Teacher can't spell.

[Anonymous]

Neither can I, but I am not the teacher.
Should I be concerned, this is just Kindergarten?
She makes a typo on every single e-mail.
On top of that, huge grammatical issues.
Has anyone else encountered this?
If it were a higher grade, I might have called her on it.

[Anonymous]

Haven't encountered this but there are plenty of people who just can't spell (my DC and my boss are two of them). They usually have plenty of other strengths. Kindergarten is generally not a grammar/spelling focused curriculum so I wouldn't worry about it.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is reading and writing in K, and I'd be appalled if her teacher couldn't spell or construct a sentence. One error here and there is acceptable, but when it's consistent, I would begin to question credentials.

[Anonymous]

Is english the teacher's second language?

[Anonymous]

In schools I have taught at, most forms and papers written by teachers need to be approved by the principal before being sent home. This includes packets with instructions for homework projects. The exceptions would be individual letters to a single child, or routine homework assignments.

I think the principal instituted this poilicy because some teachers were not able to communicate in writing professionally. I think those teachers who could not improve were let go.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is english the teacher's second language?

This should not be an "excuse." Many of my colleagues are from abroad, and their grasp of English is better than ours!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is english the teacher's second language?

This should not be an "excuse." Many of my colleagues are from abroad, and their grasp of English is better than ours!

That's been my experience as well. If someone has formally learned English abroad, their grammar is often superior to ours.

[Anonymous]

Got spell check?

[Anonymous]

my K son's teacher assistant is from LATAM, and once on sent home a work sheet she help my son misspelled all three words:

lemon
chocolate
pretzel

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:my K son's teacher assistant is from LATAM, and once on sent home a work sheet she help my son misspelled all three words:

lemon
chocolate
pretzel

Don't get m going on the TAs and parent volunteers. They can be down right dangerous.

[Anonymous]

I would raise the issue with the principal if this is a constant issue. Teachers need to know how to spell and use proper grammer, kindergarten teacher or no.

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, many teachers' skills reflect the fact that the profession is underpaid and undervalued.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, many teachers' skills reflect the fact that the profession is underpaid and undervalued.

Perhaps, but they're not writing anything complicated. The principal should deal with it either by advising them to get some remedial instruction, or by getting them a job where they don't have to write or spell.

[Anonymous]

Typos on email, not a big deal, she is probably trying to squeeze in the correspondence between everything else she has to do during the day. Hard to say on the grammatical errors without an example. Is she teaching things inaccurately? That's when I'd worry, but if this is all coming from emails, not so much.

[Anonymous]

We recently got an email from my daughter's principal that bombed the less vs. fewer distinction. I'm appalled, but I don't think there's much I can do about it.