my principals all of them have been bullying me. they will call me into the office, when i get in there they immediatly start yelling and screaming at me. today i got called into the princials office and they were attacking me in my defence. they asked me what was going on in a message with my boyfriend. i told them i would rather not talk about it because it was irrelevant to the subject. they began yelling at me saying "well your going to tell us. tell us. come on. tell us. hurry up. were waiting." i began crying cause they were screaming. everytime i asked for my mom to be in there they would cut me off. i never got a chance to talk. they then told me they should have got the law involved. that they were going to put me in our alternative school.

Our principal is a bully, too. We are all trying to figure out what to do, but our options are limited. I was hoping there was some sort of support group out there for teachers who find themselves in this situation.

Ironically, our District has a very fine anti-bullying program for the children. However, the bullies don't simply reform the minute they get a high school diploma. Sadly, they move on to the workplace and destroy victims while the co-workers run for the darkened corners of the workplace and cower.

Take heart! I know there are principals who attack teachers without legitimate cause. Don't let these lucky or passive teachers get you to feel bad about yourself. Shame on them for blaming the victim!

Tough situation. Try to focus on the positive relationships you have in the building. Do the right thing and show through your attitude and practice that you are a pro who has organizational goals and student welfare at the forefront of everything you do. Finally - and this one takes a ton of emotional maturity and guts - do a self-assessement on your role in the relationship with the principal. Is it possible that each of you have room to grow? Good luck to you!

I am not surprised since I and several teachers at my school were bullied by the principal. Principals in many states will do anything to keep their high paying jobs and blame others for the school's faults. Principals have alot of power and can abuse them and twist words and situations around to seem like they are just doing their jobs rather than simply bullying. The school I am currently in feels like a creepy place, everybody is scared of the principal and would rather keep far away from her. The Union person told me she knew the principal was a bully but that there was not much that could be done, just change schools. That is very difficult but not impossible. One teacher changed schools and told the new hiring principal that she was being bullied and lucky he believed her and hired her. I wish her good luck.