Hello.
I am having a nightmare in my current role with regards to resources and unfair work distribution.
I work in a young offenders institute, teaching 15-18 year olds. I am a fairly new teacher, having only worked previously in one secondary school (as a fully qualified teacher). Prior to that, I studied on my PGCE and worked as a TA.
I came into the role with no course set up and since working at the prison for nearly 2 years I have managed to successfully build a qualification from scratch. This includes:
- Seeking approval for the delivery of the particular course I wanted to deliver (NCFE)
- Writing each of the four L1 units of work
- Having each unit quality assured
- Producing all of the resources for the four units
- Producing the necessary assessment documentation alongside the resources
- Writing (up to now) three L2 units
- Having each of the L2 units quality assured
- Producing the resources for the L2 units
I have also, since starting in the role, managed to successfully support a large number of young people through full units (and sometimes the full qualification). I have sent all of their work in for quality assurance and have had limited developmental feedback on my assessment methods. I have developed my units as I have delivered them, making changes as I see fit.
Alongside this, I was fired from the role and without a job for 6 weeks (which was overturned). I also have longstanding depression and anxiety (both of which are highly influential on my life). I have completed many distance learning courses and also achieved my TAQA qualification through my work.
To top all of this off, I am on the lowest pay scale.
We now have a teacher who delivers the same L1 qualification as me, but in a different class in the prison. She has worked in the role for almost a year (having started as a maternity cover teacher for Art, and transferring over). She managed to completely destroy a great art course with successful units, and has not contributed one thing to the running of the qualifications.
I have now been told that I have to give all of my resources to this girl. Bearing in mind she has given me NOTHING. I have also made 99% of the resources in my own time at home (due to a lack of prison accessible websites).
My question / advice: Do I have a right to say no to this? Can I fight this?
It doesn't seem fair. My manager says 'we should all share'. Yet it is only me and my friend (who teaches Art, and who is being expected to hand over ALL of her resources and worksheets to a teacher who is paid almost £10000 a year more than her and who is 'unable' to write a SOW or make a worksheet) that share.
Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. It is making me very stressed at work.
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