Hi All,
I know compared to some schools, that this will not seem so bad, but it is really bugging me and I don't know what to do
My school's principal has recently retired after being on long term sick for 1 year. All of SLT are Acting and none of SLT have any management experience in others schools. They are all quite new to management.
Since the principal has left, school morale is at an all time low.
The VP and Head can be quite mean and 'bitchy' towards staff. There is never any positive praise towards any staff.
Now what's really annoying me, is staff receive emails at least once a day with snide, cryptic comments about staff.
Here's an example, last week my VP came to my room and told me 'I am so annoyed at you' because I didn't put a letter into child's bag. She told me the principal had sent me two emails. Luckily I was able to show her that I hadn't received them and it turned out some staff emails were down that day! I apologized, she didn't.
I had got over it, but today the principal sent an email to all staff to say last week a member of staff didn't put a letter in and it was 'totally unacceptable.' They never name staff but I knew it was about me.
What should I do? Should I speak to my middle manager? My union?
Here is another example (not about me)
In June the VP sent an email all in capital letters and red font saying this is an example of a bad report and quoted extracts from a teacher's report. Again, not named but it was clear from the subject who it was.
These are just two examples of many.
Any advice would be welcomed.
Thank you