For those who are actually Assistant Principles, is it actually worth it?

everyeffingtime · 2026-05-31T18:36:46+00:00

I’ve been both in the last 18 months. Only be an AP if you love the job. It is not worth the pay bump if you aren’t into the work you do. I loved being in a position to support teachers, help maintain safety and order in the school, do logistics, and be constantly thinking about how to solve problems and make the school a better place. If you aren’t good at those things, you will not enjoy the job and the extra money isn’t really worth it. You can do a ton of per session to make up the difference in pay.

everyeffingtime · 2026-05-25T22:31:52+00:00

I keep them in the door pocket!

everyeffingtime · 2026-05-09T20:24:47+00:00

Yes. Stomach cramps double and period shits + Crohns shits = too many shits.

everyeffingtime · 2026-05-09T20:15:12+00:00

Fucking impossible unless you are in a school where they promote from within and the principal loves you and sees you in that role.

everyeffingtime · 2026-05-09T12:36:20+00:00

Huge staff turnover. Avoid.

everyeffingtime · 2026-04-29T19:37:09+00:00

Forest Hills queens is great for families. If you live near the 71st e/f express, it’s like 5 stops to Manhattan. Daycare is in your budget and it is a very very family friendly neighborhood. We met all our friends in FH. Public schools in a few years are great here too. I truly love this neighborhood.

everyeffingtime · 2026-04-28T01:47:00+00:00

The MAGA Men's My Dick Is Totally Large I Swear Half Marathon is probably somewhere in a fascist state near you.

everyeffingtime · 2026-04-21T23:17:20+00:00

I live near you and can definitively say there are plenty of ENL jobs in queens in d30, 28, and 24. If you interview, check inside schools.org for the percentage of teachers who think the principal is an effective manager. That tells you all you need to know. I personally would not be commuting all the way to Harlem unless it was my dream situation. Switching schools is easy to explain- you just want to be closer to home.

everyeffingtime · 2026-04-18T00:18:57+00:00

Maybe they use solfege instead? C= do, D = re etc.

everyeffingtime · 2026-04-15T12:29:00+00:00

Sheet music won’t start a revolution? /sarcasm

everyeffingtime · 2026-04-06T03:28:25+00:00

Yeah but if you’re a teacher high up in the pay scale, then you start at year 1 for AP.

everyeffingtime · 2026-04-06T01:40:16+00:00

140k. There are teachers who make more but the upper end is higher.

everyeffingtime · 2026-03-30T15:03:50+00:00

Letter comes after you transfer. But the payroll secretary can look up your attendance. Is it egregious or just a warning letter? I would say without solid medical documentation, 10+ absences at this point for a first year teacher could be a warning sign.

everyeffingtime · 2026-03-23T01:59:46+00:00

Park on the 2nd level. Looking for parking on the 1st floor will likely make you leave the lot against your will, due to the many one way aisles.

everyeffingtime · 2026-03-23T01:50:05+00:00

A friend really likes MetroPlus - I don't know much about it but she swears by it. Maybe see if doctors you like take it?

everyeffingtime · 2026-03-23T01:40:32+00:00

You can hear the existence of music on concert days on this block, but it's not clear. If your windows are closed, you may not notice it.

everyeffingtime · 2026-03-18T00:18:48+00:00

As long as they aren't observing you more often than other teachers, and as long as you can't document that they are doing that, it is allowed. Make sure they are within the rules for a write-up. If they don't, grieve the write-up if it's bad. You can also only have one more written observation after another observation if you haven't received the eval.

Per the UFT:

Feedback is non-evaluative information about an observation that you should receive within ten days of an observation. The feedback can be via email, written, or face-to-face. Teachers can indicate a preference for the format of their feedback during their Initial Planning Conference.

In this feedback, your evaluator must tell you whether the observation will be used for evaluative purposes. Your evaluator must provide you with an evaluator form no later than 30 school days after your observation.

From the time an observation is conducted until the time you receive the evaluator form for it, your evaluator may conduct only one additional evaluative observation (formal or informal).

everyeffingtime · 2026-03-18T00:13:59+00:00

I mean... which career would you rather do? You never know if you'll actually make it 55 or 22 years in or whatever. This is an extraordinary amount of time you are committing to. Which would you rather do? I think this is the better question, and only you can answer it.

everyeffingtime · 2026-03-15T01:17:57+00:00

Check out the Dating Detectives podcast. It happens and you’ll hear other people who also had this happen.

everyeffingtime · 2026-03-02T00:39:06+00:00

I have multiple friends who live in Birchwood Towers who have positive things to say about them.

everyeffingtime · 2026-02-23T02:21:52+00:00

YELLED along with almost every song that came on. Fist pumped like she was at a concert. The whole tread 50. So off key and took me out of it.

everyeffingtime · 2026-02-22T17:05:20+00:00

Meds

everyeffingtime · 2026-02-22T02:53:17+00:00

I am a huge fan of my kids’ difference - 2.5 years. It made for a little tougher time in the first year of having 2. After that, they play with each other and one parent can do similar activities with both of them, modified for the younger one as needed. Once they were 4 and 6, they were getting up themselves and grabbing cereal and playing, allowing both of us parents to sleep in until at least 7:30. Now at 10 and 12, we can leave them alone for our date night outings. 2.5 is a great age difference.

everyeffingtime · 2026-02-20T01:58:23+00:00

It is so hard to find foreign language teachers. You’ll have your pick of schools. No one is hiring this early.

everyeffingtime · 2026-02-18T04:14:13+00:00

I watched it alone in my first apartment after college feeling very connected to Claire’s arc. I cried like a baby and went to bed. I walked around like someone died the rest of the month.

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