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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Title One teacher here. I’ve taught in schools at the opposite ends of the spectrum plus private schools. The best teachers are in the Title One schools because you cannot slack off. You constantly have to prove yourself and people are constantly judging you when they are in your classrooms all of the time. I now have to fill out a Google form about every single conversion I have about a student. If I taught to a special ed teacher in passing in the hallway about a student, I’ll have to fill out a form (within 24 hours!). If I call/email or meet with a parent (or attempt to), I have to fill out a form. If I attend a meeting about a student, ditto. [b]We have to make an attempt to contact parents after two consecutive absences from school.[/b] So I have at least a quarter of my class who meets this criteria so that is at least 6 attempts plus the time it takes to fill out 6 separate Google forms. We joke that we should just wear body cameras so it will record us doing these things so we don’t have to fill out the dreaded Google form. Only the strong survive. The people at my school can never be said that we don’t care. If we didn’t care, we’d teach somewhere much easier (like my own school). Those teachers take the credit for their students hitting a home Run when the kids started school on third base.[/quote]

Do you have to call them or is email ok?[/quote]

Most parents don't provide email addresses. Email would be easier.[/quote]

NP. Most of them at my Title One don't have working numbers or send any calls from the school straight to voicemail. [/quote]

Why would they send it to voicemail?  Is it because their kid is absent from school a lot so getting many calls?  I wouldn’t think the school would call unless it was something substantial.[/quote]

Some parents feel like what happens at school is our problem, not theirs. They've written their kids off, and have no desire to work together. Other parents are "tired" of getting calls. We have to do so much paperwork when it comes to kids who have issues with grades, attendance, or behavior that the parents get bombarded with phone calls. Every teacher has to call, so it's not unheard of for a parent to get multiple calls in a day regarding one (or more) of those issues. My principal said he wants us to bombard the parents with information ("Annoy them") and document every call, so that they can't play ignorant when it comes time for grades. It doesn't matter how much we call, there's always an angry mob saying that they didn't know the child was failing, so they're demanding grade changes. [/quote]

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