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I am a seasoned substitute teacher & have suffered verbal harassment from other credentialed teachers; what should I do?
Asked on May 03rd, 2016 on Discrimination - California
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As a recommended substitute teacher of 16 years I have recently suffered verbal misconduct from 4 male teachers & 1 female teacher at various schools in the Contra Costa County. I reported/emailed each misconduct to the districts sub coordinator. Her response was she forwarded them to the H.R. Dept. On 4/20/16 at my meeting with the H.R. Director, I received NO support from the H.R. director who put me at fault for these incidences. I was informed this district was an EOE; yet in retribution the H.R. director said this was an "at will" job & did not believe what I told her. She said she could only investigate the latest verbal misconduct to me from the music teacher. Since my 4/20/16 meeting with the H.R. director I have not been called for any teaching jobs for the stated district.
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You fail to state what the nature of the harassment was. Generally, if you are being harassed because of your membership within a protected class such as on the basis of sex, age, race, religion, etc.or because you protested what you believed to be an unlawful act or activity there is a possibility you may have a claim. However, if the harassment is general in nature, i.e., because those who harassed you just dont like you for some reason then that is a much more problematic situation that in all likelihood will not provide redress...furthermore, there is the issue of damages...as a substitute teacher you generally would not have a cflaim for loss of income because there is no guarantee of future employment as a non permenant, non tenured teacher, however, if there is wrongdoing as alluded to above, there is the possibility of claiming a reasonable expectation of continued employment based on your record of past employment....I know there are a lot of ifs and buts in thiis response but I hope this at least helps clarify some of the issues for you....Stephan Math Esq., smesq1@aol.com
Answered on May 04th, 2016 at 8:30 AM