Do you look up your DC's new teacher on Facebook or Google?

[Anonymous]

there alreadly a post on this. lady was asking if she the only that googles her dc name

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes. My husband is worse than me - he'll check twitter as well. I'm also shocked if I find a teacher that has a pretty public Facebook profile. That leaves a bad impression on me. I'm trying to teach my kids about internet security and then if they have a teacher that posts things publicly on Facebook I find it disappointing.

Really? I just found my son's teacher on FB. Like any other mother, she posts pics of her kids and family.
I see nothing wrong with that. It made me feel a bit better as she seems like a nice woman who loves her family.

Now if she were posting bikini pics while downing jello shots that would be a different story.

[Anonymous]

Of course I did.

And I was pleased to see she was smart enough to have it on pretty good lockdown. Though I was able to pick apart the basics...she is has a loving family she is proud of.

[Anonymous]

Of course. That's the point of the public presence. Why would they go to the trouble of providing a public presence if they didn't want the public to read it?

[Anonymous]

I looked up a teacher I'd heard bad things about and found that her Facebook was full of comments about her students. Nothing too horrible, but definitely not something you would want someone to post about your child (like how funny their writing was today, or how frustrating some day was, and so on). Just the fact that she thought it was OK to post about her students on FB told me that she has little judgement.

[Anonymous]

Sorry to derail, but here's a question to posters who answered in the affirmative: what would you think if the person you looked up - teacher, potential employee, whatever - had no social media or digital presence? I ask because since changing my name (to my married name) I've used pseudonyms/ variations on my name for each social media account I use (am only on a couple) and don't have Facebook. There is no identifying information about me on Google when using my married name. I do this for privacy reasons, but is this a liability?

[Anonymous]

I search for pictures to find out age/race/(gender). That's all I need to know.

[Anonymous]

My ES son watched his former teacher's same sex wedding on YouTube.

[Anonymous]

Another teacher has a blog and podcasts about wineries.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In fairness, as a teacher I have been known to look up parents.

Absolutely.
-another teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No. Never occurred to me to do such a thing. And even now that I'm aware of it, I still have no interest in doing so.

+1. And I'm someone who loves looking up old flames and former friends. It's never occurred to me to look up one of my kids' teachers. I honestly have no curiosity about their internet personas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to derail, but here's a question to posters who answered in the affirmative: what would you think if the person you looked up - teacher, potential employee, whatever - had no social media or digital presence? I ask because since changing my name (to my married name) I've used pseudonyms/ variations on my name for each social media account I use (am only on a couple) and don't have Facebook. There is no identifying information about me on Google when using my married name. I do this for privacy reasons, but is this a liability?

A liability? Never. You are wise.

[Anonymous]

No. We did look her up in the yearbook, though - I was curious if I'd run into her at school at some point. My daughter was excited because she knew her soon-to-be first grade teacher is the best friend of her beloved K teacher. (K teachers are a strong influence in who the kids get for their 1st grade teacher.)

[Anonymous]

I also check "RateMyTeacher.com"...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to derail, but here's a question to posters who answered in the affirmative: what would you think if the person you looked up - teacher, potential employee, whatever - had no social media or digital presence? I ask because since changing my name (to my married name) I've used pseudonyms/ variations on my name for each social media account I use (am only on a couple) and don't have Facebook. There is no identifying information about me on Google when using my married name. I do this for privacy reasons, but is this a liability?

No, I would be very impressed. Privacy is rare, and the Next Big Thing. You are very smart.