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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You could have asked this question without any school or subject name. Lots of kids suffer through a bad teacher over the many years of school. You're lucky if this is your first.
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Asking without a school or subject name will limit the responses that would be relevant to Cooper Middle School.  [b]There might be a suggestion of which teacher might be the best to go to for help during QST time[/b], or a tutor that lives/works in the area that I could contact.[/quote]

Absolutely do not do this. It is so unfair to ask a teacher to not only teach and manage their 150 math students, but also take on kids on another teacher's roster. Can you imagine if everyone did that? They don't get compensated in any way for tutoring students.

Pay someone outside of school. Look on wyzant.com, they have reviews and you can filter by location or in person/online.[/quote]

I don't think OP is asking for anything out of the ordinary. Are you in FCPS? Our middle schools have a type of study hall period where they can go to other teachers for help, and a lot of subject teachers offer "remediation hours" for kids who need help. [/quote]

Yes, I teach math at a different school in FCPS. (Used to be middle school, now I'm at a high school).  I am often the teacher who kids come to when they don't like their own math teacher for whatever reason. It's not fair. I have 150 kids (30 in every single class) plus another 25 in my advisory. I am remediating my own kids during that time. It isn't like I'm sitting around watching youtube, waiting for kids to ask questions. I have pulled specific kids from my roster to work on specific skills they were weak in. I have requested specific kids coming to make up absent work that I am trying to quickly teach lessons to. I have kids making up/retaking tests that I'm trying to keep an eye on so they don't cheat.  I have other kids trying to come into my room to hang out with friends under the guise of doing math homework that I am trying to keep on task or send back to their appropriate location. I don't have the bandwidth to take on another teacher's students too.  Most days my 32 desks are full with students sitting on the floor or in the hallway during that study hall time.

Admin supports this at my current school, thankfully. Students are only allowed to make ehallpasses to their own teachers, not their friends' teachers.

OP needs to hire a tutor or find a high school student looking for math honor society hours or go on khan academy outside of class.[/quote]

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