PE class for kindergarteners - turning into a disaster
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Anonymous
| Our school has a PE class for kindergarteners that the PTA pays for, so it's basically a mom who has no background in teaching that volunteers to do it. In my case, it's one of my friends that Ive known a few years. My son turns out to be a little bit of a hellion in this PE class. He doesn't listen, runs around playing and doesn't do the arm circles or whatever the rest of the kids are doing. A few weeks ago he was diagnosed with ADHD. I had him evaluated because he struggled to sit still on the rug during class, although it's improved over the course of the year. PE is just getting worse though. Anyway, now the PE teacher is avoiding me and telling the other parents that he's not listening during class. Should I confront her and tell her about his diagnosis? I have been hesitant because I felt like it wasn't her business. Can |
Anonymous
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Who teaches the other subjects? Can you speak to that teacher about the issue? I assume that teacher knows about his diagnosis? It may helpful to have a full time teacher discuss professionalism with the volunteer as opposed to solely hearing the issue from you as a complaint.
PE is hard on my ADHD kid too. For a kid who already struggles to focus, having lots of other kids running around makes focusing on any one task even harder. |
Anonymous
Thank you. It is the last subject of the day and by then I think he's just done. |
Anonymous
| The school doesn’t have a PE teacher? My kids have been in parochial school and public school and every grade had PE with a teacher, not a volunteer parent. |
Anonymous
Grades 1-5 do, but Kinder doesn't. |
Anonymous
| I’d pull him from the class until you can teach him not to be disruptive. ADHD is never an excuse for poor behavior. |
Anonymous
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It’s highly inappropriate of the parent volunteer PE teacher to talk about other children to other parents. I would politely let her know that you are willing to discuss any concerns she has but that you would appreciate her coming to you directly. If it happens again I would go to the school leader.
PS: this is why most schools don’t allow this! Teaching insider everyone, especially an untrained teacher! |
Anonymous
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PP sorry, autocorrect fail….
Teaching isn’t for everyone, especially an untrained teacher |
Anonymous
Mention it to the parent, once. Then go to the principal, or whoever handles volunteers. There must be someone (?) This is unacceptable. |
Anonymous
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Does he not have an IEP in place?
Why not skip PE (you said it was the end of the day) and just pick him up from school and go home? Clearly it's not productive. It sounds more of an extracirrucular than an actual class (Volunteer mom, PTA funded?). Skip it. |
Anonymous
| It is insane that this random mom is allowed to “teach.” I would go to the principal and explain that this is a train wreck and she is now relating info about your kid and ask whether she is subject to FERPA, and if not, why is she allowed to teach. |
Anonymous
And let me add, PE is EXACTLY where young children should burn off their energy and run around. Assuming he isn’t eloping, pushing other kids, etc — just let the freaking kid run around the room. |
Anonymous
Only to the extent that it’s not disruptive to the other students, teacher, or the activity. |
Anonymous
That’s not how FERPA works. |
Anonymous
He's not bothering anyone. He's just running around the tree with the other ADHD kid in the class, they chase each other, while the rest of the kids are standing in a circle doing arm circles or leg kicks or whatever. He gets in trouble for now following directions and listening. I think that this volunteer (I believe she gets a small stipend actually) gives him a grade because on his report card there is a grade for PE. |