Should teachers send an email when they are going to be out?

[Anonymous]

OP here, I often wonder why teachers don't send an email when they are going to be out sick, on jury duty etc. Maybe an auto emailed response. Am I being over bearing or would it be helpful? I'm just trying to be able to help DD prepare for a day with a sub.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I often wonder why teachers don't send an email when they are going to be out sick, on jury duty etc. Maybe an auto emailed response. Am I being over bearing or would it be helpful? I'm just trying to be able to help DD prepare for a day with a sub.

If your child is a special education student, I can see how that might be helpful; otherwise, not needed.

[Anonymous]

Um, no. She'll find out there's a sub when she gets to school. What sort of "preparing" needs to be done?

[Anonymous]

You're not the teacher's supervisor. No need to let you know. Land the helicopter lady.

[Anonymous]

geez. No. That's crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here, I often wonder why teachers don't send an email when they are going to be out sick, on jury duty etc. Maybe an auto emailed response. Am I being over bearing or would it be helpful? I'm just trying to be able to help DD prepare for a day with a sub.

OP, does your daughter have difficulty adjusting to unexpected events? Otherwise, as the PPs have said, there's no preparing to do.

[Anonymous]

What happens to your DD when there is a sub?

[Anonymous]

Omg. No. Land the helicopter.

[Anonymous]

NO.

[Anonymous]

Nope. Kids don't need to know there's a sub. They need to be prepared for everyday like it's a normal day with whatever tests and assignments are scheduled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm just trying to be able to help DD prepare for a day with a sub.

Does your DD really "need" advance warning? Or are you are just trying to smooth her path in life? If the latter, you could try letting her encounter a feel minor bumps in the road so she can begin to see for herself how resilient she is.

[Anonymous]

I'm a teacher on leave, and I never let my students know of a planned absence (well, other than long term leave, of course). When I first started teaching, I did, and I found that the kids behaved worse when they knew in advance that there would be a sub. If I'm taking emergency sick leave, it's generally all I can to cobble together messages to my administration to let them know, and then to my teammates to pull out relevant materials and/or my emergency plans. An email out to parents is not a priority.

[Anonymous]

I agree, thinking back to my grade school years, if the teacher said there was a sub. Students would often skip class or act up. It's better if the teacher has a plan in place for special needs students. If a student has severe issues (social/emotional) it might be best if the teacher sends an email to another teacher with the parents cc'd asking if that particular child can take a "time-out" if things get really hectic for said students.

Otherwise, most kids are fine.

[Anonymous]

My experience has been that the kids know about planned absences. Sick leave, not so much.

[Anonymous]

You as a parent don't need to know in advance. why should you? so you can take up time with endless questions about the suitability of the substitutes???