to really not see the problem? (school related)

[ArseWormsWithoutSatNav]

Have namechanged due to my other posts on here making me easily identifiable.

DD in reception at lovely local school. I mean really lovely, due to various volunteering roles I have spent a lot of time there and every time I actually come out with a warm fuzzy feeling because I know my DD is in a fantastic, nurturing place with great teachers.

So her teacher is leaving soon. Very sad about this because she is really lovely, but these things happen! At first they had one teacher lined up, but then sadly another teacher is leaving (from what I gather it is due to something bad though obviously don't know details - but it isn't retiring or pregnancy) so now DD's class is getting two PT teachers instead.

I really don't see the problem! I could understand it being an issue if they were older and had HW etc. They have a set system for phonics so I don't expect inconsistency there. DD is quite blasé about what teacher she's had that day (cover teachers, different phonics group etc) so I don't think she will have a problem with having two teachers.

Other parents have complained about this, some were actually shouting at the head teacher accusing her of not caring about the children, because she won't give them a FT teacher.

I just feel a bit "ok then" about this - I don't understand all the fuss. Two teachers instead of one, is it really that bad? Am I being naïve?

Generally I agree and have never had a problem with two PT teachers until this year.

The weakest teacher in the school's lack of skill was diluted by the other teacher. Sadly, the head chose to deal with a problem teacher by making her part-time and dumping her in this particular year. So we now have two poor teachers who seem to jostle for seniority.

Before I am accused of being hysterical in any way, I attended a parents evening where I was shown a piece of writing by my DS which the teacher stated had been marked as poor. I said it did not even look like his writing, but she insisted until I saw another child's name clearly written at the top of the page. Not really confidence inspiring.

Also a student teacher is in the year at the moment and wow, what a difference to my DS. He has come on in leaps and bounds.

There are two sides, if the staff are fine, then it really benefits the child. I just wanted to put the other side.

I think it's quite nice to have two teachers actually.

ElsieMc surely the problem you had was with the teachers ABILITY rather than the fact that they were both part time Surely, if you have a concern about a teachers ability/ teaching practice, you should address this with the school?...

What seems to happen at my school is that 2 p/t teachers equals more than 1 f/t as they put far more than their time in.
I know that most teachers do anyway, but it seems proportionately more iyswim.

So those parents need to trust the HT professional judgement and let the school get on with it.

I hope the HT told them so too.

DS2 had two teachers in Y3. It was fantastic. Each teacher played to their strength. The only thing is, the teachers need to communicate very well with each other. There were no problems at all in our case. It was one of the better years at his primary (most years were good, this was just a bit better).

DS loved it, too. Funnily enough, most of the class started out liking the more easy-going teacher more, but as time went on, they preferred the stricter teacher. Having said that, both teachers were fab and I wouldn't have minded him having either one of them full-time.