Friday, March 12, 2010

Nothing like...

...going to work when I am sick because I have too much to do to not be there. I got my kids started on a project, finished ordering supplies for our department, filled out field trip paperwork, called about our school poetry book, did yearbook stuff, and then came home to a reduction-in-force notice.

Which you may know as a pink slip.

The good news is that getting that secondary credential will save me. The bad news is that I will probably have to change grade levels next year (boo!) and that until I file a hearing and get all the paperwork done I will be in limbo.

I know I'm lucky that I have the secondary credential, but the pink slip just feels like a slap in the face. I am in the fifth year of teaching, I am the English department chair, the yearbook adviser, and I teach honors. But apparently, I am expendable.

6 comments:

  1. Oh, that sucks! It's awful to feel so replaceable… I hope things get straightened out for next year :-/

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  2. No! That is awful! I'm sure next years kids are crying their eyes out. Maybe you'll get some of your former students in a higher grade.

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  3. Oh no! Hopefully everything works out!

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  4. That sucks. I am so sorry! Do you have relationships with any of your kids/their parents who can call to complain about it?

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  5. It has nothing to do with any of the things you posted about, save for the 5 years. You don't have enough seniority and so you are rif-ed It is pure and simple.

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  6. @anonymous: I know that's the case, but it's really hard not to feel frustrated when I am so involved at work. It looks like a tentative agreement has been reached to take furlough days at the end of the year to save teacher jobs.

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