SN posting photos of her "special" students on FB and instagram

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Anonymous wrote:LOL privacy? You must be an older parent, this isn't going to be an issue with the next generation of parents, The millennials know that everything is public now a days.

^^^ This is the sort of person who would Instagram someone's medical records.

Social media is the wild frontier for now, but the legal system will catch up. Hope they protect the children of bloggers too, but that is a whole different can o worms.

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Anonymous wrote: The new SN teacher strikes me as very green so I googled her to find out her past experience. (The school never shares this). I found her public FB and IG and she posts photos of students including mine and some self-congratulatory humble brag crap about how tough it is working with SN kids but just seeing their smiles blah blah. She's young and I doubt she meant to come across as full of herself and condescending about "special kids." We keep a low profile online and I'm highly annoyed she did this without permission. Names of kids are not there, but they are clearly identified as special needs and attending blah blah elementary. We don't want to offend her since DC gets lots of pull out and pull-in. I feel strange saying I found your FB and IG and please take down my kid's photo. On the other hand IMO she has no right and we want the photos taken down. There's an added piece I can't go into about why we don't post our photos online. WWYD?

Report it to the principal and tell him/her that the pictures need to come down. That behavior has to stop.

If the pictures didn't come down, my lawyer would be sending a letter re. invasion of privacy to the school and a cease and desist letter to Facebook and Instagram.

If she loses her job, too bad. She was taught better in college.

You'll just be punishing your dc if you go down that route. Her replacement will be forewarned to have as little as possible with your dc.

Fight that battle when you come to it and quit being a coward.

+1 It's not a battle but the teacher needs to know that posting pics of her students on FB is unacceptable and would be unacceptable for NT students not just SN and stating that the pics are of SN students brings it to a whole another level of unacceptable.

Report her to the principal. The school obviously needs to "teach" their teachers about their internet policy. I cannot think of a business where this type of posting will be considered appropriate or professional.

She may lose her job but her judgement is obviously poor. Not sure if you want someone like this as your child's SN teacher.

We filed a state complaint about our school not following the IEP and the SN teacher involved eventually resigned and left the school. Made our relationship with the school a lot better actually. Turns out many people who worked at the school were happy she left.

Huge judgement gap and impact difference between Teacher A posting photos and Teacher B not implementing an IEP.

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Anonymous wrote: The new SN teacher strikes me as very green so I googled her to find out her past experience. (The school never shares this). I found her public FB and IG and she posts photos of students including mine and some self-congratulatory humble brag crap about how tough it is working with SN kids but just seeing their smiles blah blah. She's young and I doubt she meant to come across as full of herself and condescending about "special kids." We keep a low profile online and I'm highly annoyed she did this without permission. Names of kids are not there, but they are clearly identified as special needs and attending blah blah elementary. We don't want to offend her since DC gets lots of pull out and pull-in. I feel strange saying I found your FB and IG and please take down my kid's photo. On the other hand IMO she has no right and we want the photos taken down. There's an added piece I can't go into about why we don't post our photos online. WWYD?

Report it to the principal and tell him/her that the pictures need to come down. That behavior has to stop.

If the pictures didn't come down, my lawyer would be sending a letter re. invasion of privacy to the school and a cease and desist letter to Facebook and Instagram.

If she loses her job, too bad. She was taught better in college.

You'll just be punishing your dc if you go down that route. Her replacement will be forewarned to have as little as possible with your dc.

Fight that battle when you come to it and quit being a coward.

+1 It's not a battle but the teacher needs to know that posting pics of her students on FB is unacceptable and would be unacceptable for NT students not just SN and stating that the pics are of SN students brings it to a whole another level of unacceptable.

Report her to the principal. The school obviously needs to "teach" their teachers about their internet policy. I cannot think of a business where this type of posting will be considered appropriate or professional.

She may lose her job but her judgement is obviously poor. Not sure if you want someone like this as your child's SN teacher.

We filed a state complaint about our school not following the IEP and the SN teacher involved eventually resigned and left the school. Made our relationship with the school a lot better actually. Turns out many people who worked at the school were happy she left.

Huge judgement gap and impact difference between Teacher A posting photos and Teacher B not implementing an IEP.

True but it illustrates that reporting a teacher and notifying the admin does not always result in a "bad" future relationship between parents, child and the school nor the school taking out on the child with SNs. We have a lovely, much better SN teacher this year.

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A SN teacher should know that you may not identify a student as SN. I have a SN child and when I have been looking for schools for him, the admin and teachers have been very careful not to point out any specific diagnoses. DC has a particular diagnosis that is unique and it would be useful in choosing a school to have others with the same diagnosis. The most I've ever gotten is confirmation that they have, at some point, served other students with that diagnosis.

This teacher is insensitive and should know better from her SN training. I certainly don't think she should be fired, but she should have to take the pics down immediately. These are not her kids to use to brag on herself.

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Anonymous wrote: The new SN teacher strikes me as very green so I googled her to find out her past experience. (The school never shares this). I found her public FB and IG and she posts photos of students including mine and some self-congratulatory humble brag crap about how tough it is working with SN kids but just seeing their smiles blah blah. She's young and I doubt she meant to come across as full of herself and condescending about "special kids." We keep a low profile online and I'm highly annoyed she did this without permission. Names of kids are not there, but they are clearly identified as special needs and attending blah blah elementary. We don't want to offend her since DC gets lots of pull out and pull-in. I feel strange saying I found your FB and IG and please take down my kid's photo. On the other hand IMO she has no right and we want the photos taken down. There's an added piece I can't go into about why we don't post our photos online. WWYD?

Report it to the principal and tell him/her that the pictures need to come down. That behavior has to stop.

If the pictures didn't come down, my lawyer would be sending a letter re. invasion of privacy to the school and a cease and desist letter to Facebook and Instagram.

If she loses her job, too bad. She was taught better in college.

You'll just be punishing your dc if you go down that route. Her replacement will be forewarned to have as little as possible with your dc.

Fight that battle when you come to it and quit being a coward.

Coward? Pragmatic more like it. You might be fine playing super sn mommy and sacrificing your dc but OP should be warned about all the consequences.

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Consequences? Like what? Taking the pics down.

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Anonymous wrote: The new SN teacher strikes me as very green so I googled her to find out her past experience. (The school never shares this). I found her public FB and IG and she posts photos of students including mine and some self-congratulatory humble brag crap about how tough it is working with SN kids but just seeing their smiles blah blah. She's young and I doubt she meant to come across as full of herself and condescending about "special kids." We keep a low profile online and I'm highly annoyed she did this without permission. Names of kids are not there, but they are clearly identified as special needs and attending blah blah elementary. We don't want to offend her since DC gets lots of pull out and pull-in. I feel strange saying I found your FB and IG and please take down my kid's photo. On the other hand IMO she has no right and we want the photos taken down. There's an added piece I can't go into about why we don't post our photos online. WWYD?

Report it to the principal and tell him/her that the pictures need to come down. That behavior has to stop.

If the pictures didn't come down, my lawyer would be sending a letter re. invasion of privacy to the school and a cease and desist letter to Facebook and Instagram.

If she loses her job, too bad. She was taught better in college.

You'll just be punishing your dc if you go down that route. Her replacement will be forewarned to have as little as possible with your dc.

Fight that battle when you come to it and quit being a coward.

+1 It's not a battle but the teacher needs to know that posting pics of her students on FB is unacceptable and would be unacceptable for NT students not just SN and stating that the pics are of SN students brings it to a whole another level of unacceptable.

Report her to the principal. The school obviously needs to "teach" their teachers about their internet policy. I cannot think of a business where this type of posting will be considered appropriate or professional.

She may lose her job but her judgement is obviously poor. Not sure if you want someone like this as your child's SN teacher.

We filed a state complaint about our school not following the IEP and the SN teacher involved eventually resigned and left the school. Made our relationship with the school a lot better actually. Turns out many people who worked at the school were happy she left.

Huge judgement gap and impact difference between Teacher A posting photos and Teacher B not implementing an IEP.

True but it illustrates that reporting a teacher and notifying the admin does not always result in a "bad" future relationship between parents, child and the school nor the school taking out on the child with SNs. We have a lovely, much better SN teacher this year.

^I'm the above poster. We have a very cordial relationship with our school even after we filed the state complaint. The school was found to have minimally violated the IEP and we were offered makeup services which we refused since they were only a few sessions and DS is doing well.

Now however the school makes sure that all the i's are dotted and t's crossed and that the IEP is followed to the letter.

Don't be afraid to advocate for your child.

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Anonymous wrote:Consequences? Like what? Taking the pics down.

If you can't understand then you will never understand.

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The fact that the students are SN isn't even really relevant here. What's important is that the teacher is showing a huge lack of judgment, and possibly violating her district's social media/photography policies. Our district makes it very clear that parental permission has to be sought in advance of using student photos in any capacity that might expose them publicly. In my kid's classroom last year there were families that opted out partially or fully, and the school was very careful about ensuring those kids didn't end up in photos of class/school activities. Most, if not all, districts have policies like this (maybe they're just not communicating them well.)

This isn't an issue to address to the teacher - she's not the person in charge. You need to go to an administrator (Principal/Asst. Principal) and ask what the school's/district's policy is. If there is a violation of policy, you need to bring it to their attention and ask them to address it immediately. If there isn't a violation, you should still talk to them about it - how uncomfortable you are with your child being photographed by the teacher and the photos distributed on social media without your permission. Then recommend they develop a policy.

I'm surprised by the comments that say ignore it, or talk to the teacher, or notify the teacher/school anonymously. Be direct, take this issue to someone who is in charge, and insist on a resolution. I don't generally get super worked up over things at school, but this is something that would bother me.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL privacy? You must be an older parent, this isn't going to be an issue with the next generation of parents, The millennials know that everything is public now a days.

^^^ This is the sort of person who would Instagram someone's medical records.

Social media is the wild frontier for now, but the legal system will catch up. Hope they protect the children of bloggers too, but that is a whole different can o worms.

Its the great equalizer now, you shouldn't feel embarrassed to hide anything. And if you are you should have though about it before doing it. I bet you will think twice now.

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Anonymous wrote:Totally out of line and unethical.
I would approach the principal.

This. I usually balk when parents suggest going to the principal before approaching the teacher, but this is so far over the line. Email them both- tell them what you have discoverd and ask what the plans are to remove the photos and prevent other such occurrences.

SN kids or not that is way out of line.

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OP- Do you have an update?

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"^I'm the above poster. We have a very cordial relationship with our school even after we filed the state complaint. The school was found to have minimally violated the IEP and we were offered makeup services which we refused since they were only a few sessions and DS is doing well."

Can you tell us what harm was done to your child through the minimal violation?

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Anonymous wrote:Schools take pictures all the time not a big deal

This is taken a step further. The children are identified as special needs. That is confidential information.

Who is sn and who isn't sn is hardly a state secret

I'm detecting a troll-like pattern of posts. It is confidential information.

It really isn't. The whole school knows who is and who isn't.

Maybe at your busy-body school. Shameful.

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Anonymous wrote:LOL privacy? You must be an older parent, this isn't going to be an issue with the next generation of parents, The millennials know that everything is public now a days.

^^^ This is the sort of person who would Instagram someone's medical records.

Social media is the wild frontier for now, but the legal system will catch up. Hope they protect the children of bloggers too, but that is a whole different can o worms.

Its the great equalizer now, you shouldn't feel embarrassed to hide anything. And if you are you should have though about it before doing it. I bet you will think twice now.

Think twice about having medical records that you don't want publicly disclosed? This is one of the fucking dumbest comments I've ever read on here, congrats!