Twilightprincess wrote:
How do you deal with this situation - being flirted with and asked out by a colleague?
How do you keep it from getting awkward? I bump into this person multiple times a day and don’t want it to be weird.
At least none of my kids will be in his classroom next year unless that changes. (I’m a learning support teacher.) I would still see him multiple times a day, though, based on the position of his room in relation to mine.
I agree with KimD (although personally I think the guy may not have mean't any harm) that he has put you in an awkward position. If he has asked you out AND flirted with you
and it made you uncomfortable then you are entitled to go to your joint supervisor and disclose this happened.
Keep in mind the moment you go down that road the working relationship with your colleague is likely to be destroyed so you need to be very sure this is effecting your ability to work as a learning assistant. You need to play this by ear and gauge your response based on the guy. If he's a nice person (it sounds like you do like him) then let him down gently. If he takes it well and acts professionally then please just move on. On the other hand if he subsequently makes you uncomfortable even after dropping hints then definitely pursue this with the school HR/Management.