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Thursday, July 6, 2006
Parents: What Do You Want?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
One of our frequent teacher contributers, Leia, requests the following excellent topic, piggybacking on the earlier thread on conflicts between teachers and parents.
She writes: “How about a blog about exactly what parents expect from teachers? I honestly would like to know if a parent expects a weekly progress report. If the parent makes this request known - I can accommodate it. If the parent doesn’t let me know what he/she wants, it’s very disheartening to find out at the end of a semester that the parent was expecting this service and felt disappointed. I am really good about accommodating parents to a certain extent. When they ask me to call everytime the student doesn’t do homework, or to call them after tennis practice at 9 p.m. - that’s where I draw the line! At the high school level, I have certain expectations from the students and believe that they should be responsible for communicating information to their parents. But, I think that if we knew exactly what the parents expected up front - there would be less ‘friction’ between the two groups.”
Okay, let’s talk!
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Where’s a Frustrated Parent To Turn…
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A regular blog participant and mother wants to know where a parent is supposed to turn when she disagrees with the school’s assessment of her child. In this case, the mother asked for help for her struggling child and was summoned to a Student Support Team meeting. At the SST, the parent was told her child was “borderline ADHD.”
This did not go over well with Mom, and she would like to hear from teachers about how a parent should proceed.
I know this Parent v. School happens all the time…Let’s hear some good suggestions…
