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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've noticed a pattern in our school of teachers who move up a grade level that end up having a lot of kids from their previous class in their class the following year, or of teachers getting the siblings of their favorite students or not getting the siblings of troublemakers, or experienced teachers getting the better behaved kids. Is this a thing? Do you have a choice or are they assigned at random?[/quote]

Sometimes if a teacher moves up a grade, we loop the students from their previous class with them, so they teacher can capitalize on their existing relationships with the students and their familiarity with their needs. It’s also not uncommon for parents whose older child had a teacher and did well with them request that their younger child have the same teacher. The family knows how the teacher works and likes their approach.

In my school the experienced teachers get students with challenging behaviors, but at this point “experienced” can mean “did student teaching.”

Our teachers do class placement at the end of the year. The teachers who receive the students have no input. If there are any special concerns the admin makes those changes.[/quote]

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