Planned Dismissal from work

[Guest]

Hi,

I need some advice please. I was employed by a school as a Learning support assistant (LSA) almost 2 years ago, however the school agreed to train me and pay for my course to become a Newly Qualified teacher. I eventually got doing duties of a LSA along side teaching in the classroom initially with the support a mentor. I was made to undertake full classroom teachings as part of my course requirements, however when my mentor went on maternity, I had very little support and 100% of my work became that of a fully qualified teacher even though I was training. Couple of days ago, I was informed that due to observations conducted on me and feedback from lead teachers, I will have to resign in 2weeks or go down the route of performance and capability as my performance has been below standard. I strongly feel this is unfair considering there were no formal meetings/support by school authority to address my weaknesses and areas of improvements. I also feel that as I was employed by the school as an LSA and not a fulltime teacher, I can not be dismissed based on my teaching strength because this decision is purely based on fulltime teaching and not any aspects of a Learning support Assistant. Your advice on this will be appreciated

[warwick65]

When is the anniversary of your start date?
It seems to me they are looking for an easy option. Is your resignation due at the start of the Easter break?

[olu]

Hi,

Thanks for your reply. Anniversary of my start date is October 2018 and yes, my resignation is due at start of Easter break. The school is an academy, not sure if this makes a difference