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?

If they use any of the systems that I’ve used in various schools, all staff will be able to see the addresses of all students. They wouldn’t need to go to weird lengths to obtain the info.

She probably lives in the area and knows of your road so thought she’d drop off on the way home as she knew it was on her way?

What are you worried about exactly?

See this is a good example of how teachers can leave themselves vulnerable.

I know that what you did seemed innocuous...you saved a bit of time and they got the starter pack quicker than they would have done in the post. Win win.

But especially if this is a family not already known to the school, you don't know what their
reaction could have been if they'd seen you. They
could have been aggressive, or suspicious that
you were checking out where they lived to sum
them up as new parents. Why chance it?

It was also quite possibly unlawful under GDPR.
Just because you've accessed data for one
purpose (sending something through the post)
doesn't mean you can subsequently use it for a
different purpose (physically going to the address yourself). You might be able to argue
legitimate purpose if they needed the
information so urgently that it couldn't wait to be posted, but as you were originally going to post
it, that probably wasn't the case. I'm sure that most parents would be unlikely to challenge this as a data breach in this situation, but again why chance it?

If I were a teacher I wouldn't put myself in that situation.

You are wrong. If someone feels uncomfortable about a letter from their child's school being delivered, that is an issue with the recipient, not the teacher doing a kind act by delivering the letter.

Do you live in one of the amber / red alert areas @howmanycorners as it could be that the teachers had been forewarned that the school may shut on Friday and so she wanted to ensure the certificate got home .

Exactly- you're not a teacher.
My school allowed for hand delivery of such things during covid to the estate behind the school, which you can see from the playground.

What exactly has the OP thrown back in the teacher's face? She hasn't even raised it with her for fear of feeling awkward. All she's done is come onto an anonymous public forum and has said it made her feel uncomfortable. OUTRAGEOUS.

Honestly if this is the level of outrageousness that led you to quit, then you probably weren't in the right profession.

Fucks sake!

We’re damned if we do, damned if we don’t!

There really is no winning if you’re a teacher is there? 😵‍💫😢

Totally agree with you
I don’t why some posters are unable to understand why this is wrong .

No, I haven't quit- read the post carefully.
I've won a recognised national award for excellence in teaching, and parents routinely ask the HT for me to teach their children again the following year. My Year 6 classes obtain excellent SATs results. I get stopped by teenagers and young adults and/or their parents around town who tell me they still remember when I taught them XYZ in primary school. So, I know I'm a good teacher, very professional at work. These are things that make the job worthwhile.

The OP has complained that her child's teacher went out of her way to do a kind act for her child. This is what makes teaching challenging lately- kindness being thrown back in your face, combined with the undermining of experts throughout society (doctors, teachers, judges etc).

It's because 83% of teachers would immediately resign on the spot if they heard a parent felt uncomfortable from one of their actions and was trying to get some anonymous advice. Because they look after YOUR CHILDREN don't you know??!! Maybe you could be more considerate and respect that teachers are just trying to do a nice thing. They are lovely always. God. This teacher bashing makes me so sad.

Eurgh

?
Would you prefer the opposite was true? That I was a bad teacher who parents complained about, and ex-pupils swore at around town, and parents prayed I wasn't their kids' teacher? Oh and they got poor SATs results and didn't reach their full potential? Please explain.
As always teacher bashing is alive and well on this thread.....
Dammed if we do, damned if we don't

Not sure what’s prompted the ‘eurgh’ response.
Having an excellent teacher in school is positive for everyone, no?

Not all superheroes wear capes.

It’s a perfectly legitimate response to someone suggesting they were ‘in the wrong profession’. But you seem to keep missing these persistently nasty jibes.

It’s possible that your child may have been told about the certificate and they could have had printing issues (happened a few times at my child’s school), she may not have wanted your child to think he had been forgotten about. I think it is very kind of her to go out of her way to make sure your son knows he wasn’t forgotten about and so that he could show you over the weekend as some parents like to celebrate the certificates and offer a treat or meal out.

Yeah, yeah, really nasty. Twattish even. Perhaps this poster will be shaking in her boots from my response / needs to get a life / get over herself / is batshit.

Or perhaps she can take an eyeroll from one of us who is a bit sick of hearing all about how teachers are heroes and can never be challenged in case they resign.

No as that's not an overstep of a boundary. A teacher has looked up the address which is!!

It's on the system that teachers use for the register.

I did read your post carefully and where you said "no-one (sic) wonder so many of us are quitting" I read that as you including yourself. It was a little ambiguous, but my apologies.

Given your accomplishments, I know you will be able to consider this: was it actually a kind act? A big, if not main part of a child winning a star of
the week certificate, is receiving it in class. They
excitedly sit there to find out whether this week will finally be their turn...and it is! They feel so
proud and can't wait for school to finish so they
can show Mummy and she'll be so proud.

Doesn't unexpectedly delivering it to the child's house the night before, when that's not what normally happens, and as the OP has confirmed was no need for as school was open and teacher was there the next day, take away all of that? Could it not be argued that rather than being kind, it's actually rather thoughtless?

Imagine a HR manager called Frank . He accesses records and then personally turns up to the employee’s home to deliver a birthday card.
Even if Frank claims that he was being thoughtful , many people would recognise that this crosses professional boundaries .
The employee provided their address for employment purposes, namely payroll, contracts, emergency contacts and official correspondence not for personal visits
Many employees would feel uncomfortable knowing a manager used internal records to obtain their address for a personal gesture .
The issue is not necessarily the birthday card itself, but the unauthorised use of private information and the intrusion into someone’s personal space .
The same principle can apply in a school context .
A parent may reasonably question whether a teacher should use a child’s home address for an unplanned personal visit even if the intention appears positive .

Teacher here. Don’t have an issue with the delivering per se but the whole thrill of a certificate like that is for the child to get it in front of their peers and be made a fuss of and feel special. Denying them that by delivering it to the house with no explanation is strange!

How do you know she drove? She might have lived locally and popped it round. The correct thing to have done is stopped her, thanked her, offered her a drink etc... not think she's stalking you or whatever drove your paranoia. Maybe you do have something to hide as this really isn't a healthy response.

I really hope she isn't on here and works out it's her being talked about. Does a completely innocuous thing and you're blasting her online. Poor teacher.

You'd have never coped in my situation. My teachers popped in and out of my family home regularly, some I went on social events with, my mum stopped and talked to teachers in the street, in the shops all the time.

Every night and over the weekend there was always a teacher at my house. I'd go to bed they're there, I get up in the morning they're there. They were even there in the middle of the night.

The life of a teacher's child 😂😂

I would find it quite sweet tbf

there is little to be gained by analysing this situation to the nth degree.
OP felt uncomfortable and therefore can raise this with the school.
she has to date not done this. Other posters have said they would not feel uncomfortable in the same situation. Opinions and feelings differ- who knew?
what do you really want to achieve by posting all these details about the use of data, gdpr tests, motives..etc?
you are now advocating that the action is not only breach of gdpr but actually thoughtless - you seem very over invested in this scenario.