In this tough economy, it’s hardly unusual for people to look for second jobs to make ends meet. Example: A teacher advertised online that she was looking for extra work because her bills were piling up. Unfortunately, her ad was on the “casual encounters” section of a popular Web site. And her school computer was involved.

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Tags: Craigslist, prostitution, second job, teacher, tough economy

If you were an HR director at a school where a teacher swore at students and couldn’t keep kids from chasing each other around the classroom with a baseball bat, what steps would you take?

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Tags: Australia, f-bomb, incompetence, swearing, teacher

Donna Coulter, a third grade teacher in the Kissimmee, FL, Charter Academy, had a system of giving her students various classroom jobs.

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Tags: back massages, fired, teacher

No employee wants their employer to know that they’re using illegal drugs.

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Tags: asleep, marijuana, teacher

As an HR pro, have you ever had to warn employees about accessing the wrong content on workplace computers?

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Tags: computer, teacher, videos

We’re sure that as an HR pro, you do your best to encourage a collegial atmosphere at work whenever possible. We’d say calling someone a terrorist isn’t very collegial.

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Tags: discipline, teacher, terrorist

Imagine finding out that one of your employees is wanted for a felony charge in another state.

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Tags: background check, felony, teacher

We hope most employees wouldn’t have to be told by HR that spitting at your boss isn’t a good idea.

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Tags: court, spitting, teacher

It’s important for HR to have specific job descriptions for new employees. However, you wouldn’t think you’d have to tell a school teacher not to give students haircuts in class.

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Tags: job description, new employees, teacher

Apparently, there are limits to what teachers can do to get the attention of their students.

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Tags: disciplinary matters, fired, teacher