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[quote=Anonymous]“I really want to spend an enormous amount of time writing emails and calling parents to discuss Larla’s academic challenges.  As a teacher, I have sooo much extra time in the day to spend writing up conference minutes, reaching out to specialists, filling out forms, etc…”. … said no teacher ever!

I taught 3rd grade at an immersion school for many years. The first grade teacher was nice and sweet. All the parents loved her. All her students were did well. All those first graders got excellent marks. She never had any kids with issues. The second grade teacher would end up “flagging” a few students who were struggling. She would start to set up meetings with parents, counselors, support team. Since this was a private school, students who were going to be “counseled out” had to be informed by Oct-Nov which gave families time to apply to other schools. By the time they came to me in third grade, I had to get the ball rolling to make it clear to these families that our school was not the right fit. Had the first grade teacher reached out earlier, these kids would have been placed in a school that would suit their needs.

Basically, it is much easier to teachers to look the other way, and let the next teacher address any issues. The teachers who do reach out to parents, in my view, really care. They end up with a lot of extra work, which they end up doing after contract hours.

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