April 14, 2018:

Today's Theme: The Whalecow is......UGLY. LOL Sorry *unpopular opinion*

Personal:

So there is a lot of drama surrounding the hire of me a couple other people at the new STEAM school opening in August. The Principal of the school is the Principal I've worked with for the past 2 years. She was hired for the job in January and she has been working at the new site getting things put together and we have a new Principal at my current school. Anyway, they opened the job for the STEAM school to the surrounding 5 area elementary schools only for first pick of transfer. (They will open it up to everybody at the end of May). From those 5 area schools, 28 people managed to get an application in during the 3 days the job listing was posted. So 28 people were interviewed (those that missed the deadline to apply can still apply when the job reopens for everyone). Of those 28 people who were interviewed, 18 of them came from my current school (the one where the STEAM school Principal came from!). Of those 18 people, only 4 were hired. About 4 were put on a "maybe list" and will know if they get hired during a second round of applications/interviews, and everyone else got a "no."

So...somehow it got out who the 4 hired people were (me and 3 others) and people have been freaking out. For the most part, they've left me alone. I'm a music teacher...I'm not a threat nor competition to the a classroom teacher's job. But the other 3 have been getting pretty bad responses from many people. Other teachers have called them up in the middle of class demanding to know what they said in their interview that made them get hired. These people have been talking shit about the 3 hired teachers - how the 3 hired teachers are "bad" teachers and they don't deserve it. People are saying that the 3 hired teachers are bragging around the school (which isn't true because the 4 of us tried to keep it under wraps so THIS wouldn't happen).

It's gotten to the point where the 4 of us were called to the Assistant Principal's office to hear what the other teachers have been doing to us and to make sure that WE are okay.

Like I said, I'm lucky. For the most part, I've been left alone. But I feel bad for my 3 colleagues who have to put up with this selfish behavior. They have all admitted that they want to be happy that they got hired but that they can't because they feel bad after what their colleagues have said to them.

Hopefully this all blows over soon. (You would think that the "wait-listed/maybe" teachers would figure out that their selfish behavior is going to get back to the STEAM Principal which will most definitely put them on the NO list. But...oh well.

I know I am personally excited to go and teach at this new school with amazing technology! I am so excited to start the music program at a new school!