Assaulted at work

[BadlyDrawnGirl]

well, back in school today despite thinking i shouldnt come in....

i have decided to speak to one of the union reps (not my union as the rep for it is the head of my dept whose fault it was that the violent kid was unattended at the time of attack) and to spaek to the headmaster about the boys punishment.

i will also refuse to teach the pupil again so long as i am here and will pusg to have him excluded from the department on health and safety grounds.

i dont feel too bad today, physically, very sore muscles and creaky shoulders and atill a bit worried about my wrist.

thanks for your helpful comments though - i'm liking the idea of a squirty bottle full of sulphuric acid!!!

Good luck with this - I hope you're feeling a tad more resolved (and less achy ) about it now...?

The alien was utterly shocked to hear this when I told her last night - she'll have a word about it with you when she can. Something about you needing a yellow card (although I don't really understand myself)...anyway, she had to do it all herself when she went through a similar crisis recently, so she should have the best advice of anyone.

Take care!

 

[maes]

bluestreak posting:

ah shit, this is the sort of thing that puts teachers off innit... it's not that behaviour is so awful, it's just that when it gets extreme like this there isn't any support for the teacher.

poor you.

 

[Mr Smin]

this morning at work i had to restrain an 11 year old boy who got very violent and aggresive towards another pupil.

Is it in your job description to get physical? Well done for trying to protect the other kid but you might be better off just filming the incident on a mobile phone - not only could you use it as evidence for getting the boy expelled, but you could sell copies to the other students and make a fortune.

ps - I think you're mistaken about any other job not having to put up with this. Maybe people who assault cops get nicked promptly but pretty much all other jobs are at the same risk as you - ie have to decide after the fact if they want to make an official complaint.

 

[foamy]

Is it in your job description to get physical? Well done for trying to protect the other kid but you might be better off just filming the incident on a mobile phone - not only could you use it as evidence for getting the boy expelled, but you could sell copies to the other students and make a fortune.


ps - I think you're mistaken about any other job not having to put up with this. Maybe people who assault cops get nicked promptly but pretty much all other jobs are at the same risk as you - ie have to decide after the fact if they want to make an official complaint.

filming it on a mobile phone? why would i do that? the school is all linked up with cctv and there is no question of what happened as there were 25 - 100 witnesses!
i also dont tend to have my mobile to hand when i'm teaching - i'm usually too busy teaching!!!

i didnt say other jobs didnt have to put up with it. however it is almost expected in my job. we have kids with ebd and sen and just very rowdy kids. so there are a lot of fights and scrapes.

in other jobs such as ones on the tube they promise to bring the law down heavy on verbal and physical abuse. but schools dont always work like that. i dont really want to get this kid into trouble with the police anyway, i want the school to do something about his anger and violent outbursts.

 

[Callie]

Does the school provide training on how to restrain pupils? If not perhaps you could suggest that as Im sure its possible to safely restrain someone whilst keeping yourself safe at the same time.

Im sure youre very angry and frustrated, it must be a very difficult situation for you. Hope your fingers are ok!

 

[Badgers]

Sorry that post was me kittyP

 

[kittyP]

I am shocked and appauled by the schools reaction to this situation!

I work in a school for kids with ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) and Severe learning disabilities.
There are regular incidents of Pupils attacking staff often ending in, some times quite serious injury to staff.
All though we all know that it is a risk we take with this specific line of work its always very upsetting and stressful and this is with pupils that often don't understand what they are doing!

The school should have straight away offered you all kinds of help in how to deal with what has happened personally and professionally.

Giving the boy two weeks off school is, as you said, gonna be a lovely holiday for him!

If you wanna IM me for a chat of ask any questions or just to off load, please do!

Ok thats better, sorry for posting confusion

 

[Mr Smin]

filming it on a mobile phone? why would i do that? the school is all linked up with cctv
.

Scary. Although my point about filming instead of getting physical was serious since I didn't know there was cctv when I posted. I stand by my position of congratulating you willingness to go to a child's assistance while cautioning that there may be disproportionately negative consequences for you.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Scary. Although my point about filming instead of getting physical was serious since I didn't know there was cctv when I posted. I stand by my position of congratulating you willingness to go to a child's assistance while cautioning that there may be disproportionately negative consequences for you.

It may have been serious but it was a bad idea. How exactly can you film restraining someone as you do it yourself? Concequences? A teacher doesn't really have a choice in intervening. You're starting to sound dangerously dailymailesque here...