Working with Difficult Supervisor

So a little background….I’ve been a teacher for 9 years and have been the director of a department for several years. This past fall, the school I was at announced that it was closing and I needed to find a new job. I took that time to figure out what I actually want to be doing in my career and excitedly have begun a bit of a career shift towards becoming a LCSW. However, in order to do that, I needed to find someplace that would employ me where I could “double-dip” and get my necessary field works hours done rather than having to work part-time or not at all while in the 2-year program.

Soooo brings me to the reason for my post….my supervisor here at the new school absolutely drives me BONKERS. I have never met someone who is a combination of oblivious and passive-aggressive all at the same time.

I’ve tried two different times over the past two weeks to approach her and have a conversation about how I don’t appreciate the way she speaks to me in front of students, or how she undermines what I am trying to accomplish (again, I’m not a new teacher. I’ve been doing this a long time and am rather successful in it). BUT, every time I try and have a conversation with her, she get’s all defensive and tells me WHY she did certain things and not acknowledging at all my side of things.

It's getting to the point where I’m afraid students will start to see the frustration on my face.

So….HELP! Has anyone been in similar situation? How did you go about it?

TLDR: How do you work with annoying/tricky supervisor?

Submitted December 12, 2023 at 01:58PM by TrainerQuirky https://ift.tt/VMHNq5T