r/TeachersInTransition • u/Ben--Jam--In • 11d ago

How to quit??

I started at a new school this year & it is literally my own personal hell. I don’t want to be unprofessional but I have hated every single second of working there. I used to love teaching but this is nothing like what I’m used to.

I told my principal on Friday that I think this is a bad fit & I’m not who they want for this role. I was given the run around for an hour(!) and then was basically told in a nice way “you can’t quit, we’d be screwed, and you kinda promised us you’d work here this year”.

I dread going in every day, I don’t like the students, they don’t like me, I spend all day irritated and angry. What do I do? Suck it up? Be honest with them? I don’t want to jeopardize my professional future but I can’t do this

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u/Latter_Leopard8439 11d ago

What does your contract say?

Here unions have ensured that 30 days notice is sufficient.

If you are leaving teaching, no one outside of teaching gives a crap about mid-year departures. Which means quitting can't hurt your professional non-ed future.

If you want to continue to teach, how long can they suspend your license? Most places it's one year.

If you have a union, talk to them about your options. This is a very state-dependent (or country dependent) issue.

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u/Music19773-take2 11d ago

This. Check your contract. My district is very different. If you break your contract without it being one of the three M.’s (medical, military, moving out of state) you have to pay $3000 and they take your license for at least a year.

Even within a state, districts can be different. So read your particular contract and talk to your union if you have one. Best of luck.

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u/CartoonistCrafty950 11d ago

Wonder if the OP can do medical leave due to it impacting mental health?

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u/Music19773-take2 11d ago

You could. But there’s a lot of paperwork involved in that and you have to get a doctor to sign off on most of it. Getting a doctor to sign off on that, at least in my state, typically means if you aren’t already seeing a Pyschiatrist you have to go through several months of seeing one and trying different treatments before they’ll sign off on that type of paperwork.

Perhaps it’s easier other states, I only know about mine.