Anonymous wrote:I’m glad they found a way to put the kids with a qualified teacher.
By and large alternative certification is unhelpful in the elementary setting because traditional training gives teachers the time and experience they need to develop their core knowledge and practical skills in a suitable setting.
Anonymous wrote:Is he a traditionally trained teacher? Or going through an alternative program? If he went through a college prep program, he probably wouldn’t have made it to the classroom. Sadly these alternative programs are pretty half assed. They throw new people into the classroom while they take night classes. It would be like your surgeon learning the job at night while bring a surgeon during the day.
Anonymous wrote:A note from a former teacher: While it’s common for new teachers to face some challenges, these are signs this particular teacher is struggling more than he should. To be clear, I don’t entirely blame the teacher. I’ve been there and seen that the underlying issue is often a lack of appropriate support. Older faculty were battle-hardened and brought with them years of resources that they had accumulated from attending professional development courses, working with others, and seeing multiple curricula. A lot of well-regarded schools are leaving teachers without curriculum maps or adequate lesson plans. Nor do they always have coordinated planning time where teachers of the same subjects/grade levels can share lessons and grading policies. Anyway, it stinks for all involved—students, parents, and new teachers—especially as admin’s typical response is just to pressure the teacher to do better.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The lack of a response might correlate with your combative tone if it’s anything like the one you are using here.
You seem to believe you are in charge or something and are entitled to answers.
I am not combative. I wrote to him a few times because I had questions about schedules or I had to let him know that my daughter's dismissal routine was changing. I also reached out to ask him if he had an Amazon wishlist or had any extra items he needed to support him. Every time it's crickets. At this point I'm not sure if somehow I've been writing the email wrong despite the email being on the school website or it's going into a spam folder. Because the alternative is that he's just not responding to emails and that speaks to a level of unprofessionalism that is concerning
Anonymous wrote:Is there graded work online?
My kid has had teachers (not first year) who barely sent home any graded work. Welcome to public school 2024.
We're at private now and that's a small piece of why.
Anonymous wrote:The lack of a response might correlate with your combative tone if it’s anything like the one you are using here.
You seem to believe you are in charge or something and are entitled to answers.
Anonymous wrote:My daughter has a first year teacher. He does not respond to emails. He doesn't give us any graded work. He apparently doesn't teach one of his core subjects (my daughter said the only time they've had science this year was when they had a sub). At what point do I need to escalate this?