Hi, in this scenario what did I do wrong?
I was a new teacher about two years ago, teaching first time as a pretrained graduate teacher.
I was filling in for someone at the time who was on leave. Firstly it was mostly online due to COVID, and then face to face when things got better.
Now I did not know I wasn't supposed to say this but they placed a science subject I wasn't too qualified to teach on my timetable. I mentioned to the HOD of the science department if she could take me off as I'm not strong in it ( I really didn't want to embarrass myself and screw up a child's future). She told me to do it anyways.
But for the next months I did it with anxiety and fell in love. I did well teaching that subject and said nothing about it again.
Sadly I didn't know that was not a thing to say. Cause when the person I was working for came back, shortly she left the school and the position was open again.
The school called me back to teach and had me sign up papers for a full time position there. About two days after, the principal called me and fell me I have to do an interview as someone else is interested.....
When I went to the interview I saw a trained teacher ,who was there during my tenure on teaching practice ( teaching the same subject as me), come in with a senior teached ( who did not like me). She sat next to me on the interview bench, waiting for her turn and did not even greet me. When I went in for the interview process, it felt like an interrogation as the principality, nice principal and science department was on it.
Not to my surprise I did not get it but the teacher on teaching practice instead. BecuSe I have some of the teachers and HOD on my WhatsApp, I would see posts that said " many people could reach far but because of their mouth..."
I also got word through the grapevine by one person that my HOD said I didn't think I could manage one science subject.....n it's implied if I didn't say anything I could've had my job back.
What hurts me is, shouldn't they guide me and assist me better or excuse that blunder. Because my students got good marks especially cause it was a bright subject. It just felt like an excuse to me cause they didn't want me there......plus the teacher who didn't like me has a bullish tendency and verbally abusive ans I didn't even mention that to anyone.
I was filling in for someone at the time who was on leave. Firstly it was mostly online due to COVID, and then face to face when things got better.
Now I did not know I wasn't supposed to say this but they placed a science subject I wasn't too qualified to teach on my timetable. I mentioned to the HOD of the science department if she could take me off as I'm not strong in it ( I really didn't want to embarrass myself and screw up a child's future). She told me to do it anyways.
But for the next months I did it with anxiety and fell in love. I did well teaching that subject and said nothing about it again.
Sadly I didn't know that was not a thing to say. Cause when the person I was working for came back, shortly she left the school and the position was open again.
The school called me back to teach and had me sign up papers for a full time position there. About two days after, the principal called me and fell me I have to do an interview as someone else is interested.....
When I went to the interview I saw a trained teacher ,who was there during my tenure on teaching practice ( teaching the same subject as me), come in with a senior teached ( who did not like me). She sat next to me on the interview bench, waiting for her turn and did not even greet me. When I went in for the interview process, it felt like an interrogation as the principality, nice principal and science department was on it.
Not to my surprise I did not get it but the teacher on teaching practice instead. BecuSe I have some of the teachers and HOD on my WhatsApp, I would see posts that said " many people could reach far but because of their mouth..."
I also got word through the grapevine by one person that my HOD said I didn't think I could manage one science subject.....n it's implied if I didn't say anything I could've had my job back.
What hurts me is, shouldn't they guide me and assist me better or excuse that blunder. Because my students got good marks especially cause it was a bright subject. It just felt like an excuse to me cause they didn't want me there......plus the teacher who didn't like me has a bullish tendency and verbally abusive ans I didn't even mention that to anyone.
31-35, F
