Asked to not come back to a class.
A couple weeks ago I was asked to leave the class and not turn because I talk too much to the students by a substitute teacher.
In this situation I had walked into the class late and the students are excited to see me but I read the room and I made sure to work with the students who needed help.
I will admit one student and i talked briefly and i was doing so to see how she’s doing cause this student had a hard time with strict rules and authority.
I moved my way around the room and pulled a student to the back who was seriously upset and frustrated over their work.
This student and I worked in the back until recess and the student started talking to me again as the lined up and that’s when I was told to not return.
I talked with my principal and we agreed on what I should do.
I told my office manager to get the name of the substitute in that class because I was shocked and it really hurt me to be spoken to the way I was. There was more to this story but it’s not about that just know the woman had been ride to me since I walked in even made a weird face when I told her my name —— my office manager and she was asking if everything was okay so i explained to her the situation.
It was not until i talked with my office manager that I felt like maybe she’s heard complaints about me from other teachers I work with. I say this cause she just was not as sympathetic as she normally can be.
Do I talk to the students? Yes it’s important to me I build a relationship with them. I’ve learned from last year how to better improve so I have made changes to how I do things. However I’m young and I look even younger than I am so I feel students really want to be around me. I listen to them and I get to know them better. Not that we don’t get work done but I have a feeling one teacher or multiple teachers don’t like it at times. I get it but also students want to jsut be around me.
I always try to be respectful to the teachers I work with and get as much done as possible. However today i wasn’t asked to go on a field trip with a class and in this class the teacher often gets annoyed with her students and tell at them indirectly by saying all they do is play and talk when they are with me and it feels always like a jab at me. It’s not all the time but it’s whenever they are being loud or want to join me at my designated table.
I don’t know i never put much thought into this until again I was asked to not come back so am I the problem? Is it wrong the students like me and I have a good report with them?
I just hate to get complaints cause in my own personal experiences when I do I feel like an enemy of the state (in this case the classroom) and I really don’t want to have a bad reputation. I just want to be liked and respected and it’s not something i received at my last job.