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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am not OP. Question for teachers and former teachers: one big complaint I hear is "lack of admin support" and it seems like it relates a lot to discipline. My impression is that teachers in some schools (like ones who have poorly implemented a MTSS system) struggle with classroom management because their consequences for bad behavior don't have teeth, since the consequences you can give for bad behavior inside the classroom can only go so far.

Is this correct? If so, is it isolated or is it only at some schools? Or are teachers who struggle with this just not very good teachers? [/quote]

On the flip side, I think as a parent that teachers are feeling a huge push to be kind and nice and to not discipline at all. How do I sign my kids up for an old school strict teacher? The kind that has then organized to perfection, labeling and double checking their work. My dd is very forgetful and when I've chided her for forgetting something she will say "don't worry, my teacher says it's okay if things are late and that she won't take off for it." I'm not the only one who asked for a strict teacher either. Executive functioning skills are sorely lacking in kids.[/quote]

Oof, be careful what you wish for. One reason there are fewer strict teachers like that now is because it doesn't always work the way you think it will.

Also, the problem you mention, of your DD not turning things in on time because the teacher doesn't take off for late work? Those are often district policies that are out of the teacher's hands. A teacher can be nurturing and kind and still insist on on-time work (and deduct for late work) if they have the backing of the school and the district. But if the district policy says that late work must always be accepted and cannot be marked down for tardiness, there's nothing they can do. That teacher may have just been accurately conveying district policy to your child.[/quote]

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