Teacher hand delivered certificate usually given out in class.

[howmanycorners]

I don’t know what to make of this, dc is in primary school and every week someone gets a certificate.
Suddenly I saw my child’s teacher walk past the lounge window at about 8 pm and post a certificate through the door.
Aibu to find it a bit strange and wonder why she did this having had to look up our address and purposely drive to our house when all certificates are handed out in school and she would see my child in the morning?

I genuinely think many people really don't understand schools or the role of teachers.

Such a clichéd response. Many people have been clear why they think the o.p is wrong. It is the people who are agreeing with her that are just going with vibes or vague feelings of "it's weird."

Isn't it so blindingly obvious? The teacher knows her address as she has been over there with OP's DH! She wanted to be seen, just to subtly let you know about their liaison.

My son's Head Teacher has been inside my house, without a month's warning or a pre arranged appointment. 😱😂

You're getting a lot of flak here but I would be concerned too.

It's possible that leaving the certificate was just a pretext for also quietly dropping a toxic radioactive hedgehog in your garden, to do what damage it can.

If I were you I'd evacuate the house now by helicopter, and get the army to have a good look around tomorrow, in hazmat suits with a Geiger counter.

It differs from normal practice and it has obviously made the OP uncomfortable, so therefore it is overstepping and intrusive. Why could the certificate not wait until the next day? Very odd. She was there for another reason.

Then that information should only be accessed if she needs to fulfill those safeguarding responsibilities. Delivering a star of the week certificate isn't safeguarding.

As if OP’s paranoia wasn’t tragic enough there are several people on here that think the same way. 😱

I think that’s very different. It was a card for an intended date.

When I was a young teacher, I hand delivered feedback for individual coursework for some senior pupils on the first day of the October holiday - I'd not been able to get it back to them sooner because of being overwhelmed at work. (Not lack of planning on my part - I'd been given extra classes.)

I did check with the kids and my HoD beforehand. I dropped it off at their homes - we had a small catchment.

There were no complaints, but I wouldn't do it nowadays lest I be faced with the kind of criticism that you've given here: it's simply not worth it.

That is so rude. Bully.

Surely as a teacher you are intelligent enough to see why that’s a different scenario??

It's not "very" different

Oh, I'm a pensioner now and no longer teaching. My brain has atrophied.

I don’t think it’s equivalent as the purpose is surely for the child to be happy to have received the certificate and to share this happiness and sense of achievement with their family. Posting work through my letterbox is unlikely to bring me any joy…but I would not feel my privacy had been violated. It would not be anything to get worked up about.

You're horrible.

Honestly, @howmanycorners, I think you are worrying unnecessarily. I am sure there is a good reason why the teacher has hand delivered your child’s certificate. Please try to reframe this in your mind as a teacher going above and beyond, for your child - ie. a good thing - rather than something with some malign intent.

They are generally invited because you have an arrangement with the delivery company to receive your parcel smart arse.

100% agree

I don't believe OP said she was shaking in fear or hiding behind the sofa or anything like that? Maybe I missed that bit...

It doesn't matter that some people wouldn't care, or think it's lovely, or that a child couldn't wait until the next class, or that the OP is "batshit", private data like an address isn't meant to be used like that, no matter how "kind" the intentions. Some of the principles of GDPR include lawfulness, fairness, transparency and purpose limitation, e.g. must have a valid legal basis (e.g., consent, contractual necessity, or legitimate interest) to collect and process data. Data handlers must not use the data in a way that is overly detrimental, unexpected, or misleading to the individual and they must be completely clear, open, and honest with individuals about how their data is being used. Data must be collected for specified, explicit, and legitimate purposes. You cannot use, repurpose, or share the information in ways that are incompatible with initial, agreed-upon purposes.

I understand teachers feel attacked, but professional principles (and potentially GDPR law) can't be based on the fact that many mumsnet posters wouldn't mind. All the teacher had to do, if they really thought the child would be that upset, is spend 30 seconds ringing up OP to check this would be OK. I mean, as posters have pointed out, the OP's data (phone number) would have been instantly accessible.

You’re right! She’s probably stalking you. I bet she wants to murder you, steal your husband and wear your skin as a disguise whilst keeping your kids locked in the basement.

Honestly you should call the police. Or Mi5.

What other reason do you think it could be?
teacher didn’t even know if anyone would be home? Indeed didn’t care if anyone was home as used the letterbox?

Try living in a small place. Pretty much everyone knows where everyone else lives. ( small town, not tiny village). I could find four teachers and half a dozen TAs in a fifteen minute walk. They know where I live without looking it up.
Some people on this thread are nuts.

Are you sure your dc hadn’t already received the certificate at school and left it behind. She might have thought they would be upset when they realised they had left it.

Like everyone else, teachers do not require permission to post something through a letterbox.