I recently (just over a year) changed jobs after 20 plus years. I teach SEN and used to teach in a specialist school but moved to a mainstream school with an SEN room attached. No other teachers in my new school feel ‘comfortable’ working in the class. The headteacher is lovely but very much into academics and the behaviours in the class are challenging. The other team members have notes from the GP to say they cannot work in this room (they do general class support) and go home early, the head of dept is often out and rarely goes to the timetabled slots allocated. So it all falls on my shoulders.
the job is ten mins from home and environment overall is ok (like the students and some teachers are friendly). I can be home to collect my own kids early.
but going forward I feel so uneasy and it’s unfair. The head of department and headteacher are friends out of school so they get listened to more than me. I have more experience and qualifications and headteacher is nice but will accommodate everyone else (due to the fact maybe I am new and the others don’t tell the full truth eg take time off a lot, one won’t do parent teachers evening etc but they get thought of more highly than those who work hard)
should I change schools ? There is work 30 min drive away (job has come up twice) in a country school ? But nothing is perfect I know ? But I will resent how things are where I am. It’s hard being in the toughest part of the school and others waking out early playing the system and it’s like a kick in the guts everyday ðŸ˜