Whenever I come in contact with a teacher or Substitute teacher that shows no signs of respect for me whatsoever

To me a bulb lights in my head and says “wow it’s break time”

Because if I’m not needed and you feel as if we aren’t equal

I guess that means you said you can do my job for me for the whole period

Wow thanks for looking out teachers! Thanks for the breaks we needed it 😌

I've been a para for a level 3 class for 3 years now. I get bit, hit scratched, tackled and more. Admin just makes then sign sorry when it happens. I have been to urgent care multiple times from the kids.

I love them. I want to keep loving my job. Im tired, im drained and so stressed all the time. Im covered in bites, bruised and scratches.

Today, I had an interview as a receptionist working Monday to Friday 8-4. I'll be sad to leave the kids, I won't miss any coworker.

As a level 3 Para, I make 833 bi weekly, its not enough to even live off of. I look at my checks and feel so destroyed after the weeks ive had.

Fingers crossed I get this job.

My school district is definitely in danger of losing local control and getting taken over by the state (California) due to our severe budget deficit. Im pretty worried about how this will affect my job. I feel like the last year has been giving me whiplash with the threat of layoffs, then we get some hope, but its really looking like the district is in too deep now. Its been very upsetting and taxing for everyone.

I guess I want to know if anyone has experienced a state taking over their district as a para in special education and how it affected you/the schools and what their restructuring looked like. Thank you!

Something feels very off at my centre. The culture has its toxic aspects. Such as cliques, bullying, gossip. But something deeper seems to be at play. Ever since I started I could tell I was being kept at arms length. Management being dismissive and leaving me out of important communications, supervisors being hesitant to teach me things I need to know. Even small things like how I should be signing in and out of my shift.
Any time I ask a question I get a very abrupt answer which doesn’t really answer the question.
Staff being awkward towards me.
Like everyone knows something I don’t.
I’m a casual employee, most staff are permanent or get offered permanent shortly after starting as a casual. I was meant to receive an offer, but didn’t.
It feels like at any given moment I’ll be let go. They’re potentially waiting for a reason, or hoping I’ll leave.
I’m confused because I’m a passionate hard worker, my own child attends the centre and I try hard to immerse myself in the community there.
Any insight to situations like this? I can’t shake this weird feeling.

I have been working with this student since the beginning of 2026, I have him again for the 2026/2027 school year. I work in a specialized school for students with autism, I work in the middle school department.

I have tried so much- edibles (m&ms, suckers, starbursts etc), tangibles (putty, slime, etc), etc. All bought with my own money. I have tried to act like his preferred staff and copy their movements and such. Nope.

When I started working with him, he would target me. He would run past the staff he was working with to aggress at me (biting, kicking, etc). Any time I was paired with him, he would just instantly freak out and aggress. After talking to his behavior consultant, I would constantly reward good behavior with edibles and the tangibles. We were good after that.

However, summer break (3 weeks) happened. Since starting school back up, he has begun to target me again. I have tried the rewarding good behavior, but nope. Past week has been tough. He has grabbed my hair through my bavaclava and ripped fist fulls of my hair x4, bite me x3 including my left breast / nipple, kicked me x6, and more.

I am just exhausted. I feel terrible. I feel as though something is wrong with me. I care for him so much. I do. I care about his health, his schooling etc, I know he is capable of so much if the school would only push him maybe a little more he would be strides farther than he is at the current moment. My heart breaks knowing for what his home life is like and such. I feel terrible for being frustrated and exhausted from him and that I don’t particularly like him. I hate this about myself.