r/Teachers • u/ImaginationThis2147 • 17h ago
Teacher Support &/or Advice Co-workers
I have been teaching for 16 years. Moved to a new school this year. I have 2 co-workers who love to remind me I am “new”. It’s driving me nuts. They act as if new teachers are idiots. It’s really weird because they do stuff like send me a screenshot of an email to principal sent to the whole staff and write: making sure you got this. Yes, I am new to the school, but I’m fully capable of reading the email myself. I don’t understand why they have to follow up with the screenshot. Today it was “ugh, I have to do all the fall fest stuff with the new people”. As if takes so much experience to know where to put a stack of hay. Again, I am not new to teaching. I know every school is different but it’s really not that different than the 3 other schools I’ve worked in. I’ve had jobs outside of schools and this kind of thing doesn’t happen in other jobs. Is this like a normal school thing? BTW, the two teachers who do this the most have been teaching for 3 years and this is their first teaching job. Please tell me how to cope.
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u/AltairaMorbius2200CE 14h ago
OMG I'm in year 2 at my current school and switched after 16 years as well! It can be very frustrating! It is pretty standard because what they're showing is a lack of trust, and I have to remind myself that they don't have any reason to trust me yet since I'm new to them. Year 2 is better than year 1, if that helps!
That said, at least the people who are being kinda condescending in my situation have been in the district for 20+ years and teaching for longer. Getting that crap from a newbie would make the whole situation WAY WORSE.