Lydia was enjoying her practice teaching weeks until her associate teacher was absent due to illness. Her first supply teacher "cancelled" some lessons due to what she deemed to be unacceptable noise levels in the classroom. Lydia was shocked, as the noise level in her opinion was no louder than when the associate teacher was present. She deferred to the supply and asked her what they should do if the lesson was to be cancelled. The supply said she didn't know and eventually let Lydia teach the lesson anyway.
Then a friend and colleague of the associates began dropping in to check in on things. She began to comment that the lesson Lydia was teaching was not what she should be doing, although Lydia had already received the approval of the associate by email for the lesson in question.
When the associate returned after a number of days off sick, she filled out Lydia's evaluation report with a number of low performance levels, stating she had a lot to do to improve. Lydia was crushed. What are her options?
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