Toxic school administration making me want to quit
School administrators often become comfortable lying, overworking, and openly bullying teachers out of their schools. Teachers carry an overwhelming sense of responsibility and face an ever-increasing workload in an environment completely devoid of educational ideals. This constant mistreatment creates an intense aversion toward the school and leaves educators seriously questioning whether to continue in the job.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
Found another way around this?
Share your steps and trade-offs so fellow engineers don't have to reinvent the wheel. No account required.
- 1Putting everything in writing and keeping records to cover yourselfDid this help you?
- 2Focusing only on what you can control and not losing energy over unchangeable thingsDid this help you?
- 3Quitting and finding a new jobDid this help you?
- 4seeking out schools with new administratorsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“In the case of the principal in the title, he openly hated me and was making it known that he was going to bully me out of “his” school.”source ↗
“In my time at many schools since, my experience is that the longer someone has been an admin, the more comfortable they become at lying, overworking, and mistreating teachers.”source ↗
“For me, the sense of responsibility can sometimes be overwhelming, especially when more and more is put on my plate.”source ↗
“Has any other teacher ever felt an intense aversion toward their school, stemming from an overwhelming sense of responsibility?”source ↗
“I feel as though I’m living in a primitive society, one completely devoid of any educational ideals.”source ↗
“I’ve begun to seriously question the point of continuing in this job.”source ↗
Where this came up
People with this problem also raised
- 9How to deal with school administrators who won't follow the rules?
- 2Youth sports coach texted the parent group chat insulting the kids
- 12Why teachers can't push back against unreasonable parents and admin
- 7Why do parents get mad about minor rules but ignore failing grades?
- 41Why is teaching so joyless now?
- 5Why do administrators reward misbehaving students?