My line manager is unprofessional. She gives out confidential information about students and teachers, is at the centre of intrigues and generally stirs the pot.
I don't want to be unprofessional like her but she has drawn me in a few times. It always goes "This is confidential but..." or "it's just you and me but..." or "this goes no further but..."
At first I thought she didn't have a filter and couldn't help the leak of information but after some years working for her, I know she can definitely keep secrets. Anything that makes her look bad, astonishingly, that she can keep a filter on.
She obviously gossips about me and I called her on that when it got back to me.
Help me! How do I professionally disentangle myself from this petty bullshit? I only receive this unwanted gossip nuggets and don't send them on, but I want to stop getting them at all.
(The head of school, her line manager, is a piece of work. There is no recourse there)