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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just curious.  Have you ever tried reaching out to their parents?  Maybe I'm naive. I'm not a teacher.  I've had my DCs'  teachers reach out to me about their unruly behavior at times (though this was in ES, so maybe it's different?).  I set my kids straight, and they usually change their behavior in class. I fully believe it's a team effort.  I know not all parents are engaged. Was just curious if this is something MS teachers would do.[/quote]

I do. I have. These kids' parents have been contacted throughout the year. Today I called three parents after school. I had the student speak to them and then myself. It took 30 minutes. Imagine what that thirty minutes feels like as a teacher when you've been at school for nine hours and have a splitting headache directly from that class' behavior. I should probably call more, but results are not often seen.[/quote]That's the truth. It's a lotto ticket as to whether your call will give you a winning situation with a kid. For our population, we call numerous numbers and sometimes they are disconnected or the person on the receiving end doesn't speak English. You then have to document your efforts online, otherwise it may not count. It is a very time consuming process especially when you have 101 other tasks to do like recording and analyzing data. Don't get me started on how I have to explain why some of my 34+ students are failing class when they come in and refuse to do work...even if  spoonfeed. None of this seems to be changing, to me it is getting worst.[/quote]

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