I'm tired of the main teacher
The main/only special ed teacher at my school is the big reason I've began dreading my job. She is condescending, passive aggressive, and terrible with the children under our care.
The first time a student eloped with me and I ran to catch him, I was scolded because, "You're not supposed to go after them. You need to wait for them to come back on their own." Our school doesn't lock doors from the inside so students can get outside, and we're right by the highway. There's no way "let them come back on their own" is safe. Then when I went to write down that the kid eloped on his chart, I was told not to write it down because it wasn't necessary.
She had me removed from the 1:1 I had all year because she decided he didn't need 1:1 support anymore. Since she's made this change his behavior problems have resurfaced (kicking, trying to stab others with pencils, beating on walls, hiding around the school instead of going to class, etc.) and he hasn't done any homework since. He even missed state testing because he just sat at his desk in silence and refused to even click start. Maybe there's some knowledge that I'm missing due to just being a para, but I fail to see how this is helping him meet his goals at all or benefiting the people around him.
It's just frustrating to see someone in her position make such poor choices that clearly have/will have negative affects on the kids. But she's head teacher, in college to become principle, and I've only been working here a year so everyone takes her word as gospel. She's very rude, especially when you ask clarifying questions. Just last week I made a simple mistake about when I was supposed to go to an assembly and she said, "I know you're still 18 but this is an adult job now." I am NOT 18??? And the phrase "this is an adult job now" was just extremely condescending. I'm seriously considering leaving this district if my complaints on her behavior are not taken seriously.