if you send an email to a teacher, how long do you expect to hear back from the teacher?

[Anonymous]

I am not sure what is the common expectation to hear back from a teacher? Is it a few business days or a week?

Thanks.

[Anonymous]

I would expect a email back within 2 business days

[Anonymous]

2 days

[Anonymous]

Two to three days.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would expect a email back within 2 business days

This ^^^

Unless topic was initiated by teacher AND pertained something that had a more time sensitive nature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am not sure what is the common expectation to hear back from a teacher? Is it a few business days or a week?

Thanks.

Within 48 hrs unless it was sent on a Friday after lunch.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the subject matter. I've usually heard back on most things within 2 days. There have been some that took longer, but that seemed acceptable to me as the subject was heavy and not easily answered.

[Anonymous]

At our school teachers respond in 24 hours on working days. If it’s a weekend email and not an emergency, they respond on Monday.

[Anonymous]

Thank you, All.

I sent an email last Thursday morning. And a reminder email this morning. I will wait till Thursday to send another one.

[Anonymous]

48 hours.

[Anonymous]

I would hope to receive a reply by sometime Monday for an email sent Thurs am, and probably would have waited until Tuesday am to follow up (in case something came in late Monday), but following up Monday wasn’t unreasonable. Hope you hear soon!

[Anonymous]

If I’ve sent 2 emails and not gotten response, I would make sure they aren’t out of the school sick or anything. And then email HOS.

I did this once and it turns out the teacher thought she had addressed my questions by speaking to my kid instead of replying via email to me. Not a big deal; everyone was fine about it. I know teachers are busy teaching and email is not always the top priority. But my kid is my top priority and needed help, so I found a way to get a response.

[Anonymous]

2 days

[Anonymous]

I teach at a private school. Our policy is to respond within 48 hours.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If I’ve sent 2 emails and not gotten response, I would make sure they aren’t out of the school sick or anything. And then email HOS.

I did this once and it turns out the teacher thought she had addressed my questions by speaking to my kid instead of replying via email to me. Not a big deal; everyone was fine about it. I know teachers are busy teaching and email is not always the top priority. But my kid is my top priority and needed help, so I found a way to get a response.

Thank you all for the kind replies. I guess that I never had this kind of experience before. So far, I have not heard back from this teacher. I will wait till Thursday and then email HoS. Nothing too dreadful I hope. I thought it would have been an easy email. I triple checked today to make sure the email address is correct.