I am 54, and having taught for the last 30 years, I have found myself out of a job as my contract will not be renewed.

18 Comments

1. AnonymousMarch 10,2025 at 12:31AM UTC

   Yes it's the school's decision what to share or not.

2. AnonymousMarch 10,2025 at 12:47AM UTC

   Sounds like you dodged a bullet. I would have been offended reading this.

3. AnonymousMarch 10,2025 at 1:53PM UTC

   From that message, how do you know your particular contract won’t be renewed? Is it the word “mature” that leads you to believe you won’t receive a contract?

4. AnonymousMarch 10,2025 at 6:46PM UTC

   It is my very contract that will not be renewed. I have already been given notice for the same. Employers do not need to give reasons for non renewal of fixed term contracts. So yes...I was not given any reasons but when I came across the feedback on the parents WhatsApp platform after the senior leadership met with the parents I sort of came to my own conclusions and now I am wondering if it is legal.

5. Coach Nancie Kay ShumanMarch 11,2025 at 2:34PM UTC

   the only way to know if any of this is legal is to ask a lawyer. The school has every right to tell parents that they are making changes to their hiring stratagies, but whether there is anything else going on - age discrimination, etc., - needs to be determined by an expert.

6. AnonymousMarch 10,2025 at 3:09PM UTC

   Is this a social media/chat post? Does it also appear on the school's website or in its strategic planning document? If this came from a school administrator to a parent, then contact the EEOC, as this is blatant age discrimination (plus a few others that can be thrown in there). If you can't determine which person said it, it is just gossip or someone's perception. I assume you have already been notified that your contract has already been canceled/won't be renewed.

7. AnonymousMarch 10,2025 at 6:42PM UTC

   This was a parent feeding back to those who did not attend a townhall meeting that was led by the senior leadership team. There's an official WhatsApp platform for parents.

8. AnonymousMarch 14,2025 at 12:35PM UTC

   If you're a W-2 employee (not 1099), you probably have a case for age discrimination. If you are tight with some of the parents there, they could back up what was said, you may want to file an EEOC claim and/or contact an employee attorney. If you are part of a labor union, what are they saying about it?

9. AnonymousMarch 11,2025 at 1:05PM UTC

   What country are you in? If the US, and that is an official statement from the school or someone speaking on its behalf, you could have a pretty strong case for discrimination.

   I would not automatically assume this means you will be terminated though. To me it reads as if this is their hiring strategy for future openings (a strategy which in the US would open them to discrimination claims).

10. AnonymousMarch 11,2025 at 7:43PM UTC

    Unfortunately I am not in the US. And yes this seems very much hiring strategy not just for future openings but one that was used on me. I was never given reasons for the non renewal of my contract. However I have now managed to put 2 and 2 together after this message surfaced on a parents WhatsApp platform.

11. maria roseMarch 17,2025 at 10:11PM UTC

    Having a contract doesn’t necessarily guarantee that you, the OP , will be guaranteed a renewal of the contract. You the OP were hired by a contractual agreement for a certain period which with teachers is usually based on a minimum of a semester to maximum if several school semesters. Unless your contract states that you are guaranteed a renewal, you can not assume that you will be given a continuing new contract. For all, you know, the area that you are a teacher for may not need as many teachers and has nothing to do with your perception of being pushed out as not having the “right talent” presentation. No one is guaranteed a job permanently, there’s always a chance that you may lose your job. You need now to plan for your next job move and not worry about the why you need to be looking for a new position. Good luck with your search for a new placement.

12. AnonymousApril 1,2025 at 5:42PM UTC

    I am a Maths teacher. My replacement is also a Maths teacher.

13. maria roseApril 7,2025 at 10:02PM UTC

    And what was the terms in your contract in terms of length of service hired for—believe me that’s there somewhere in the contract. Another thing school contract hiring is based off the budget decided in the previous school year—take this example as a guide—by the end of this school year which ends June 2025 a budget is drawn up for the next school year based on numbers received for the given school budget decided in April 2025 financially. That budget is broken down to specifics of numbers of teachers needed starting with the tenured teachers having a more likely chance to be retained even if they are not actively teaching in the classrooms, they are counted as part of the number of teachers needed. Tenured teachers are included first by seniority and then if there are gaps in numbers then teachers are hired ( brought in ) to fill the gaps. The teachers who have the most tenure and seniority are usually kept on and gaps filled by either a substitute hired for the semester or the full school year. That hire may not get benefits beyond getting paid per diem for every day worked. These teachers sometimes get hired back every year but they are never classified as a regular teacher who qualifies with the years worked as achieving the number needed to get tenure status ( minimum of 5 years to maximum of 10 years) to qualify for tenure status. That tenure status is linked to how many teachers are allowed on the school roll per school as tenured teachers and if the school doesn’t budget that specific school as needing 30 teachers but only budgets then for less, the gap is filled by hiring short-term teachers. This is an undisclosed agreement that allows tenured teachers to remain on the payroll but are not actively working as teachers in classrooms under the umbrella of doing administrative work instead of relabeling their job and pay level. This is how many teachers are being laid off despite actively teaching in the classrooms for years but were not represented on the payroll as a tenured teacher as in the case of a math teacher being laid off ( a key subject) white the school system hires in another math teacher. The one fired had reached the maximum days allowed to work before they could be reclassified to a regular teacher. Blame the union , for this which allows this paperwork play to keep the tenured teachers on the payroll

14. maria roseApril 17,2025 at 2:20AM UTC

    I was a Science teacher another field that doesn’t have many available teachers and I found out that they could not keep me on, because the Science department had too many tenured teachers on the payroll and it didn’t matter that they were not teaching but on administrative duty, the department had no available funds to maintain another regular tenured teacher, so every year, they would lay off the newest hire and hire another teacher with similar qualifications. So it is not that you can’t do the job, but the budget only allows for the department to hire a teacher to cover the classes temporarily.

15. AnonymousMarch 11,2025 at 5:04PM UTC

    And?? Are you concerned that your demise was shared without your permission? Or something else...the education of children at this moment if you are in the US is definitely under the microscope of an unstable political environment...sorry you were affected by this crappy situation.

16. surfnwriteMarch 13,2025 at 12:31PM UTC

    This WhatsApp blurb is poorly written and sounds fake. I would investigate its authenticity.

17. AnonymousMarch 15,2025 at 4:48PM UTC

    That email wreaks of discrimination.

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