A few more incidents this week to add to the catalogue I’m creating of incidents involving Michael. I’m now writing everything down just in case I need to refer to incidents in future. It’s a bit of a chore and adds to my workload, but I just don’t know what Philip is planning to do about the incidents when I report them. I’ve just discovered that a concern I reported to him about the inappropriate use of some computer software by another member of staff was never dealt with despite his assurances that it would be – he lied to me and as a result, I was placed in a difficult position with the member of staff concerned! I don’t think I can trust him any more but I need to give him the opportunity to deal with the incidents I’ve reported. Things, though, are really coming to a head and I feel powerless to do anything about what is happening apart from reporting them to Philip and trusting that he will deal with them.
I’m particularly concerned about an incident I and another member of staff witnessed a couple of days ago. I saw Michael bullying a child by screaming at her across the playground “Get over here now” and then continuing to shout at her aggressively using the same body language with her that he had used when he had threatened me. I wanted to intervene but felt I couldn’t because of what had happened then and I did not want to provoke a confrontation with Michael in a playground full of children. I feel guilty that I did not stand up for the child but my colleague and I both wrote a report of the incident and gave them to Philip. We’ve heard no more about it – is Philip ever going to do something about the behaviour of this teacher? I know that other staff have also been complaining about Michael and they too have seen little change towards them after reporting things to Philip.
Just what do I do next?
