Ok so I am not a parent but I have a question for you parents. I pick up my nephew from scholo during the week and this week I am Kinda pissed at his teacher well in general because I am not sure what to think. She is telling the kids jokes that are racist?(this is a christian acadamy he attends) Having all the Anna Nicole crap on the T.V. in the classroom during the day. Also she is really on the nephew because he takes homework home evry night when the other kids suppodsedly do not. They are in a combined classes of 5 & 6 and there are only 4 6th graders and 2 5th graders in the class. She knows he has some learning difficulties and needs extra help. So if she doesn't want him bringing his work home shouldn't she help him more I mean they are there 8 hours only 6 kids total in the class shouldn't she be able to find time? Also we keep getting notes from his teacher that he is not using his time wisely or finishing his home work. I mentioned this to his mom on Tuesday and she is not sure really how to handle this either. She has now asked the teacher to write down his work for the day and tell us if it is done or not. She has started that doing that but he is still getting notes even though me and my hubby make sure he finishes his home work each night before mom picks him up. Also she never writes down his spelling or religion but he always brings it home with work to do. I told his mom to go in and request a meeting with the teacher and director and discuss these issues, but I do feel that the teacher should leave the jokes at home and turn the T.V. off and see what she could do to help my nephew understand things better. He came from a special ed program at a differebt school but I wonder if this has been either forgotten or overlooked by the teacher. Could you please advise me on this and I will pass th advise on to his mom? We would both appreciate your help.
i agree with you that tv and racial jokes do not belong in the class room. if the mom is getting nowhere with the teacher she should scedule a meeting with the school principal, herslf,and the teacher.i wonder if the principal knows that this is even going on in the class.she needs to do this now before the child falls further behind. this is why i homeschool my kids. they are not learning what they need to and dont get the attention that they need in school
as far as the homework thing - it's really her choice, but I don't see why it should be a problem to her to grade his papers a day after she does the rest - kinda ridiculous and stubborn on her part TV in class however, unrelated tv at that, is absolutely terrible, I would notify the teacher that you are notifying the principle (err director) if such actions do not cease then, since such actions will not cease, or if she begins to grade with an obvious bias, you notify the director the director will almost surely be more reasonable, but if not, you should get him the fuck out of there PS - not a parent either, but I've always been good at handling this stuff (I actually help my mom with it :tongue: )
I would say, maybe she should go to the head of the school, discuss this with them. What's going on isn't right and needs to be addressed! She could set up a conference with the teacher, however, I think in this case it might be better to go directly to her supervisor.
people always want to go directly to the person above - thinking that confronting the person directly will be pointless however, I feel it is much better to address the person directly, because it can have suprising results (most, not an overwhelming amount but, the majority of) people are generally good and will be willing to work with you a bit, also, people tend to appreciate when you come to them first (sometimes you need to point out that you did, but never too blatantly)
I know for a fact in my community children with learning areas in progress .... First off Does mom have a respite provider a Educational assistant or enhance worker helping your son? I am a respite/enhance provider, but what i do know is in my community grades 3 and up teachers are "teaching" the children responsibility. I totally agre and i diagree because if they forget and they don't understand and they get confused and they don't understand. What then ? As for the teachers writing notes and/or not helping thats common. Nowadays teachers teach not hands on anymore. If you have a classroom of 28 children say and 4 are children of learning areas theres no time to sit down. Thats why teachers and parents and educational support need to sit down and map out if there needs to be a EA involved or respite provider that comes at night time for mom (cleaning, bathing, dishes, homework, bedtime routine) That allows her to have her "MY" time As for the Enhance worker you work yourself away to allow your child your working with be more independant. Try and talk with your sister to see if there are any links to help her out that would be in the "christian" community. They would be really glad to help you especially within the children's unit. Does she go to Church? I only teach Sunday school ever 3rd week and every 4th week infants and todd's but i do go every so often. If you could get a refferal amongst a christian neighbour or even one of your nephews classmates parents that would be a big help. If you wanna pm me go ahead. PG
He is just a little learning delayed. He's a slow reader and his eyes do not track (he has glasses for this) She has dad there to help at night and they are very active in the church along with boy scouts of america. I give him a ride home from school and he stays at my house until mom is home and me and my hubby do the best we can to assist him with homework in a way that he understands. I have done respite care in the past so I understand where you are coming from. But her is a Question Considering that his class only has 6 students total 2) 5th graders and 4) 6th graders Aaron being 1 of the 6th graders shouldn't there be more time for her to give him that needed boost of assistance? I understand that teachers are not as handson anymore I just feel she should have the ability to be with such a small class. And if she doesn't then couldn't there be another teach that maybe they could ask and see if they have time to help? There are only 45 students total in the whole school gardes K-12. I understand that they are a small school where the only funding that they have is from the $230 per mo. tuition and two fundraisers a year. This school is very small they do not provide lunch or drinks for lunch, all of it come from home. On special ocassions a parent will make lunch for the school and the school will charge the parents for the kids to eat. They do not have transportation for the kids it is all parent pick up which is why I pick up Aaron. There is also no form of after school care. I asked Aaron if they the teacher could help him after school and he said she didn't give after school help because her grandkids live with her (they also attend the school) So when is a good time to request help out side of class because she will not come in early to give extra assistance either. I understand that they do not want to have him in our school district anymore I just wonder if this was the best choice?
