Re: Workplace stress:(
^That’s another common problem. I’m not saying that good supervising teachers don’t exist…they do. But I’ve heard teaching interns complain that their head teacher either didn’t give them a chance to take over the classroom for a fixed time period outlined by the uni courses (which she’s supposed to do)…and on the other extreme end of the spectrum you have the head teacher who thinks that she can “chill” and that the intern will do everything from grading papers to practically running the class.
Teaching isn’t easy…there’s so much that you learn from your slip-ups in your very first job…that you never learned from your course work. It could be that the OP is making some mistakes and that there is miscommunication between her and the head teacher. BUT…if the head teacher hasn’t made any effort to discuss her concerns directly with the OP…then that makes me question the head teacher’s intentions/motives. Jealousies exist in every workplace and after all it is the end of the year…when principals think about who they want to rehire/let go of, etc…and so it’s a strategic time to screw someone over. I may be wrong about the head teacher…but I think OP needs to go to the principal before the head teacher does…if she wants to work at the school.