Department chair issue
I am an adjunct at a community college. I started working there four semesters ago. I teach art apprec. - I have a Masters with the required amount of hours needed in the area I teach and a BFA. I am currently working on a second Masters in a different subject area (the department head told me that was "stupid). I didn't join academia until later than most; I had a successful military career, went back to school and decided to try my hand at teaching; I was an instructor in the military and totally enjoyed what I did.
The problem I'm having is with the department chair; he asked me to apply to work there; I was a student there when I decided to go back to school and when he found out I was working on my Masters told me he was looking for an adjunct so once I graduated to apply - I did and he hired me. However, ever since he hired me, he's tried to find other "gigs" to send me away from the main campus of the college - One was to go to a campus further away to teach once a week - there was already another person from the department there teaching the same class, but for whatever reason, he wanted me to go there instead. This semester it's dual enrollment classes - Two dual enrollment classes in addition to the one on campus class. Our main building was renovated; all of us were looking forward to getting back into our building - then with less than two weeks to the start of the semester, I was told I would not be moving with everyone else - I'm still in the crappy classroom away from everyone else except the theater department.
I kind of mentioned some of my concerns to the department admin person when I was at the campus making copies of my syllabus and of course, this is when I found out she will run to the chair and tell him everything; didn't think she was this way but....so, I'm sitting in my husband's doctors office and the department chair starts blowing up my phone with "if you don't want to teach I can find someone else" - He didn't stop until I told him where I was; I'm not on contract and I'm kind of pissed; I've never missed a day of work; last semester I went to teach two weeks after having my shoulder repaired. I'm at a loss how to handle this guy - I like teaching, I like working with the kids; I do the best I can; I try to help the young people as much as I can. I just don't know how to handle this guy.