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[quote=Anonymous]I've noticed that my child's assignments are graded well, but the teacher is missing corrections of spelling and grammar. When I compare my child's work to that of others at his grade level, he seems to be below grade level. Nevertheless, he is getting As in the class. My child told me that the teacher put an example up on the Promethean Board to show the students what their final assignment should look like, and it was riddled with spelling and grammar mistakes. The kids apparently snickered and talked amongst themselves, but no one said anything to the teacher.

Meanwhile, the grade-level teachers in other subjects do take the time to circle his spelling and grammar mistakes, which are truly awful. Lack of capitalization. No punctuation. Rampant misspellings.  This is in ADVANCED English, by the way.

I am concerned that my child is going to have a wasted year with this teacher.

Any thoughts on how to proceed? Would the school act on this if many parents complained? Can the school remove a teacher if she doesn't know the subject matter she is supposed to be teaching?  
She is also very hard to understand. At Back to School Night, her presentation was the only one that was nearly unintelligible. 
 
This is in a very good MCPS school, by the way. High performers, active PTA, etc.  Thanks in advance. [/quote]

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