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duffyduff

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6. The principal is god, and if by some chance you offend him or her

Mon Dec 31, 2012, 12:10 PM

Dec 2012

you are at risk of having your career destroyed on a whim. Administrative law does little or nothing to protect your rights, ditto for unions, ditto for outside lawyers.

I know of no other line of work where mere dissent or advocacy can be career-destroying, where you can be blackballed throughout the state where you work, or even across states.

Standing up for ethics like refusing to change a grade in order to pacify parents is all it takes for a principal to destroy a teacher's career. Nothing ever happens to the principal who screws up.

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To the "Beloved Community" of Education Activists [View all] HiPointDem Dec 2012 OP

du rec. nt xchrom Dec 2012 #1

K&R! n/t savebigbird Dec 2012 #2

K&R Squinch Dec 2012 #3

It really is a lot more dangerous than most people realize. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #4

The principal is god, and if by some chance you offend him or her duffyduff Dec 2012 #6

NYC has an "ineligible" list which effectively blacklists certain individuals. Smarmie Doofus Dec 2012 #8

It's not a formal blacklist unless you have had action taken on your license duffyduff Jan 2013 #10

Here, they red line you which basically keeps any other district from hiring you. proud2BlibKansan Jan 2013 #11

Districts can always put a "no rehire" for any employee let go duffyduff Jan 2013 #12

Truth. nt LWolf Dec 2012 #7

When you speak out as a matter of conscience polynomial Dec 2012 #5

"a great deal of America’s problems is due to our corrupt government leadership." = truth. HiPointDem Jan 2013 #9