I'm disappointed in my kid's kindergarten teacher

[Anonymous]

Is the teacher by any chance very young, sarcastic, with an annoying voice?

[Anonymous]

One of my boys had a very disorganized teacher in K. Her assistant was worse. Topped with a boy heavy class she was overwhelmed had an assistant that didn't know anything and trying to get to know 27 Kindy kids. There were lots of mistakes from her and the assistant. For example, they have sleeping mats, which the parents are required to purchase. I purchased mine at the welcome back open house 3 - 4 days before school started. My son came home the first day saying she told him lay down on the floor as she didn't have time to pick up his mat from wherever. My son got notes home for bad behavior, written by the assistant, when I approached the teacher about it, she didn't know anything about it. One time he was in trouble because he called someone fat. :eyeroll: It was a waste of a year. Once he was in 1st grade, he had a great teacher and has done very well ever since.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of my boys had a very disorganized teacher in K. Her assistant was worse. Topped with a boy heavy class she was overwhelmed had an assistant that didn't know anything and trying to get to know 27 Kindy kids. There were lots of mistakes from her and the assistant. For example, they have sleeping mats, which the parents are required to purchase. I purchased mine at the welcome back open house 3 - 4 days before school started. My son came home the first day saying she told him lay down on the floor as she didn't have time to pick up his mat from wherever. My son got notes home for bad behavior, written by the assistant, when I approached the teacher about it, she didn't know anything about it. One time he was in trouble because he called someone fat. :eyeroll: It was a waste of a year. Once he was in 1st grade, he had a great teacher and has done very well ever since.

Should he not get in trouble for that?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny, I'm a teacher, and I am so disappointed in many of my students' parents. What can I do?

You're missing the point. Start your own thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Of course it is! Pre-school teachers do not need to be licensed by the State of VA. They are not required to go through child abuse training, nor are they required to report any instances of child abuse to authorities.

The bolded part is not true. Preschool teachers, child care employees, etc are mandated reporters in Virginia.

https://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?000+cod+63.2-1509

From the website listed above:

"A. The following persons who, in their professional or official capacity, have reason to suspect that a child is an abused or neglected child, shall report the matter immediately to the local department of the county or city wherein the child resides or wherein the abuse or neglect is believed to have occurred or to the Department's toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline:

6. Any person providing full-time or part-time child care for pay on a regularly planned basis; "

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One of my boys had a very disorganized teacher in K. Her assistant was worse. Topped with a boy heavy class she was overwhelmed had an assistant that didn't know anything and trying to get to know 27 Kindy kids. There were lots of mistakes from her and the assistant. For example, they have sleeping mats, which the parents are required to purchase. I purchased mine at the welcome back open house 3 - 4 days before school started. My son came home the first day saying she told him lay down on the floor as she didn't have time to pick up his mat from wherever. My son got notes home for bad behavior, written by the assistant, when I approached the teacher about it, she didn't know anything about it. One time he was in trouble because he called someone fat. :eyeroll: It was a waste of a year. Once he was in 1st grade, he had a great teacher and has done very well ever since.

Should he not get in trouble for that?

+1. Kudos to the teacher for nipping that in the bud.

[Anonymous]

OP, my daughter could be described much like your son. She has a teacher this year who gives out more negative feedback than positive. It was quite the adjustment because she is at the same school and preK was more warm. At the first conference, my only feedback from the teacher was that my daughter is easily distracted in class. She would continually receive comments like "keep trying", "you can do better than this", "take your time". DD. Was taking her time...I know because I sat with her while she did the homework each night. She is the youngest in the class so I believe that was part of the issue. Her penmanship was behind her peers and they're learning cursive. One time, DD was sad because her teacher told her she hadn't done a good job on her assignment.

The first compliment she received (that I am aware of anyway) came in early November. After school, my DD ran to me excitedly because she teacher told her that she had done very well. It's made her day. She has since received positive feedback at least half of the time on assignments and projects and I have to admit, there is a huge improvement in quality. I really like her teacher now. When she gives a compliment, it's warranted. And I kind of like that DD is getting a taste of what the real world is like. Some people are blunt. She has worked much harder as well. I initially felt that K was too early for this, but I don't know now.

[Anonymous]

Excuse the typos, using my phone.