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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So here is the viewpoint from the teacher side:

Parents did or didn't email me. Out of 21 kids last year about 5 parents emailed me. Out of those 2 of them emailed what I felt was excessively. 3 sent sporadic emails. [/quote]

Wow!  OP here.  I find this so interesting.  I maybe should have added that at drop off the kids are walked into the building so I don't see the teacher.  I work so I don't do the pick up.  I really am interested in what my child is learning and I feel like if I did not email and ask questions every so often I would NEVER even see his teacher.

I guess that some parents don't feel the need to interact with the teacher and if they are happy with that then she should not change.  I just want to know as much about my child as I can, and he is not always a reliable communicator, so I rely on the the teacher at times.  I am always nice, I actually think the teacher is great, so I don't complain, so hopefully teacher does not see me as a helicopter, crazy parent.[/quote]

OP, you need to change your expectations of contact with the teachers.  In preschool you get a lot of facetime.  In elementary you need to back away, even starting in K.  At DC's elementary parents weren't allowed to walk kids into class for this very reason.  This idea that you should know all about their day even if its going fine is misplaced and intrusive.

You should get plenty of feedback at back to school night, school events and especially parent-teacher conferences.  Show up for these and you show you are interested.  Beyond that you are wasting the teacher's precious time.  You may be perfectly nice but you will still create the impression that you are over involved.[/quote]

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