Thinking about leaving the DOE after giving birth

disclaimer this is a venting session

Im 24 and I’m in my third year of teaching and truly it has not been rewarding in anyway. I started off at a school where I eventually had to transfer out due to micromanagement and extreme bullying from veteran teacher and an AP who was working to destroy my career by giving me multiple disciplinary actions. I transferred to another school to find that the principal is the most vile human I’ve ever met. The man is a narcissist, sexual harasser who gets away with all everything. This man will allow students and staff members to be faced in danger while he hides out in his office. The funding for supplies is never available, school lacks proper resources to support and enable teaching however per session is always present for his favorite teachers. This man will literally try to give you disciplinary action because you want your chapter leader present for the meeting. Students bring in weapons like knives and blades and they are not suspended or charged. Metal detectors aren’t placed in the school. So far we have had 2 lockdowns because a parent has made it into the school building looking to harm students. No email or assembly was held to resolve or prevent these issues.

With all this being said my experience has been nothing but horrible and no amount of money or benefits can make up for it. UFT is truly a joke, we’ve had them come into our building observe the situation and all they say is to submit incident reports. We are the school with the highest number of safety incident reports in our district and yet the principal still sits on his throne. The UFT has heard my complaints but as an untenured teacher there’s nothing I can do. I’m tired of waking up in the morning wondering what’s going to happen at work because it is most definitely not teaching. Majority of my day I spend putting out fires. I’m tired and I’m pregnant. I regret choosing this career and hoping it would have a different outlook. After I give birth I plan on tanking my maternity leave and resigning. This system doesn’t deserve young teachers who care what they want is teachers who will babysit and hush up about all the crap that we are put through so that the DOE can remain looking like the best institution. I truly believe this is part of the reason there’s so much teacher shortage in New York.