The Is one teacher that my principal is always telling me her stuff is better than mine. “Oh, you should see X’s! You should talk to ax’s hers is great! I will send you X’s. Now I don’t like X! I also feel like giving up trying to do anything! Should I tell my principal what she does is actually not inspiring. Or just keep quiet and feel like crap?
I think any response that implies or states that you don't want to hear about the work of another teacher will just make things worse between you and your principal. She thinks she's offering you advice and a model.
Either ignore the comments or try to figure out what it is the principal thinks she wants from you that isn't being delivered by your teaching style or results. Or find a new school. A principal is like all other bosses. They have some power over their employees.
I agree with a simple thank you and nothing further. At the very least, you can get a window into what this administrator wants or expects which will help with your evaluations.
That being said, I know exactly how you feel. We had one teacher at our grade level who was an excellent teacher, with an ego to match. She was also very outspoken, and the principal looked to her for leadership, overlooking many of the rest of us, including teachers who had more experience. I remember working with her on writing our SGO, and she was the one who received public credit. When I wrote the principal an email telling her that I worked on it also, her answer was, "If it was like Teacher X's, it should be fine."
The net effect for me was I did stop trying as hard as I would have under other principals because I realized that she had judged me as being an effective teacher, never in the highly effective category despite how hard I was working. I felt overlooked many times while Teacher X in my school got accolades and extra professional development opportunities. I also felt that this administrator created a competitive attitude among many staff members who would pair up to distinguish themselves with special projects I knew nothing about. When we had 5 people at the grade level, I felt like the odd man out often.
Just keep trying as hard as you can for your students. You might have to accept that in this principal's eyes you might never get the credit you deserve.
I'm sorry. Your principal is not being helpful or considerate. Sometimes principals allow themselves to rely on certain teachers. You should realize that your principal is being lazy by constantly referring to teacher X and not thinking about what might be helpful or motivating to you as an individual. What do you think would happen if you told your principal? You don't want to put a target on your head. I might consider saying something along the lines of "I know X's thing is great for her, but I really want to work on finding my own path." Good luck.
Either ignore the comments or try to figure out what it is the principal thinks she wants from you that isn't being delivered by your teaching style or results. Or find a new school. A principal is like all other bosses. They have some power over their employees.
Figure out what he likes about the other teachers stuff, and if you have better or better in a different way results, point it out. I wonder if your p senses that you lack confidence when he is doing that to you and is trying to give you better options? I don't know. It would be annoying, but there are only 2 ways to fight it. Either start doing teacher x's stuff, or start bragging about how your stuff is awesome.
Only you can let yourself feel inferior to this teacher and P. If you know your stuff is just as good/good enough then just say thanks, good to know, etc. when P says stuff to you. I personally would not say anything to P about how hurtful these comments are. Can be taken the wrong way and you may be viewed in a negative way--not a team player, can't take constructive criticism, won't take offers of help, etc.....
Now, honestly, if there are nuggets of useful info from this teacher, then take advantage of it. You may be surprised and P will be pleased.
We have an entire grade level like this. The most ridiculous thing is that it’s a non testing grade level, but tested grade levels are “encouraged” to follow a lot of what they do. They have a lot of extra time that tested grades don’t because they aren’t under the constant pressure that testing grades are.
I used to teach music lessons and I would tell the kids "oh, you know my other student so and so does so well on this piece." Suffice to say I lost a lot of business until I realized what a dumb teaching mistake that is. Maybe your admin will realize this as well one day.
Another admin that doesn't come across as being remotely close to brilliant. You probably wont be the only victim. What a great way to worsen morale in a profession that doesn't need help in that area.
Has your principal seen YOUR stuff? My admin was telling me and another teacher about how a PARA did documentation. She even emailed about how great it was.
But-this admin didn’t know how I was documenting. In fact, she acted like she didn’t know even today. I’ve told her repeatedly. It’s frustrating for sure. This admin is not very organized and forgets her things when leaving meetings etc. I am super organized at work. 25 years experience and don’t need to see a para’s way of documenting (paper pencil). I use Google Forms. I document on things I don’t even have to document.
My point: say I have looked at hers (you don’t really have to) then ask her to see YOURS if you want her to. Or say the way I’m doing it really works great! Care to see?
Mine won’t remember. Oh well, her loss.
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10-25-2019, 06:40 AM
The most ridiculous thing is that it’s a non testing grade level, but tested grade levels are “encouraged” to follow a lot of what they do. They have a lot of extra time that tested grades don’t because they aren’t under the constant pressure that testing grades are.
