My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: California
I was recently asked to resign from an administrative position in a surprise evaluation after four years at the school site and no prior evaluations.
I have worked for this large public school district for more than 10 years and have established a quality reputation with excellent or outstanding prior evaluations. My evaluation was a complete surprise and did not follow the established district procedures. There were no prior conferences where expectations were stated or communicated. No other colleagues have been evaluated.
I was directed to resign or face being terminated by the Board of Trustees. I now face a tremendous personal loss of income and damage to my reputation due to comments made by my supervisor that have affected my job searches.
Do I have any recourse for wrongful termination and defamation of character? I am very concerned that this could happen to other employees in this organization.

