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View submission: Have any of you ever gotten fired?
Got non-renewed two years in a row, same district. Once due to budget, once due to principal thinking I sucked.
Two years later, I won district-wide Teacher of the Year after getting a job at a “better” school in the same (fairly large) district.
Did I win this award because I learned from my mistakes and worked 100x harder and got better?
Hell no! I did basically everything the same as I always had: followed the curriculum, modified where it made sense, etc. I happen to be a minority demographic in this field, which certainly helped a lot in winning the award.
Moral of the story: evaluations are bullshit. Teacher quality is in the eye of the beholder. The whole profession is totally subjective. Keep fighting until you land in a place that appreciates you. It’ll happen eventually. Just keep swimming.
Comment by ChanceCauliflower0 at 10/03/2025 at 00:20 UTC
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Agree. Before the final principal I had that was my undoing, the previous principal/Super thought I was great. The school board would praise me for my teaching and Athletic Director performance until the end when they turned their back on me. And the Super at the time totally screwed me. Karma kicked in he and the SB mutually parted ways, and then he got fired and charged when he did not report allegations of inappropriate behavior with one of his staff and tried to bury it when he was head of HR. And the principal she went to become a Super at another school district, and they eventually ran her out. And here I am still standing.
Comment by Odd-Ability3704 at 10/03/2025 at 02:14 UTC
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Love this!!!