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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's inappropriate for the teacher to handle this in this way. It is clear that the teacher lacks training. Op ask for an IEP meeting and discuss the behavior issues. [/quote]

I'm a teacher, and whether I think this is appropriate depends on several factors.

1) Whether it was done in a way that other students knew about it.

2) What the nature of the infraction was.

3) Whether parents had a history of disbelieving previous reported behavior.

For example, before cell phone cameras were common, I had some students who were caught writing crude words on furniture.  I can imagine asking a student to stay back, and at a private time (with an adult witness, and/or the door to the classroom open) photographing the crude words before the student washed the furniture.  Student would know that the image would be sent to their parents.  I probably wouldn't include the child in the image, but I might ask the child to put their finger next to the word.

I've also had parents who have blinders on when it comes to their child's behavior.  For example, a friend of mine once had a kindergartener drop to the ground in the middle of a busy street when coming back from a trip to the park, because she wanted to keep playing.  When she reported to the parent that she had lifted the child and carried them to the side of the road, the parents went ballistic stating that they should have called them to come deal with the situation.  If this had happened again, I could imagine, as the second staff member standing on the sidewalk with the other children waiting, snapping a picture so that parents could see the danger of the situation, and the way that it didn't allow the staff member to wait the 20 minutes it would have taken for the parent to arrive.  I would have snapped other pictures, of other kids waiting, etc . . . to keep the other kindergarteners from knowing what I was doing.

Having given those two examples, I can also think of plenty of ways that a teacher could use taking photographs as a tool to shame a child, which is never appropriate.

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