Advice on how to ask to be placed somewhere next year
I’m in a self contained early childhood unit this year and it’s chaos. I don’t think I can do another year in there and from this year alone I can tell it won’t be better. We only have 8 kids but I’m the only para in the room. And our principal won’t put more people in the room or units despite needing more people for the kids and their needs. This year wasn’t as bad because they held off giving us like 15 kids but I know next year will be worse and none of the other paras in the school want to come in the rooms. Yes, we all hold special ed licenses it’s required in my state/district. I was forced into the room last year by being the newest one.
The issue is there is no routine in the class except lunch and specials. The kids run around playing all day and this causes behavior issues when I tell them to clean up or to go places. Outside staff have asked if the room is a daycare. There’s basically no learning. The teacher makes lesson plans and never does them. I just run behind kids all day managing behavior and it’s exhausting me. I go home and sleep for like 3 hours every day with no motivation to do anything.
I’m asking for advice because the teacher can be really petty. I’ve heard them talk about other staff members before. They’ve even reported the cha because the cha didn’t want to be their friend. I just don’t want this to backfire while asking for a new placement. I’m hoping to get a new job but if it doesn’t come through I want to be in a different room. There’s times where I’ve cried on my way to work and even considered suicide just because I didn’t want to be in that room anymore.