tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post1769400556979786828..comments2023-10-03T11:28:42.397-04:00Comments on Badass Teachers Association Blog: BadassTeacher Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06249079678877556839noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-37711575573213535512015-10-24T15:22:44.153-04:002015-10-24T15:22:44.153-04:00This principal should be fired. 1) A teacher's...This principal should be fired. 1) A teacher's workspace should be up to him/her to configure. I would NOT be okay with my principal telling me that I can't have a desk (where I do all my grading, paperwork). This should be a violation of working conditions/the teaching contract at some point. 2) Doesn't she have anything better to do with her time than go around taking inventory of who eventually wants their desk back and who doesn't? 3) She just wasted the time of her entire staff on something trivial and of complete uselessness to the education of the children they are supposed to be serving. So counterproductive.Mademoiselle Louiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06179919546136739104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-89368648269336044952015-10-22T06:20:21.816-04:002015-10-22T06:20:21.816-04:00To me, the principal's behavior looks like a c...To me, the principal's behavior looks like a classic abuser. She flies into a rage and does something abusive that she can't control. Then she rationalizes how it's someone else's fault while she acts to undo the damage on the surface where the public can see it.<br /><br />This pattern has probably happened many times over the years and will probably continue to repeat itself. It creates a toxic environment for everyone--teachers, staff, children and families. The principal needs to be removed from the school and she needs psychiatric help.Jeff Biglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13149709065508525085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-61091271245188572132015-10-21T10:55:02.528-04:002015-10-21T10:55:02.528-04:00I'm so happy the BAT coomunity got this incide...I'm so happy the BAT coomunity got this incident put in the public. I sympathize with these teachers. I am two years in with a great principal, however the three years prior to that it was horrible, and that's putting it mildly. I ended up in the ER under yhe other principal due to anxiety. Our principal was a bully. I wasattacked by her several times for no apparent reason. I always followed directives as did everyone else for fear of retribution. I serve on our unions bord of directors and had teachers telling me that if they were caught talking to me they would be in trouble with her, so teachers would sneak to my classroom when they could. I agree with the post that there is an underlying issue here. I think moatteachera go into admin because they were poor teachers and have a need to control others. Not all but many. Inmy 15 years of teaching I have had 8 principals and only two of them were good. I can't wait to see what happens to this principal in New York. I really hope the parents stand up to her and teachers as well.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754937875256283809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-74551026873937823182015-10-20T16:35:23.174-04:002015-10-20T16:35:23.174-04:00Lol I keep trying to post replies but it keeps re-...Lol I keep trying to post replies but it keeps re-routing me so hopefully it works this time. Anyone following the Rafe Esquith case where he has filed a 1 billion dollar lawsuit against the LAUSD for ageism? Kind of similar, perhaps.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498385578796159734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-18584764639584974722015-10-20T16:32:56.612-04:002015-10-20T16:32:56.612-04:00Anyone following the Rafe Esquith case? He filed a...Anyone following the Rafe Esquith case? He filed a 1 billion dollar lawsuit against LAUSD for ageism. Kind of smells like that situation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14498385578796159734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-2506092112588017502015-10-19T19:40:20.999-04:002015-10-19T19:40:20.999-04:00I feel so sorry for the teachers that work for thi...I feel so sorry for the teachers that work for this bully and the students that have to witness her abuse. This woman is toxic and needs to be removed from education. What she did amounts to public shaming of these teachers, although it is having the opposite effect of shaming her! Why is the superintendent protecting her? I don't know how any public school can just throw away furniture. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11341223534404676619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-85965028949106675742015-10-19T18:44:58.414-04:002015-10-19T18:44:58.414-04:00She needs to apologize profusely AND get fired!! T...She needs to apologize profusely AND get fired!! This is ridiculous childish tyrannical nonsense. She can't even manage herself, what is she doing at the helm of a whole school community??Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16017691196732680135noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-61818908002663460542015-10-19T18:33:58.878-04:002015-10-19T18:33:58.878-04:00If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffec...If you think of yourselves as helpless and ineffectual, it is certain that you will create a despotic government to be your master. The wise despot, therefore, maintains among his subjects a popular sense that they are helpless and ineffectual. ~Frank Herbert<br /><br />This despot, however, has obviously never encountered the power of BATs.msvigeljsmithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09137957794093996942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-42158562512077499522015-10-19T18:12:17.728-04:002015-10-19T18:12:17.728-04:00Unfortunately this behavior by the principal at PS...Unfortunately this behavior by the principal at PS24 is not an exception but the rule. I have friends that teach in many schools through out the 5 Boroughs and most are being managed via Fear. While it is the job of the principal to be the Schools head manager it is also the job of a good manager <br />to encourage and support their staffs and make sure that the staff have all the tools the need to do their job. It has been my experience that all they know how to do is criticize and intimidate. And god for bid you have more then a few years experience they will target you and try to make life so miserable that you will want to quit. The education system is a mess. But it not because of bad teachers. It is because of bad politics. Bad politics is what made Tenure a necessity. Teacher spend more and more time doing paperwork to please administrators and politicians then they do teaching. This paperwork continues way in to the night when they get home. There is no other profession in this country that requires such a high degree of education where the professional are so Micromanaged. All this talk of adding rigger and higher standards makes no sense until we can get everyone learning the Basics. Those basics must include the arts and Gym. Those subjects are just as important as reading and math for learning critical thinking teamwork and interpersonal relationships. Enoodleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14327070438118919198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-58442696302448723182015-10-19T17:32:17.705-04:002015-10-19T17:32:17.705-04:00Her draconian management style is completely unacc...Her draconian management style is completely unacceptable. Pack her bags and show her the door. Seriously! Rescued animals in our local shelter are treated with more respect than she gives her teachers and students.lindaofahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05143890232973534970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-38861746017632528692015-10-19T17:30:36.441-04:002015-10-19T17:30:36.441-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.lindaofahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05143890232973534970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-47304773854591657292015-10-19T17:12:30.411-04:002015-10-19T17:12:30.411-04:00It would be interesting to know if most or all of ...It would be interesting to know if most or all of the teachers who had their desks and cabinets removed were 'older' teachers. I was targeted by my principal several years ago, and I believe it was because I was getting close to retirement age. This principal stated to me more than once that she wished 'her' school could discontinue the special ed (almost all self contained, non-verbal, wheelchair) class that I taught. She was mad because she asked the superintendent (so I was told) that the self contained class be moved to another school. This request was denied, then I started getting pressured, desk removed, had to change class activities every 15 min, etc. I lasted until Feb, then I walked. Lots of other factors involved but as I look back, I think it was a campaign. I wasn't the first, and won't be the last. <br />Lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10344069058687453053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-8702449512384517492015-10-19T16:20:19.363-04:002015-10-19T16:20:19.363-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Liz Hernandezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04330728991374494719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3410387772840321888.post-57208125749496848382015-10-19T14:38:52.673-04:002015-10-19T14:38:52.673-04:00There is no excuse for this administrator's be...There is no excuse for this administrator's behavior. She either has something on somebody or somebody in a supervisory position is protecting her. This threatening and irrational behavior is detrimental to education. I suspect she is mentally ill. Ruling by intimidation and fear doesn't work.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06389691365479443033noreply@blogger.com