I'm so glad the school year is almost over. My SD's 4th grade teacher is such a flake. She is so wishy washy about checking homework, signing SD's reading log, notifying us if there are any issues, etc, it's really not helping SD's work habits.
Every year we struggle to get SD into good work habits like writing her homework in her journal, putting her homework in her binder, bringing home important papers, etc., but this teacher isn't on top of it and never lets us know when homework is missing/late. On top of all that, she's always late emailing us the monthly class calendar. Today I get this email from her with the May calendar saying, "oh wow, is it May 16th already???? I'm late again" WTH? That's nothing to be proud of. And what kind of teacher is she if she doesn't have a set schedule in place? Because of her sending information late (and SD's issue with bringing home important notices/papers etc) I just found out about something that is happening this Friday.
I know SD is not innocent in all of this, she's always forgetting to bring home her homework and any notices, but this teacher is making it worse by being so lax. I'm a little worried about next year if SD gets a real teacher who expects work done on time.
22 days left! I can't wait to be done with the school, teacher all of it. I hate my daughter's school and will not allow her to back there next year. I am going to get her into another district.
Overwall we like her school, but the teachers are so inconsistent. Last year, SD's 3rd grade teacher was so strict she was like a drill sergeant. SD hated her because she checked her work every day and contacted us (via email) if a homework was even a day late.
This teacher, never lets us know anything. She was even late for the parent teacher meeting. The assistant teacher had to go get her out of the teachers lounge to remind her. She came walzing in 10 mins late saying, "Oh is it Wednesday already??" Ugh. In the beginning of the year she said, "they're in 4th grade now and they have to be responsible for their own work." I get it, she wants them to learn to be responsible for themselves instead of hand-holding them, but this is ridiculous.
Quoting KyliesMom5:
22 days left! I can't wait to be done with the school, teacher all of it. I hate my daughter's school and will not allow her to back there next year. I am going to get her into another district.
I know how you feel. The teacher can't teach organizational and study skills, if she has none herself. As a teacher and a parent, I have observed over the years that the best teachers are usually the ones that are most organized. Their classrooms are neat and tidy and they are on time and on top of their duties. They also expect these characheristics from their students and make it part of their classroom routine.
I totally agree.
Early on this teacher admitted that she doesn't like to nag kids about homework, if they didn't turn it in the next day, she'd let them go a day or two. Well what she doesn't seem to realize is that for kids who aren't naturally conscientious or whose parents aren't on top of them every second of the day, it just leads to procrastination, laziness and other bad habits.
Last year we saw such an improvement in SD's work habits, and this year we've taken a giant step backwards thanks to this teacher. Even though we tried talking to the teacher about letting us know when homework was being missed, we would rarely hear about it until the end of the marking period. Too late to address the issue then.
Quoting MB13:
I know how you feel. The teacher can't teach organizational and study skills, if she has none herself. As a teacher and a parent, I have observed over the years that the best teachers are usually the ones that are most organized. Their classrooms are neat and tidy and they are on time and on top of their duties. They also expect these characheristics from their students and make it part of their classroom routine.
Well the positive is, SD seems to like her teacher. We never hear a negative word about her like we did with other, stricter teachers. I guess that's something...LOL
Quoting URHonor:
i suggest you put your issues in writing to the BOE about the teacher. I would always start with a positive...if you want to be taken seriously!
The reason was because her teacher was strict. I told dd she better get used to it because each year its gonna get harder and most times the teacher will be strict.
Yeah, she liked her because she never made her do her work!!!! :
Quoting not-the-momma:
Well the positive is, SD seems to like her teacher. We never hear a negative word about her like we did with other, stricter teachers. I guess that's something...LOL
Quoting URHonor:
i suggest you put your issues in writing to the BOE about the teacher. I would always start with a positive...if you want to be taken seriously!
It totally ticks me off when teachers tell the parents of elementary school students that the kids need to be responsible for their work and it is not their job to follow through with the students. That is TOTALLY their job!!! These kids are kids, not adults, and they need to be trained and nurtured. You just can't tell them once, "Turn in your work." and expect it to happen every day for the rest of their life.; We all know as parents that you have to tell them every day what the expectations are. We continue to remind them daily and give consequences when they don't follow through.
Quoting not-the-momma:
I totally agree.
Early on this teacher admitted that she doesn't like to nag kids about homework, if they didn't turn it in the next day, she'd let them go a day or two. Well what she doesn't seem to realize is that for kids who aren't naturally conscientious or whose parents aren't on top of them every second of the day, it just leads to procrastination, laziness and other bad habits.
Last year we saw such an improvement in SD's work habits, and this year we've taken a giant step backwards thanks to this teacher. Even though we tried talking to the teacher about letting us know when homework was being missed, we would rarely hear about it until the end of the marking period. Too late to address the issue then.
Quoting MB13:
I know how you feel. The teacher can't teach organizational and study skills, if she has none herself. As a teacher and a parent, I have observed over the years that the best teachers are usually the ones that are most organized. Their classrooms are neat and tidy and they are on time and on top of their duties. They also expect these characheristics from their students and make it part of their classroom routine.
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- not-the-momma
on May. 16, 2012 at 12:01 PM