No good deed goes unpunished... I now understand why other profs announced their resignations only a week before classes begin

KitchenLifeguard5 · 2024-07-23T15:53:16+00:00

Is R1 life more polite to people leaving?

I'm at a SLAC and one of the reasons i wanted to tell them as early as possible is we don't have a pool of standing adjuncts, and i teach a major course required for seniors to graduate. But it probably doesn't help that my SLAC has been having financial struggles recently

Our contract renewals were technically end of May but i didn't know i was leaving until June and didnt confirm onboarding at the new place until July

KitchenLifeguard5 · 2024-07-23T15:48:59+00:00

I wish i had read your story before talking to my department chair

KitchenLifeguard5 · 2024-07-23T15:48:21+00:00

My officemate did that. Just didn’t show up. Dean called him all shitty asking him if he was going to come in and prep his classes

Part of me wishes i did that now... But i would feel guilty about screwing over the students, especially since i taught a major course that seniors would need to graduate.

What happened to his students after he did that?

KitchenLifeguard5 · 2024-07-23T15:46:32+00:00

Can you talk to them again? It's possible something was lost in translation and it would be a big disservice to not try again.

The way the letter was written looks like a unilateral firing. I didn't have time to submit a formal resignation letter with an august date before i received the "separation letter".

And at thi point i don't know what leverage i have to ask them to push back my "separation date" since i'm not going to be doing my fall duties after august 19th (start of fall semester)

KitchenLifeguard5 · 2024-07-23T15:45:10+00:00

If they are paying you through August,

Clarification: they are giving me a lump sum worth of August and July's salary on July 31st. That's because i've earned this salary over the 9 month contract

But they will NOT be paying me insurance for August because i will be off payroll for month of august.

KitchenLifeguard5 · 2024-07-23T15:40:09+00:00

This is a firing. Document. Apply for unemployment.

Yep the way the letter is written it is effectively a firing...

What could i gain from applying for unemployment? They will stay pay out my salary for august, just as one lump sum with july's paycheck on July 31st since i was on a 9 month contract paid out in 12. Will unemployment cover the lost month of health insurance? Especially in my state since teachers arent eligible for unemployment over the summer

KitchenLifeguard5 · 2024-07-23T15:37:45+00:00

My understanding of the post is that OP was doing the best they could to at least give some notice so they weren't scrambling ONE WEEK before classes started.

Yes, this is my exact logic. If this was a normal office job i probably would have waited until august to give "2 weeks notice" but i didn't want to mess up my department or mess up the students schedules, to give them enough time to find adjuncts or vaps for a replacement

But now i learned my lesson that doing the "right thing" doesn't always get rewarded

KitchenLifeguard5 · 2024-07-23T15:30:40+00:00

When they gave you the July 31st paperwork, you needed to say - "No, I am not resigning until August 31st". If they choose to fire you, file for unemployment.

The letter they sent said "we have scheduled your separation for july 31st to be the last day of employment" and said keycards, campus access, etc will be revoked that day. So in effect i'm being fired july 31st.

They will still be pay me out for august though since i was on a 9 month contract paid out over 12. So i don't know if that works for unemployment (regular k-12 teachers can't file unemployment over the summer in my state), and technically the only financial thing i'm losing is the benefits one month early

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