In case it’s relevant my son is 6 and has ASD so attends a special school. His teacher is doing all his teaching via Microsoft Teams and I’m struggling already as I’m finding it hard to use and his teacher has never used it before either. I had to email for clarification on almost everything she set last week and after seeing this weeks tasks it’s the same all over again. I feel like I’m constantly harassing her and most of the time I’m not even getting a reply which reinforces the feeling I’m being really annoying.
It’s things like the links she posts don’t work or she mentions a worksheet but it isn’t included in the file and no info on where to get hold of it. She also has mentioned different phases of work but I’ve no idea what phase ds is at or where I would have learned this as it wasn’t brought up at the last parent teacher call I had with her. He doesn’t get homework and what he’s doing each term and day is only briefly mentioned in the daily email so I can’t really hazard a guess.
She’s doing twice daily video calls (and wanted to include three more a day linking up with the children who are in school) but these had such a horrible effect on my son that we’ve since opted out of them. So now we’re obviously missing out on a lot of additional details regarding the home learning and the opportunity to ask for help and she isn’t replying to messages during the day which is frustrating. I get that it’s easier for her to do everything via video calls but it’s just not worth the negative effects on ds and to be honest it was a bit of a waste a time as the other kids are very excited and very loud so we didn’t even hear any of what she was saying, the app also didn’t pick up our microphone so ds couldn’t even join in.
Today’s work just says to complete speed sounds with children on sounds they already know (use chart to help) but I don’t know what the sounds are and there’s no indication of what the chart is or where to get it. Definitely feeling like the world’s worst parent for not knowing exactly where he’s up to but at the same time I sort of assumed if I needed to know they’d tell me as we obviously discuss his EHCP goals etc every term. I’ve tried searching online as I know what phonics they’re using but there’s different phases and stages mentioned so I’m no clearer.
I just wish she would assume most parents won’t know off the bat what chart or worksheet she’s referring to and include a pdf or a link or something that identifies she actually wants me to be doing with him. On the other hand I do understand she’s under a lot of pressure and the circumstances aren’t ideal for all of us so I’m not sure how unreasonable Im being in my expectations so looking for a bit of perspective.