Teaching missing way too many days
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Anonymous
| My DD's second grade teacher was out a lot. It was because she was dealing with dying parents. She acknowledged to the parents it had been a hard year and apologized for missing so much. It still sucked for the kids. But you can't really do anything. Supplement more at home? I suppose the school could try to place the same sub each time for some consistency. |
Anonymous
| Teachers also miss class for required in school things like IEP/504 meetings. They do their best to schedule them during times where teachers are already off but there is only so much they can do. My kid's elementary teacher was out of class for nearly an hour for my child's IEP meeting and if they have several children with IEPs, they're going to miss class for those. |
Anonymous
In other words, OP should mind her business and let the school handle it. The teacher doesn't work for her and owes her no explanation. |
Anonymous
| I think OP has a high schooler. You have to get a tutor if the teacher is missing too many days, or your kid won't learn the material. it is what it is. |
Anonymous
She has an A, but its annoying they are watching Netflix, and its like a off day for them. |
Anonymous
You want to get the teacher fired because your snoflake is bored? I asked already, but what the hell is wrong with you? |
Anonymous
You can be concerned about the sub plans not actually being educational, especially if days off are sporadic. If they are grouped together, than the sub plans may not connect because it was probably a real emergency, unplanned event. That is a totally different concern than how many days a teacher misses. If this is the case, begin with the teacher. "Hi Teacher, my child keeps saying that the sub plans are just to watch a show on Netflix. Could you help me understand if that is accurate or better explain how the movie Outbreak is connected to biology a bit more so I can help child understand the connection that they are currently not making?" Be careful about assumptions. My kid looks healthy, but she still has rapid panic attacks that make her miss school/activities from time to time. My dad currently looks healthy, but he is still recovering from cancer and needs immunotherapy every other week. And my grandmother never drove, so during her cancer treatments, my dad and his brothers were regularly taking off work to drive her there. |
Anonymous
| DD had a teacher in MS that was out a lot. She had told the kids that the only reason she still taught was because she really needed the health insurance. She was a terrible teacher too, so the kids didn't exactly miss anything when she was gone; if the kid wanted to do well in class, then they had to be supplemented at home. She had been teaching for decades, so obviously, the principal didn't/couldn't do anything (it's a very well regarded principal). |
Anonymous
| The only time I was annoyed was when a teacher announced in February that she was quitting in June and thus would be "using all her years of banked leave" and began taking 4 day weekends every week for all of March/April/May and sharing photos of her travels with class. That was frustrating. Nothing I could do though, that's between her and the principal. |
Anonymous
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As in all fields, there are people that teach are bad at their job. Just like there are govies who are bad at their job and contractors who are bad at their job.
It sucks. A teacher missing a lot of school is something that the principal has to address but if the teacher has a legitimate reason then that is life. |
Anonymous
Comments like these are one of the many reasons so many good teachers are leaving the profession. One of DC’s teacher’s spouse was literally dying of cancer so she missed a lot of school that year. Just because the teacher looks healthy is not only none of your business, but it means nothing. He or she could be dealing with a terminally ill partner, child or parent or something of their own. |
Anonymous
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I hope all of the people horrified at the idea that OP might judge a teacher’s absence are not the same people saying that students should never be out during the school year.
OP if her grades are fine, and she knows the material, there’s nothing to be done. If she is struggling with the material, ask that she’d be transferred into a class with the reliable teacher, or ask for a school-paid tutor. Your concern is your student, not the teacher. |
Anonymous
People like you are why good teachers are leaving the profession and good people are deciding against becoming teachers. Just so you know, |
Anonymous
DP— you think people are leaving teaching/not becoming teachers because parents will expect them to be physically present at their jobs? I think you’re vastly underestimating teachers. |
Anonymous
Don't play dumb. They are leaving because parents like OP treat them so poorly and want full retribution without having any information as to why the teacher is not there. It's not for OP to decide whether her absences are legist ("she looks healthy" nonsense). That's for the principal to decide. |