Reasonable amount of time for reply from teacher

[Anonymous]

Have emailed a high school teacher and haven't heard back. How many days is reasonable to wait? Teacher is not oit of office/on vacation.

[Anonymous]

48 hours

[Anonymous]

48 business hours

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:48 business hours

I hope you meant 2 business days.

IME, the higher the grade level, the longer the response takes. Elementary school teachers responded the quickest (often less that 24 hours), middle school teachers didn’t necessarily respond at all, and high school teachers generally respond within two business days.

[Anonymous]

And don't expect a response on the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Don't you know teachers in America are exploited and burned out due to poor management.

[Anonymous]

2 business days. And not over the weekend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 business days. And not over the weekend.

+1

[Anonymous]

DC has had several teachers who never responded at all, the entire school year. In one case it was urgent so we contacted the department head and then the assistant principal. Department head never responded either to multiple messages. The assistant principal intervened but seemed to make no indication that the teacher or department head did anything wrong by not responding.

This is a school where the admin is disliked and I could see why if they can't figure out a way to make teachers meet their responsibilities.

At all other schools DCs have attended teachers usually responded within 72 hours at the latest but usually sooner.

[Anonymous]

Mayne they want a fair classroom and not grades based on helicopter parents who harrass teachers. It's called fairness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC has had several teachers who never responded at all, the entire school year. In one case it was urgent so we contacted the department head and then the assistant principal. Department head never responded either to multiple messages. The assistant principal intervened but seemed to make no indication that the teacher or department head did anything wrong by not responding.

This is a school where the admin is disliked and I could see why if they can't figure out a way to make teachers meet their responsibilities.

At all other schools DCs have attended teachers usually responded within 72 hours at the latest but usually sooner.

Maybe your email was crazy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mayne they want a fair classroom and not grades based on helicopter parents who harrass teachers. It's called fairness.

I give your response a C minus. Deal with it.

[Anonymous]

OP, did you ever get a response? My DC has repeatedly asked a HS teacher about a grade book issue and gotten nowhere either in person or via email. DC asked me to email as well so I did and I’ve heard nothing back for several days. Since the end of the quarter is coming up, it’s particularly frustrating as I assume it’ll be harder to address once the grades are finalized. I don’t email teachers as DC resolves their own problems so I have no idea if this lack of a response is typical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, did you ever get a response? My DC has repeatedly asked a HS teacher about a grade book issue and gotten nowhere either in person or via email. DC asked me to email as well so I did and I’ve heard nothing back for several days. Since the end of the quarter is coming up, it’s particularly frustrating as I assume it’ll be harder to address once the grades are finalized. I don’t email teachers as DC resolves their own problems so I have no idea if this lack of a response is typical.

I did. It took about a week.

Did the teacher mention that the issue would be resolved? If they said they were resolving an issue I would believe that. When grades are "finalized" there's always a method to update them after, it's just.more cumbersome so if the issue isn't resolved on the report card then I would go nuclear and start email the vice principal etc

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has had several teachers who never responded at all, the entire school year. In one case it was urgent so we contacted the department head and then the assistant principal. Department head never responded either to multiple messages. The assistant principal intervened but seemed to make no indication that the teacher or department head did anything wrong by not responding.

This is a school where the admin is disliked and I could see why if they can't figure out a way to make teachers meet their responsibilities.

At all other schools DCs have attended teachers usually responded within 72 hours at the latest but usually sooner.

Maybe your email was crazy

No, it was literally a quick but urgent question. This school is known for having some terrible teachers and the admin for that particular grade was a nightmare. If I named her lots of people would chime in with stories.