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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds like you all have been spoiled from having nannies and daycares tell you about every meal and poop/pee. If the teachers spend time updating you about everything, they will never have time to lesson plan/grade, etc. [/quote]

Exactly - some of them have over 100 students each semester. The expectations are insane. [/quote]

No one is expecting a daily message from a teacher about every little thing their kid is doing.  They do however want a weekly message in ES, especially K-2 about what the class is doing. [b] They do want parent teacher conferences to meaningfully explain what the teacher is seeing in the student in their classroom and they do want them twice a year.  They do want comments on the report card in MS.[/b]  They do want someone to explain the schools traditions and activities and not assume that every new parent or student just miraculously knows.  They do want to see evidence of the entire writing process from first draft through final production and see feedback from teachers.

But okay, we’ll act like parents are spoiled, and then be surprised when they send their kids to private or outside enrichment or worse stay in public and stop engaging.[/quote]

Parent Teacher Conferences, for my 4 departmentalized ES math classes comprises of 80 kids and 15 minutes teach. That is 20 hours of time

When I taught MS math, my report card comments took about 5 minutes per kid. Not bad until you rememebr we have 150 kids. Thats 6.5 hours of time, 4 times per year (26 total hours)

From just two communication tasks you named, that is 46 work hours, or more than 1 week of work unpaid. Now add in all the other unpaid tasks we do and ask yourself again why we let things slip or just quit.

My school has 20 staff members out today. A teacher quit two days ago. We're just trying to hold on[/quote]

I agree that all of this requires time.  No one ever said it didn’t.  I also think you should be given time to do it.  But you’re suggesting that because it takes time parents should now not expect it? So if parents expectations are too high to expect response in a timely manner to emails or calls and they shouldn’t expect conferences or comments on report cards, and apparently a weekly message about the class is too much, then how exactly should parents know what is going on with their child’s education, class, and school?  How exactly would you like parents to be involved?[/quote]

How hard is it to send a weekly message saying this is what we are working on and these are the homework assignments and their due dates?

I expect an email back within 3 days.  I don't think that's unreasonable.  I don't care about comments on report cards or conferences but I do expect some basic communication.[/quote]

Because they aren't building a rocket. They'll let you know if your kid is having trouble. Why do you have to be all up in their lessons? You want to outsource their education but also micromanage it. Those things are not compatible. Ask your kid. Look in their back pack. [/quote]

No, they will not and that’s the problem.  Never once have I had a teacher reach out, never. They don’t have a backpack.  [/quote]

How many teachers have your kids had? I have two kids, one in fifth and one in eighth, and only one teacher failed to respond to an email.[/quote]

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