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Yeah, I think I'd look for a way to move to a different school at the end of the year or at the very least ask to move to a different grade level so you get a totally new team. Nobody needs more co-worker drama or people undermining them at work, and since it sounds like a somewhat unpleasant team that you don't benefit professionally from, move on if possible.
And personally, I'd recommend the unfollow facebook option. That way you can basically avoid seeing their mean girls crap but don't have to do it in a way that shows up to them. I think you benefit more from just rising above than engaging with their shenanigans at any level. 33girl's option is a good one too, but unless you really do unfriend everyone from work, school gossip will reveal to them that you selectively unfriended people.
In my experience, principals really value people who do a good job in the classroom who don't create more work for them. (That's probably true of all managers really.)
They also seem to value a lack of interpersonal drama more than they value the high level fruits that might come of resolving the conflicts created by engaged collaboration. They don't really care if they have collaborative teams or grade level dictators and minions who unthinkingly follow the instructors of dictators, but they do care if they have to keep resolving interpersonal conflicts about co-workers.
So basically, I think what's in your professional best interest is pretending to accept your place in the pack professionally, doing whatever you really think is best in your classroom while nodding along at collaborative meetings, and not reacting to immature jerks acting like teenagers on social media. And then starting with a totally different team in the easiest way you can as soon as possible.
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