Dear Bella,

I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to take the time to address some concerns I have regarding my preferences for the upcoming school year. First, I want  to  emphasize  my desire to continue working with my  present  students. I' ve put  a lot of time and effort into their growth and development, and it would be difficult for me to leave them behind, but not  with  the same team.
I've  addressed verbally  what's  going  on  several  times,  and I've  now reached a  point  where I am  unable to visualize  myself on the same team,  especially if I need to do the graduation in K3.

I recall  Mrs. Yan, Mrs. Joyce, and Mrs. Brenda  telling  me  when I  first started  at Trinity (as  its  previous name) that working with my  present  colleague is difficult  since  she  accomplishes little  

and I  had  to  constantly  tell her what to do. She  also  added  that Miss Yan  cautioned  her that  if the foreign teacher  quits,  it  will be  due to her. Since K1,  I've been  telling her what she needs to  accomplish, 

and 50% of  it isn't  done. To be honest,  having  to keep repeating and reminding her  makes me  restless  and  drains my  energy  levels. Regardless, I  decided  to work with her in K2. 

However,  following several  recent  events,  I can  no longer  bear it. The  major  serious issues were  during the exit point,  when  I had to be everywhere,  causing  me to  go  from one  spot to another to assist the  children. 

I  recall  we had a meeting and everyone knew what they needed to do, but  I'm not sure  why she  sent the kids with the nanny,  as she wasn't aware of the plan. 

 

The second issue is communication and her duties ; I always  speak with  the team  to  update  them  on  anything  or any changes  that occur; yet,  there  are instances when  I say something but it is not  delivered correctly.

 

When  we started talking about organs, I was  firm  with her about  using  Chinese IEYC as the topic i s difficult for kids to  understand and  they need it in Chinese. I  assigned  each one a group of  children

 to work with and  began  assessing their  development.  When I  assessed the kids and there was  no improvement, I found myself  completing  the  task alone  again. 

 

One  more  issue that concerns  me is  that  they  threw away  the  children's crafts  and to be honest it got me angry and disapointed .  Any responsible teacher  can determine  which crafts should be  thrown 

and which should be  kept . While I had my playgroup, I  assigned  them two tasks:  practice  the song for 20 minutes, and  then return  to  carry out  the activity I had already  planned. They  simply  practiced the song,

and the  reason  was  that  we did  not  have time  as always.  



Besides  that,  I asked Jenny  about  what they  are  doing so  that  we  might do  the  same.  For example, one   in charge of  maths,  while other is in charge of  phonics. She  completed  a maths  worksheet  

and the same counting  task  every day for a week, and  it never happened again.  I asked her to  try  it again, but  nothing happened.  Teaching  demands  consistency,  something  my team lacks. 

I  believe that  if I do not  attend  class, nothing will  take place. During the Christmas  break,  they were  meant  to do three activities, but only one was  done. When  I returned from  vacation  

and  asked  why they  hadn't finished,  the  answer  was the  same  as always: no time. I  handled  the time, and we  finished  the  duties.  I  provided  each person with a file  containing  our missions, duties, 

and  the  groups with  which they would  work. I didn't see it  unless I spoke with them repeatedly or  raised my voice, which I  dislike doing.  


I apologize  for the  lengthy  email, but I  honestly believe  I  am unable to continue  working with her anymore.  I  have had enough  of telling an adult, a responsible teacher, what they  should  do. I am  fatigued  of thinking about everything on my own,  organizing,  checking with the team, and  determining  everything. I even ask their point of view about what we need to do or any craft ideas,   For  a team  that  is supposed to work together and have  three  brains, but we    just have   one brain doing everything,  which  makes me very  exhausted and less energy for the students.  I am  also weary  of asking them to  gather their  groups and work with them. 


I  also wonder what she  works  on her laptop most of the time.  Whenever I  seek out,  the  response  is related to educational bureau  problems. I've  asked her to manage her time  numerous  times. I completely understand and  comprehend that  they  have  a lot to  accomplish for the educational bureau,  but  that  does  not imply  she should  spend  70% of  the time  on laptop. I  questioned  her  several  times:  how are the other Chinese teachers doing?  Why  are  they still  spending  time with the kids and  having  circle time together? I even asked her to  speak  with Jenny and  see  how she is  managing  things  so  she  could advise  her. If  you  observe. 


Our classroom is  not  decorated because I did  not  do it, and I did  not  ask for it;  despite the fact that  I did, I  would have  to ask for it and remind  many  times, and if I did  not accomplish  something, it  would not  be  completed. It is  excessive  for me to do  alone, that's why  I am  concentrating  on the  children's education,  happiness, and safety, not classroom decoration which is a must also to be done. 


I  am a person and a teacher who  prefers  to do things the  proper  way. That's why I  continue  to  encourage  myself and the kids to become  better, but one hand will never clap.  I'd love and be  pleased  to move with my kids, but  staying  with the same team won't be  that exciting. I'm  writing  to let you know how  I'm feeling  and what my concerns are.  I've had  this  email  for a week and was  hesitant  to send it. I was also  debating  if I should write in general or in detail, and I was advised to  provide some  details.  


keep the same letter but add, I have noticed some changes last week but it only lasted for a while, as I said lack of concistency. 
I really would love to stay with my kids as I worked sohard with them and reached good outcomes with them and want to continue with them but not same team.