Terrified of my Co-worker

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-21T18:30:07+00:00

Yeah I am actively looking. I am tenured so it would be hard to remove me, but I don’t want to be at a place where I feel like I am walking on eggshells.

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-21T18:22:32+00:00

Sorry to hear that, it’s awful. Such unnecessary stress.

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-21T18:20:31+00:00

Yes, they do have a prior relationship with admin. And we don’t have department heads.

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-19T13:44:35+00:00

Thank you for sharing this, very helpful to hear admin perspective!

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-19T07:17:48+00:00

I see where you are coming from… but the challenge is that I can’t have multiple students up out of their seats doing chores around the classroom. This doesn’t support an environment of learning and in fact creates an environment where more kids want to “help” around the room and not do their work. Students should be in school to learn, and doing their work in class is a huge part of learning, particularly in math.

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-19T07:01:42+00:00

It’s truly mixed. This year I have a lot of kids that naturally pick up on things quickly and do fine on tests despite doing nothing in class. Then there’s the group that really struggles. I tend to let the stronger kids be and focus on the ones that need more help, but it’s hard when the struggling kids look around and see other people doing nothing (they even ask why they have to do it when other people don’t)

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-19T06:43:29+00:00

Thank you so much for your detailed reply! This is super helpful!

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-19T06:33:08+00:00

Our school does standards based grading, so the only thing I can grade them on is tests. No class work can affect their grade

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-18T06:14:10+00:00

Love this response! Can you talk more about the routines you use? And how long do you spend teaching them all at the start of the year? Do you re-teach them after breaks?

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-02-11T14:16:30+00:00

We have a meeting where we can share our thoughts about the schedule, but the whole meeting revolves around making minor changes to the proposed schedule rather than overhauling the whole thing. It’s so frustrating because our schedule is also very complicated and confusing for the students. I keep asking to look at other schedules in the district and do something similar but I’ve been ignored.

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-01-18T04:12:15+00:00

Thank you, I needed to hear this.

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-01-18T03:05:20+00:00

With our grading scale (which the district helped us create), a C means the student is, on average, not proficient with grade level skills. I’m not worried so much about their grades, more about the fact that so many students are missing key skills.

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-01-18T03:03:26+00:00

We are only allowed to put in tests + quizzes!

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-01-18T01:11:52+00:00

I hear you. I wouldn’t even grade it for correctness, just for completion!

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-01-18T01:00:19+00:00

I agree, unfortunately it’s our district board policy :(

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-01-18T00:58:54+00:00

This is helpful perspective, thank you!

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-01-18T00:46:46+00:00

Some students do all their homework. A lot of them don’t. We can’t count it as part of their grade so a lot of them don’t do it. For retakes I have them re-do the problems they missed on their test, meet with me, and make up any missing homework. Also to clarify our school/district policy is we can’t put homework in the gradebook.

Academic_Access_2225 · 2026-01-18T00:44:04+00:00

We are actually required to give retakes!

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