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So I was talking to a friend today who had to resign from a school recently, taught high school and had one extremely difficult class who got very personal with their rudeness, (dumping food on her computer, hiding her recharger, writing silly comments on the bathroom wall) she finally had enough and resigned as administration was not helpful with the class, she was looking advice as to how to explain this to her next interviewer? Any thoughts? my advice was to admit the truth without blaming anyone and say you learned from it.

How long have they been at the IS?
Whats the reference going to say?

She has been there since August and she quit last week so not a full year.

Whats the reference going to say; positive/negative/neutral?

The references she will get from a department head and principal will be positive.

sounds like the ME - kuwait maybe?
anyways, doesn't seem like a problem other than teachers are expected to find ways to manage a classroom regardless of how idiotic the children are.
the references are good so doesn't seem to be an issue...how she/he will explain it is another matter though.

@canadian_inabox

There really isnt anything to explain, you have three options:

THE GOOD

Keep it short, redirect questions towards what you did, how you grew and how it benefited your students. If really pressed you mutually agreed to find a better fit for both you an the school. The longer you dwell on it the worst it will become.

THE BAD

You never really know what the principal HOS will say on the phone regardless of what they put in a letter (closed or open), in this case you still want to keep it short with the briefest of mention that their were some issues that were not professionally enriching experiences.

THE UGLY

Again keep it short (the whole issue with keeping it short is that you have limited time to sell yourself, as opposed to selling the recruiter on how bad the experience previous IS was), however you can discuss inappropriate conduct and misconduct just dont spend longer than a minute or so trashing the IS and the admin/management.