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Post by fantom on Oct 30, 2019 18:14:41 GMT -6
I had this exchange with a former principal before, I taught elementary school and was the varsity head wrestling coach at a district school. Me- "Hey Dr. SoandSo, we made the state finals next weekend and I will have to be out Friday to travel to the event." Principal- "Coach, you were out last Friday to go coach, do you really need to be off 2 Friday's in a row?" Me- "Yes, I am the head coach and have to be there to coach the team. It isn't like I'm just taking back to back Friday's off for no reason, we are in the state finals." Principal- "Well, next year I may not allow you to coach since it is causing you to miss multiple Friday's in a row. I don't understand why you can't allow somebody else to take the team. I am going to have to think about if I am going to approve you to be off, and if not and you go anyway, I will be forced to write you up and place it in your file." Me- "No wonder the athletics in this district are a laughing stock. Somebody takes a team to the state finals in their first year and are asked if they can let somebody else coach the team. IF you don't approve me to be off, I will not come, and you can just write me up. This is insane, you have teachers showing up to work 2 hours late every day, leaving to go get lunch off campus and staying gone for hours, and I'm the problem?" My AD at the time called her and she finally approved the day off. She got promoted to a district office job the next year. I bet you are one of the coaches that preaches commitment to your players but then miss two Fridays in a row to lollygag. You're a hypocritical lollygagger. I jest. But in all seriousness, usually the worst administrators get promoted. Ha They never get demoted or fired. They always get kicked upstairs.
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Post by 53 on Oct 31, 2019 7:18:36 GMT -6
The quickest way to administration is to suck at teaching but have enough name so they won't/can't fire you.
They'll hide you in a building, and give you some {censored} title.
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Post by bigdog2003 on Oct 31, 2019 7:57:49 GMT -6
I had this exchange with a former principal before, I taught elementary school and was the varsity head wrestling coach at a district school. Me- "Hey Dr. SoandSo, we made the state finals next weekend and I will have to be out Friday to travel to the event." Principal- "Coach, you were out last Friday to go coach, do you really need to be off 2 Friday's in a row?" Me- "Yes, I am the head coach and have to be there to coach the team. It isn't like I'm just taking back to back Friday's off for no reason, we are in the state finals." Principal- "Well, next year I may not allow you to coach since it is causing you to miss multiple Friday's in a row. I don't understand why you can't allow somebody else to take the team. I am going to have to think about if I am going to approve you to be off, and if not and you go anyway, I will be forced to write you up and place it in your file." Me- "No wonder the athletics in this district are a laughing stock. Somebody takes a team to the state finals in their first year and are asked if they can let somebody else coach the team. IF you don't approve me to be off, I will not come, and you can just write me up. This is insane, you have teachers showing up to work 2 hours late every day, leaving to go get lunch off campus and staying gone for hours, and I'm the problem?" My AD at the time called her and she finally approved the day off. She got promoted to a district office job the next year. I bet you are one of the coaches that preaches commitment to your players but then miss two Fridays in a row to lollygag. You're a hypocritical lollygagger. I jest. But in all seriousness, usually the worst administrators get promoted. Ha I ended up leaving the education system and coaching because I was tired of dealing with crap like that. The next principal that came in forced me and the other PE teacher into being on every committee in the school. He was the head soccer coach at one of the top programs in the state which was in another district. He ended up resigning as coach but still teaches at the same school. I took the first opportunity to get out that came. I now run athletics in the town I grew up in. All my retirement and benefits transferred over so it was a win/win situation for me. Sometimes I miss coaching, but I get to do a little bit of it running our instructional leagues for very young kids.
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