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Backstabbing colleagues

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TiddlyToes21 · 18/04/2023 15:04

I'm going to change a few details as I don't want this to be too outing.

I'm a primary school teacher and have been for the last 12 years. Now part time as I have young children. Last term, it was just one thing after another with big brother warching, backstabbing colleagues. I feel like I'm constantly being watched and then complained about to senior management. It's been over quite minor things too in the scheme of things. For instance, I'd not structured a lesson on PowerPoint as it should have been done. A teacher in another class in the same year group had noticed this and spoke to slt. I also incorporated a few short creative activities into the last week of term which sometime then spotted and went to slt about as I wasn't sticking to the exact timetable. I was, but we're talking 5/10 mins here or there to do a bit of art and they're 6 year olds!
After this, I was then told that I wouldn't be teaching a particular subject to my class as the children weren't making enough progress in it. So another teacher would be teaching that this term with me supporting. This obviously feels pretty rubbish and has totally sapped my confidence.

I made a technical error on saving a document recently, which was easily resolved. However, the IT technican who I was asking to support me with this, went to management about this error instead of speaking to me first. I've had other teachers look at my line of children and say that they're being too noisy or they should be standing in a certain way. I don't think my behaviour management is bad at all and I am very aware of keeping everyone in check. I just don't understand this need for other teachers and staff (of the same level) to bring each other down and grass each other up. Is it a power thing? I've never done this to another teacher or colleague.

I've been so stressed by these past few months in this school. I only do a couple of days a week and job share. I'll be leaving in July as being there just feels horrible and I want to get out. I don't even know if I want to teach in mainstream now. Not because of the children but beause of other staff and management.

Any advice?

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moonspiral · 19/04/2023 09:53

How childish of them. Never mind you're out of there soon.

Nimbostratus100 · 19/04/2023 09:57

they sound horrible - just keep thinking about July

Nimbostratus100 · 19/04/2023 09:58

just occurred to me, there could be something in the idea that if you can be made to walk out/ leave early/ cut short your notice, then they dont have to pay you August? This happened to a friend of mine a few years ago - she hung on by the skin of her teeth, but it was a close thing. SLT could have asked other staff to report on you - I have known this happen

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PissedOffNeighbour22 · 19/04/2023 10:29

I don't know what people are trying to achieve with this sort of behaviour, but I'm having issues too. I'm just back from maternity leave and have been thrown in at the deep end.

Someone from another team contacted me to ask if I'd contacted a customer. I said no so she said they need a response and did I want her to do it for me. I said yes please as I'm just back from ML so might be a couple of weeks before I can open the case.
Few days later I got a call from my manager as 3 of the top bosses want to know why it's going to be 2 weeks before I do the case. My manager was understanding but his managers won't have been. There was absolutely no reason for that bloody woman to have gone and reported me.
When I checked what she'd actually written to the customer, it just said 'a caseworker will contact you' so she'd really gone above and beyond hadn't she 😡.

OP at least you're getting out but it's horrible to feel like you've been pushed to go.
I wonder if they want rid of job sharing?

OrigamiOwls · 19/04/2023 10:48

Just wait it out until July. These people aren't gonna change.

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