We seem to have got a teacher who cannot get on with the parents very effectively.
Thankfully she is leaving for a while after Christmas but until then I'd appreciate any tips on how to manage communication.
So far this term she's fallen out with at least four of the parents - well perhaps not fallen out in a major way but she's upsetting people and making them quite unhappy. You just can't talk to her.
So what we/I would class as a perfectly normal question about a child's ability gets taken as a personal attack, so that one of the most passive parents I know was actually accused of being 'aggressive' by the teacher (!); My questions about possibly needing senco involvement were dismissed entirely, I mean literally 'face/palm' dismissed - and when I went to speak to the senco anyway I was met with total understanding and concern.
These are just two incidents. Unfortunately she isn't a new teacher and is also, bizarrely, deputy head.
How does this happen? How does a person with such a confrontational attitude get to be in this position?
Another friend's child was in her class last year and brought home six months of work totally unmarked when he finished the year. He also didn't go up at ALL in terms of grades/whatever they are called, things like 3c, that you get on the report. He went up six grades in the previous year.
I'm not too concerned for the time being as clearly it's not just me, everyone is having a problem with her. And she is going at Christmas. But there is word that she might be back in the early summer.
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heggertyhaggerty · 02/10/2011 08:37
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