hindypo
Senior Member
Yes, I know we subs have no union.
No medical or dental.
Lousy pay.
No respect.
And definitely no rights.
The sub is ALWAYS WRONG, as evidenced by the last post by Krisandra!
To back up, I took a nasty fall on Halloween at the grocery store, due to a spill on the floor..I am still in quite a bit of pain.
A couple of weeks ago, I had to cancel out an hour before an assignment--I felt bad doing so but the secretary couldn't have been NICER! I called the district and I called the sub line. I did everything right except of course...subs have no rights.
I just opened a letter from the district--the secretary at this school has asked that I be blocked from the school due to my last minute cancellation, and that she "believes it was the 3rd time." She believes mind you! No documentation required! Just her vague memory!
She is dead wrong but did not have to offer anything else.
And what a hypocrite, to be so sweet on the phone, yet go after me with an axe behind my back!
The district letter chided me for my misbehavior and has "concerns about my performance." And that I had better tow the old line, because if they hear anything else, I will get called in for a "formal evaluation."
FORMAL EVALUATION????????? Bring it ON! Do any of us get "real" evaluations, where your performance is assessed? I mean, YES, let's evaluate the terrible Ms. M! Let's start with the hundreds of days I have worked for this district and obtain evaluations from the many, many teachers who request me--and the principals and secretaries who think I do a great job.
I worked many, many years in "real jobs" where you DID have formal annual evaluations, that pointed out your areas of improvement as well as what you had done well.
And then---shock--if you had done well!--you got a RAISE!
I have worked three years with no raise, and the only time I guess it is worth their time to "evaluate" me (let alone TRAIN me or any other sub they hire!) is when someone--undocumented--says I am habitually not there!
It is a d#$% good thing that the district is closed today because otherwise, I know I would be calling them up and saying some things in rage that I would later regret.
I am so glad they have a week off, poor things, but it was nice of them to get this to me just before the holiday! My daughter and I are volunteering at a homeless shelter on Thursday, mostly because I think it is the right thing to do...but also, I just do not have enough cash right now for a proper dinner!
This forum saves me, by letting me vent my spleen here...I will definitely have a few days to cool off and do the proper thing. Yes, I could "make an issue," but WHY? For all my time & energy, the process won't be improved and I will just make enemies.
For certain, I am going to write to the district with MY request to be blocked from this school!
And I have been thinking I need to make more money--maybe I will just quit altogether!
No medical or dental.
Lousy pay.
No respect.
And definitely no rights.
The sub is ALWAYS WRONG, as evidenced by the last post by Krisandra!
To back up, I took a nasty fall on Halloween at the grocery store, due to a spill on the floor..I am still in quite a bit of pain.
A couple of weeks ago, I had to cancel out an hour before an assignment--I felt bad doing so but the secretary couldn't have been NICER! I called the district and I called the sub line. I did everything right except of course...subs have no rights.
I just opened a letter from the district--the secretary at this school has asked that I be blocked from the school due to my last minute cancellation, and that she "believes it was the 3rd time." She believes mind you! No documentation required! Just her vague memory!
She is dead wrong but did not have to offer anything else.
And what a hypocrite, to be so sweet on the phone, yet go after me with an axe behind my back!
The district letter chided me for my misbehavior and has "concerns about my performance." And that I had better tow the old line, because if they hear anything else, I will get called in for a "formal evaluation."
FORMAL EVALUATION????????? Bring it ON! Do any of us get "real" evaluations, where your performance is assessed? I mean, YES, let's evaluate the terrible Ms. M! Let's start with the hundreds of days I have worked for this district and obtain evaluations from the many, many teachers who request me--and the principals and secretaries who think I do a great job.
I worked many, many years in "real jobs" where you DID have formal annual evaluations, that pointed out your areas of improvement as well as what you had done well.
And then---shock--if you had done well!--you got a RAISE!
I have worked three years with no raise, and the only time I guess it is worth their time to "evaluate" me (let alone TRAIN me or any other sub they hire!) is when someone--undocumented--says I am habitually not there!
It is a d#$% good thing that the district is closed today because otherwise, I know I would be calling them up and saying some things in rage that I would later regret.
I am so glad they have a week off, poor things, but it was nice of them to get this to me just before the holiday! My daughter and I are volunteering at a homeless shelter on Thursday, mostly because I think it is the right thing to do...but also, I just do not have enough cash right now for a proper dinner!
This forum saves me, by letting me vent my spleen here...I will definitely have a few days to cool off and do the proper thing. Yes, I could "make an issue," but WHY? For all my time & energy, the process won't be improved and I will just make enemies.
For certain, I am going to write to the district with MY request to be blocked from this school!
And I have been thinking I need to make more money--maybe I will just quit altogether!
- they wanted subs to join the teachers' union. I probably would have joined, had I stayed, as insurance against the same type of situation that happened to you - although I honestly don't know if they would have helped all that much ...
Anyhow, in the sub handbook for us, it stated that we *could* receive an evaluation from the principal at any time. (In the year and a half plus that I was in that district, I was never formally evaluated, but did have some principals state verbally that I did a good job when they walked through.) It also stated that if we received more that two unsatisfactory evaluations in a year, that the district would call us in for a meeting to discuss whether we should remain on the sub list. My guess is that this very rarely happens unless a sub is just blatantly incompetent or abusive! They can't afford to let even mediocre subs go!
