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[quote=Anonymous]I think what you're also seeing is that some of the - for lack of a better word let's call it "old school" - teachers think that the only way they'll get through the year with a bunch of rambunctious 3/4 year-olds is to appear mean and intimidating for the first couple of weeks. Having served as a substitute for no more than two hours in a classroom of 4 year-olds (I was completely out of my depth!)  I can not entirely dismiss that this may be, if not the only, then at least one working strategy to get them to pay attention, even in a classroom that is full of centers and play/activity stations and dominated by exciting small group work. I've seen those teachers turn much "softer" after the first month or two. What you, OP, describe as today's feedback may well be the teacher exhaling after the first PT conference, which itself, and the time leading up to it, may well be very stressful and fraught with fear of getting off to a wrong start with the kids (and parents). Before you pass final judgement - and I'm not excluding that your original one is on point - I'd check in with her again. Make an appointment some time after school. Focus on first discussing your child in light of the modest feedback you've gotten so far. And then take some time to lay out what frustrates you. In doing so, speak for yourself and your child, not for others. Indeed, then also consider a meeting with the principal, not to complain but to ask how this situation could be resolved or mediated. In that conversation too, speak for yourself and your child.[/quote]

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