teachers and absences

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And people wonder why teachers are leaving in droves... shocking.

Why is a teacher's attendance any of your business OP? Do you think leave of everyone in every profession should be public knowledge?

I mean if they're your kids teacher why wouldn't you be concerned if you are dealing with a sub......

Because it's none of our business?

When my child's teachers are out often, I am not concerned about the fact there is a sub but am instead concerned that the teacher is okay. Why? Because I'm a human being who has empathy for the suffering of others.

While I am concerned for the teacher's physical and emotional health, I'd still never pry into WHY they are out. That's their business.
-- Maybe they or their family member has the flu.
-- Maybe they or a family member has cancer.
-- Maybe they or a family member has a doctor's appointment.
-- Maybe they're having surgery.
-- Maybe they have been summoned for jury duty.
-- Maybe they're at a meeting at Gatehouse.
-- Maybe they were in an accident.
-- Maybe they needed a mental health day due to dealing with unreasonable parents.

There's a lot of Maybes, but only one Certain, which is that it is none of our business.

THIS!! Best reply!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They should start a teacher truancy along with the students. Maybe we can separate the teachers and kids who don't want to go to school out and they can all figure out a different school day schedule together.

This is over the top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:WILL WJLA be able to have access to teachers attendance?

I don't have any issue with my kids teachers being out, but I heard some are out a lot and want to know if WJLA will be able to interview them to see what's going on?

Absolutely they will. Also you should let me hold your wallet until they do.

[Anonymous]

If it makes you feel any better, I’ve not taken 1 sick day for myself. I’ve used my 5 personal days each year for family/kids things (graduation, etc) and only a few sick days for kid reasons.

[Anonymous]

A lot of trainings make us take a day off. I have had four days this year just going to trainings

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If it makes you feel any better, I’ve not taken 1 sick day for myself. I’ve used my 5 personal days each year for family/kids things (graduation, etc) and only a few sick days for kid reasons.

Why are you pandering to this? Who cares if you took 5 days for yourself or your kids or whatever. EVERY JOB that’s salaried includes days off, nobody has to justify using them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If it makes you feel any better, I’ve not taken 1 sick day for myself. I’ve used my 5 personal days each year for family/kids things (graduation, etc) and only a few sick days for kid reasons.

Why are you pandering to this? Who cares if you took 5 days for yourself or your kids or whatever. EVERY JOB that’s salaried includes days off, nobody has to justify using them.

+1

It would actually make me feel good to know that teachers are taking care of themselves. If they're sick, they should take as many days off as they need to recover. If they're worn out, they should take a mental health day (or days).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And people wonder why teachers are leaving in droves... shocking.

Why is a teacher's attendance any of your business OP? Do you think leave of everyone in every profession should be public knowledge?

I mean if they're your kids teacher why wouldn't you be concerned if you are dealing with a sub......

Because it's none of our business?

When my child's teachers are out often, I am not concerned about the fact there is a sub but am instead concerned that the teacher is okay. Why? Because I'm a human being who has empathy for the suffering of others.

While I am concerned for the teacher's physical and emotional health, I'd still never pry into WHY they are out. That's their business.
-- Maybe they or their family member has the flu.
-- Maybe they or a family member has cancer.
-- Maybe they or a family member has a doctor's appointment.
-- Maybe they're having surgery.
-- Maybe they have been summoned for jury duty.
-- Maybe they're at a meeting at Gatehouse.
-- Maybe they were in an accident.
-- Maybe they needed a mental health day due to dealing with unreasonable parents.

There's a lot of Maybes, but only one Certain, which is that it is none of our business.

Perfect answer, but you forgot one:

-pulled from classes to be in IEP or 504 meetings, because they have multiple students with IEPs/504s and each one requires meetings a couple of times per year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And people wonder why teachers are leaving in droves... shocking.

Why is a teacher's attendance any of your business OP? Do you think leave of everyone in every profession should be public knowledge?

I mean if they're your kids teacher why wouldn't you be concerned if you are dealing with a sub......

Because it's none of our business?

When my child's teachers are out often, I am not concerned about the fact there is a sub but am instead concerned that the teacher is okay. Why? Because I'm a human being who has empathy for the suffering of others.

While I am concerned for the teacher's physical and emotional health, I'd still never pry into WHY they are out. That's their business.
-- Maybe they or their family member has the flu.
-- Maybe they or a family member has cancer.
-- Maybe they or a family member has a doctor's appointment.
-- Maybe they're having surgery.
-- Maybe they have been summoned for jury duty.
-- Maybe they're at a meeting at Gatehouse.
-- Maybe they were in an accident.
-- Maybe they needed a mental health day due to dealing with unreasonable parents.

There's a lot of Maybes, but only one Certain, which is that it is none of our business.

Perfect answer, but you forgot one:

-pulled from classes to be in IEP or 504 meetings, because they have multiple students with IEPs/504s and each one requires meetings a couple of times per year

They usually don’t stay the entire time at an IEP meeting - they go back to the class after an hour or maybe less. 504 meetings at our school are often held at 8 am so teachers are able to get to their classes and not even need coverage.

[Anonymous]

Our meetings are held during our planning periods so if you wonder why teachers take a long time with grading….

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our meetings are held during our planning periods so if you wonder why teachers take a long time with grading….

I’m a substitute and I went in yesterday for an IA who went home sick. The teacher had an IEP that started 10 minutes into her lunch time. She came back a little over an hour and a half later apologizing, and said she finally had to excuse herself to get back to her class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And people wonder why teachers are leaving in droves... shocking.

Why is a teacher's attendance any of your business OP? Do you think leave of everyone in every profession should be public knowledge?

I mean if they're your kids teacher why wouldn't you be concerned if you are dealing with a sub......

Because it's none of our business?

When my child's teachers are out often, I am not concerned about the fact there is a sub but am instead concerned that the teacher is okay. Why? Because I'm a human being who has empathy for the suffering of others.

While I am concerned for the teacher's physical and emotional health, I'd still never pry into WHY they are out. That's their business.
-- Maybe they or their family member has the flu.
-- Maybe they or a family member has cancer.
-- Maybe they or a family member has a doctor's appointment.
-- Maybe they're having surgery.
-- Maybe they have been summoned for jury duty.
-- Maybe they're at a meeting at Gatehouse.
-- Maybe they were in an accident.
-- Maybe they needed a mental health day due to dealing with unreasonable parents.

There's a lot of Maybes, but only one Certain, which is that it is none of our business.

Perfect answer, but you forgot one:

-pulled from classes to be in IEP or 504 meetings, because they have multiple students with IEPs/504s and each one requires meetings a couple of times per year

I remember when I first started teaching one year I had three students with IPP in the case manager said “wow, That’s a lot this year Now I have about eight or nine in each class and no one thinks it’s a lot. We used to have one IEP meeting per year per student and now we have several for the same student. Is anything new discussed in any of these meetings? No, not really.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And people wonder why teachers are leaving in droves... shocking.

Why is a teacher's attendance any of your business OP? Do you think leave of everyone in every profession should be public knowledge?

I mean if they're your kids teacher why wouldn't you be concerned if you are dealing with a sub......

Because it's none of our business?

When my child's teachers are out often, I am not concerned about the fact there is a sub but am instead concerned that the teacher is okay. Why? Because I'm a human being who has empathy for the suffering of others.

While I am concerned for the teacher's physical and emotional health, I'd still never pry into WHY they are out. That's their business.
-- Maybe they or their family member has the flu.
-- Maybe they or a family member has cancer.
-- Maybe they or a family member has a doctor's appointment.
-- Maybe they're having surgery.
-- Maybe they have been summoned for jury duty.
-- Maybe they're at a meeting at Gatehouse.
-- Maybe they were in an accident.
-- Maybe they needed a mental health day due to dealing with unreasonable parents.

There's a lot of Maybes, but only one Certain, which is that it is none of our business.

Perfect answer, but you forgot one:

-pulled from classes to be in IEP or 504 meetings, because they have multiple students with IEPs/504s and each one requires meetings a couple of times per year

They usually don’t stay the entire time at an IEP meeting - they go back to the class after an hour or maybe less. 504 meetings at our school are often held at 8 am so teachers are able to get to their classes and not even need coverage.

Are those 8 AM meetings held before school hours or during school hours?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And people wonder why teachers are leaving in droves... shocking.

Why is a teacher's attendance any of your business OP? Do you think leave of everyone in every profession should be public knowledge?

I mean if they're your kids teacher why wouldn't you be concerned if you are dealing with a sub......

Because it's none of our business?

When my child's teachers are out often, I am not concerned about the fact there is a sub but am instead concerned that the teacher is okay. Why? Because I'm a human being who has empathy for the suffering of others.

While I am concerned for the teacher's physical and emotional health, I'd still never pry into WHY they are out. That's their business.
-- Maybe they or their family member has the flu.
-- Maybe they or a family member has cancer.
-- Maybe they or a family member has a doctor's appointment.
-- Maybe they're having surgery.
-- Maybe they have been summoned for jury duty.
-- Maybe they're at a meeting at Gatehouse.
-- Maybe they were in an accident.
-- Maybe they needed a mental health day due to dealing with unreasonable parents.

There's a lot of Maybes, but only one Certain, which is that it is none of our business.

Perfect answer, but you forgot one:

-pulled from classes to be in IEP or 504 meetings, because they have multiple students with IEPs/504s and each one requires meetings a couple of times per year

They usually don’t stay the entire time at an IEP meeting - they go back to the class after an hour or maybe less. 504 meetings at our school are often held at 8 am so teachers are able to get to their classes and not even need coverage.

Are those 8 AM meetings held before school hours or during school hours?

Before.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And people wonder why teachers are leaving in droves... shocking.

Why is a teacher's attendance any of your business OP? Do you think leave of everyone in every profession should be public knowledge?

I mean if they're your kids teacher why wouldn't you be concerned if you are dealing with a sub......

Because it's none of our business?

When my child's teachers are out often, I am not concerned about the fact there is a sub but am instead concerned that the teacher is okay. Why? Because I'm a human being who has empathy for the suffering of others.

While I am concerned for the teacher's physical and emotional health, I'd still never pry into WHY they are out. That's their business.
-- Maybe they or their family member has the flu.
-- Maybe they or a family member has cancer.
-- Maybe they or a family member has a doctor's appointment.
-- Maybe they're having surgery.
-- Maybe they have been summoned for jury duty.
-- Maybe they're at a meeting at Gatehouse.
-- Maybe they were in an accident.
-- Maybe they needed a mental health day due to dealing with unreasonable parents.

There's a lot of Maybes, but only one Certain, which is that it is none of our business.

Perfect answer, but you forgot one:

-pulled from classes to be in IEP or 504 meetings, because they have multiple students with IEPs/504s and each one requires meetings a couple of times per year

They usually don’t stay the entire time at an IEP meeting - they go back to the class after an hour or maybe less. 504 meetings at our school are often held at 8 am so teachers are able to get to their classes and not even need coverage.

Are those 8 AM meetings held before school hours or during school hours?

Before.

Outside of contract hours?