sounds really awful and by the sound of it you wouldn’t enjoy working there regardless. They have treated you with little compassion or support. It is disappointing that the union were unable to better assist.
If I were you I would try to see what else is out there. I don’t think this is typical of schools (although I am not a teacher!). Hopefully this experience helps you identify what you don’t want to see as qualities in a school / principal for future employment. In my opinion the principal creates or allows the culture of a school to develop. So your principal, by allowing bullying, not supporting you or even inducting you properly has allowed a certain culture to be part of the school. When you look for another school, keep this in mind.
As far as letting them know about how you feel about the situation, personally I would write a letter to get it all clear in your head first. Last year I left a job that I was very passionate about, partly because of the culture of the organisation and I wanted them to know exactly why I was leaving and have a think about the potential for other good staff to leave for similar reasons (although I can’t say it has worked – the place is leaking like a sieve with people ready to get out – LOL!). However, it did make me feel happier that I had clarified the issues in my mind and made them clear to the regional manager.
As I said, I first wrote a letter to him to clarify in my mind why I felt so awful about the job. Then I made an appointment time to discuss with the manager why I was leaving. We did this fairly casually over a coffee. I made sure I had the letter with me (not only to help me out, but this guy is notorious for missing meetings, having them late, needing to leave early etc.). Having the letter there and in concise paragraphs of the issues I wanted to address meant that I could bring up each point rationally with him. And to my surprise he really listened! He added comments where he knew there were issues and also showed surprise when he wasn’t aware of certain things. So I definitely felt very understood (unfortunately for the organisation, it sounded as though very little was actually done about things, though, but that’s their problem). I then left the letter with him, which went into more detail.
I guess, think about whether this is a way you would want to go, but it certainly felt good for me to be heard on this. And the least they can do is be appreciative that someone actually cares enough about their job and the school to come in and make an effort to do this. Good luck!
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. You have been treated dreadfully. Hoping things improve for you.
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