Ganging up to collectively humiliate and exclude an individual is normally associated with swarms of children in the schoolyard. Teachers, presumably, act responsibly and logically, intervening in such situations. Ironically, similar acts of social violence take place within the walls of the staffroom. Workplace mobbing in schools is an unfortunate reality. The resources in this section deal specifically with mobbing in educational settings.

Heart of the Matter: Mobbing

In this article, teacher and teaching trainer Lou Spaventa offers valuable insight into the role of gossip and the danger of mobbing within an educational setting.

Breaking the Silence: Overcoming the Problem of Principle Mistreatment of Teachers

Joseph Blase and Jo Blase examine the nature and consequences of destructive principal leadership.

Specifics of Mobbing in Educational Environments (page 87 of pdf)

In this article, researcher Sona Karikova describes the process of mobbing in the educational setting and specifies ways of solving and preventing such attacks.

"Mistreatment of Teachers by School Principals: How Teachers See It," in Workplace Mobbing in Academe: Reports from Twenty Universities

Written by Joseph Blase and Jo Blase, this essay is featured in the case study section of the book Workplace Mobbing in Academe edited by Kenneth Westhues.

Teachers Behaving Badly

In this article Chuck Waggoner discusses incivility in educational environments by examining the personal experiences of two teachers.

Harassment and Abuse Used to
Push Teachers Out

This article, featured by NAPTA (National Assocation for Prevention of Teacher Abuse) originally appeared in The Dallas Morning News. Shocking statements by school principals such as "sometimes you just have to humiliate them out the door," illustrate the abusive tactics used in the mobbing of teachers.

Common Good: How to Fire a Teacher

An elaborate flowchart detailing how best to navigate through legal procedures and fire an 'inept' teacher.

Stress and Strain in Teaching: A Structural Equation

This study, conducted by Rolf van Dick and Ulrich Wagner, correlates workload and mobbing with the stress and strain among a sample of German teachers.

Untamed Teacher Blogspot:

Ten Key Factors of Mobbing
Mobbing as a Process
The Mobbing Syndrome

This insightful and candid blog is written by a teacher currently experiencing mobbing at work.