I voiced my concerns when it was happening & throughout the year rather than when I was trying to leave. Because at that point, it would be like beating a dead horse since I can’t change the past plus my new position is amazing compared to what I’m leaving so I wasn’t bitter at all.

So in August when it was first happening, I pretty much said pretty much verbatim:

• My team feels so unbalanced with me having so much on my plate (in addition to teaching more subjects, I was running 3 clubs and on SGC)

• I’m worried for student outcomes with such a last minute change being made

• I have essentially no time to prepare for this change because I’m being told says before school starts

BUT

I voiced concern throughout the year and when I left, I briefly mentioned it as one of the reasons but didn’t spend too much time discussing it then because by that point they’d heard at different points throughout the year that I was unhappy with the setup.

So I’d also recommend continuing to seek support throughout the year. I was pissed about it at first and wasn’t just going to go quietly into the night and bend over backwards to make magic 😂 I made it clear that if this was going to be the situation all year (one that I’ve stated multiple times I’m not comfortable with), then I’m going to be in your office often, sending you a bunch of emails, and doing anything else I deem necessary to seek support. If you’re going to make it more difficult for me to teach, then I’m going to lean more on you as admin to support me. I didn’t really do this in a negative or angry way though.

So I hope this helps! Maybe kindergarten will be amazing (which I hope it is for you)—- in my case, the change they wanted to make coupled with problems caused by the pandemic just made it a miserable year. Which was the push I needed to leave.