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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. I am happy to see the discussion and heartened. I know my experience isn't universal. When I worked in a Title I school, we had a very good admin team. They supported us, but we had to step up as well. We couldn't just say well these kids are so far behind. We had to do better. I loved it and it's an awesome school. Even now.

My current school has a fantastic parent community. People recommend it. It's an expensive area to live in (hell, we don't live in the zone, my kids are in a different FCPS pyramid). What my frustration is that there is this sort of sense of complacency. Here is an example. In our classrooms kids run through stations. We had a teacher in a team meeting mention that a kid was not completing the work. She kept saying she was running her small groups and doing assessments. She e-mailed mom and dad and she expected they'd talk to the kid.

I piped in and pointed out that her e-mail (which basically said Larla isn't completing her work because she's thinking) isn't helpful. I offered some tools I use to keep kids engaged while I am going assessments. The teacher pointed out the kid was two grades above level on I-ready and being a "bit spacey" isn't a big deal in her room. Once she mentioned the I-ready scores, and mentioned the kid's DRA, the admin was like let's move on. So we did.

I smiled. I kept things nice. But inside, I kind of died for that kid. Why IS she thinking so much?

This is the thing. The kids, they are great. But they deserve much, much more. [/quote]

OP, I read the whole thread and your example above makes the most sense to me. You sound like a good teacher, fwiw.[/quote]

To the parent on the other end of this email, also, it sounds like the classroom teacher wants me to somehow fix her teaching problem. I don't know what to do with an email like that, either. I'll talk to my child, who will say she's bored with the material and her teacher said that since she's two levels up it doesn't matter anyway, and I'll tell her just to get it done.

But really, I'll be thinking, can't you set her up with a project she can do at her own level, maybe do some research, or learn about some specialized something? There's nothing I hate more about public school than the amount of time my kids spend doing literally nothing productive just to fill up time. They are curious kids who like to learn. They would be thrilled to be given another challenge.[/quote]

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