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[winterfall]

I wanted to ask people's advice and hope I won't post too long.

So im the first ft at a technical hs, its been rough but i've adjusted pretty well. The kids have fun and i've started and provided a ton of resources to my school. after school programs, a library, study materials, placement tests, etc

I get along pretty well with all the teachers and admin. Work long hours and don't ask for over time or a budget for any of the programs I put together. And my school's made it known that they're bend over backwards to keep me.

But I've had a long and ongoing conflict with a co-teacher that for one reason or another is still here (I think he has tenure). Personality wise hes fine but in the classroom its just utterly miserable. And my problems are known among the staff but there aren't enough teachers to prevent me and him teaching together.

So I'm thinking of leaving for another school / province. But, I'm concerned they're give nasty feedback that whole face thing and I've read a lot of horror stories on here. So based on what i've written what do you think will happen?

[TheUrbanMyth]

[Cerberus]

[winterfall]

Thanks for both of your advices. I�ll have to weigh it carefully. Do future employers give extra points of qualification for former tech school teachers? Lol, hagwons in particular. I still haven�t made up my mind if I�m gonna leave and where I�m headed.

I�ve got 5 co-teachers. I already teach by myself by hand (no projectors of any kind) mostly worksheets to introduce vocab & reinforce or a project with vocab and a wrap up speaking game. Extended speaking just doesn�t work. Teachers just sit in the back of the room and do nothing. It's an agreement we've worked out for the best. At the minimum, I need their presence to manage the class even if they do something else.

But with that other co-teacher its unfortunately gotten to the unbearable point: sabotaging classes (Sometimes by malcious intent, others just because of his personality) Fortunately hes not my dept head though he likes to act like it (hes the oldest so there's not much anyone can do except bear with it and/or overload his workload which makes him more unpleasant than usual) And VP and others have already talked to him, there�s also been a lot of student & parent complaints. But, everything circles back to his attitude. I don�t want to get nasty so I�ll just leave it at that.

But overall I don't mind the extra work, being at a tech school, all these kids are at-risk youth so there's not much you can really accomplish in the classroom especially with the once a week deal. Even if you teach basic vocab, they�re forget by the next week. Only thing you can do is just inspire them and make as many things available for when they eventually decide to study on their own.

Yea still haven't made up my mind, they let me out of desk warming except during testing weeks. But another reason for leaving is, I guess I'm gonna sound like a weakling but the emotional strain of dealing with these kids all the time is starting to get to me. All of them are from broken homes and they bring whatever baggage they've got with them to school.

[Cerberus]