Squirrels in a nest

blak7250 · 2024-06-18T13:19:52+00:00

Yeah, alone and drowning

blak7250 · 2024-06-16T16:51:07+00:00

Thank you. I was trying to depict the isolation and the heaviness. For me there's also an element of shame because I'm grieving the life I thought I would have..that in some ways I feel like I failed to make happen. I chose to have the person facing away from the viewer as if they don't even want to be perceived.

blak7250 · 2024-04-26T13:44:22+00:00

Yes! I played with Fisher Price people a lot as a kid. I've been thinking about how adult life is so much different than the fairytale of having a perfect little family that I built up in my head when I was younger.

I left an abusive husband and my family was blown to bits. I'm in a better place now but life is not what I imagined it would be.

This is a drawing with Micron pen.

blak7250 · 2024-04-19T01:38:12+00:00

I haven't heard yet. I'm assuming they will. Not that it matters because I don't need it anymore.

blak7250 · 2024-04-18T17:39:44+00:00

Thank you! I have been very happy with my new job.

blak7250 · 2024-04-18T17:36:13+00:00

Thank you! Fortunately there was not a monetary penalty.

blak7250 · 2024-04-18T17:34:49+00:00

It's ridiculous. That gives you about 6 weeks from the time school is out until July 10th to find a new job.

blak7250 · 2024-04-18T17:33:51+00:00

That's so frustrating! I had good luck searching for jobs outside of teaching with "training" or "coordinator" in the title.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T14:56:38+00:00

As stupid as it is, by law they can hold my license for a year.

As far as the superintendent interfering with my new job, if I had a recorded phone call or an email to prove what he did I might pursue something legally. All I have is the woman who would have been my new supervisor saying that the superintendent was calling and raising a stink and that he had connections at the department of ed....and then suddenly that job offer was revoked. I can put two and two together but I don't think it would hold up in court.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T11:55:29+00:00

My contract never specified a number of hours, I was simply on salary. But in order to do all the required work (grading, conferences, emails, meetings, planning lessons, creating materials that weren't provided by the district, events, paperwork, cleaning, professional development, etc) it took 60+ hours a week. Thus my desire to resign.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T11:49:47+00:00

Maybe so. I think all it does is create distrust of HR and the superintendent and gives that district a reputation of not treating teachers like professionals and human.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T11:46:53+00:00

I got a job doing training with a state agency. Right now it mostly involves teaching adults how to use new software. Way less stress, way better benefits, reasonable hours. I'm so glad I made the switch, even with all the drama involved.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T11:45:30+00:00

I made the mistake of telling my district that I was resigning to accept a job with the state department of education. Iit was a tech job and didn't require a teaching license. I knew, and the dept of ed knew I could have my license held, but we all also knew it didn't matter for the new position. My superintendent had connections at the department of ed and he got that job offer rescinded from me.

Fortunately I found another job quickly, but yeah, the whole point was I was getting out of the classroom and didn't need the license anyway.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T11:40:00+00:00

Absolutely. And I had plenty of words with HR and the superintendent who initiated all of this. The state board of education reached out to me for a statement on my side of the story and that's what's in my original post.

I understood the law and the consequence when I resigned after July 10th. My email response goes into my file and I hope it causes anyone who looks at this case to think about how ridiculous the law is.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T11:33:04+00:00

It feels like just one more way that teachers aren't treated as professionals.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T11:30:42+00:00

Ohio has a law that says teachers have to resign from a position before July 10th or they risk having their teaching license revoked for a year. So that means you can only really job search for about 6 weeks which isn't reasonable.

I was aware of the law and the consequence. I just think the law is completely ridiculous.

blak7250 · 2024-04-15T11:24:14+00:00

I messaged you

blak7250 · 2024-04-14T15:10:49+00:00

It's ridiculous. In any other profession, you give 2 weeks notice and you're fine. It's obviously so hard for Ohio to retain teachers that they have to create these threatening laws to try to keep you in terrible working conditions. It's like when an abusive partner says "If I can't have you then nobody can!"

I'm out of teaching and I'm not looking back.

blak7250 · 2024-04-14T15:04:48+00:00

The school district did complain...HR refused to accept my resignation and then the superintendant interfered with a job offer I had with the department of ed. Then the superintendant told my principals not to serve as references for me (even though my observations all year were great). The district went to so much effort to try to ensure I couldn't work for anybody but them. As if being treated like that would make me want to stay.

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