Must I Have Appraisal in Final Year of Teaching?

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Serious question. I'm entering what is probably my final year in teaching, can I refuse to participate in the appraisal process?

No, I don’t think you can. A colleague of mind tried but apparently it was written in to their contract.

You could try asking your Union.

Can you not just smile and nod through it?

Flyingpompom, I feel like I've been doing that for a while!

I have emailed my union. I just can't be bothered with it!

I don’t think you can refuse because it’s appraising your work in the year leading up to the appraisal. You won’t be there the following year to be judged against whatever targets they set you so I’d just nod along.

the word that I take most seriously from your post is

probably

But if it is your last year of teaching, set targets, don't do them, what are they going to do.

What’s the big deal?

Update: Union say it could be seen as "insubordination" .

It's a tedious process: meeting to set targets; observation; collecting evidence that you've achieved your targets; review meeting.
Oh well.

D'you know, after many years of following the rules, I think I'd quite like to be in trouble for insubordination!

it would be a silly waste hours of time, collating pages of information for no reason, stressing you out about nothing and taking time away from teaching, and taking resources away from learning.

schools don't do things like that, do they?

schools don't do things like that, do they?

if only!

You may find that once you have resigned your targets are being quietly dropped anyway and observations just don't happen anymore. Happened to me twice (annoyingly so as I am still missing out on two consecutive good appraisals to get UPS and new schools wouldn't accept lack of evidence as evidence that I've automatically passed).

If you're sure that you're done with teaching, hand in your notice early and enjoy the freedom that comes from knowing you'll be out of it all soon.

You have to do it. But if you’re definite about leaving you don’t have to do it well