Friday, November 14, 2008
Grrr teacher conferences
2 kids + 2 teacher conferences, what are the chances they will schedule BOTH my conferences at the same time? Apparently 100%. I have hubby do our son, because honestly this teacher makes me overly angry and since I work there that could be a very bad thing. I tell him all my concerns and let him go at it. In my conference with my daughter it was exactly how I expected, she is doing wonderful and if there was a chance she could do better she would already be doing so. She got the best grade 1's in everything she could possible, they aren't allowed to give 1's for SS and science because they don't test in that yet. School is her thing so no issues there. Now I go to the end of my son's conference to find out he is basically failing Writing, Reading, and Spelling. OK .. what the heck! I am at that school almost 5 days a week, I am always in the halls, heck a lot of the time I am peeking in his classroom. I have personally asked his teacher 3 times that I can remember how he was doing in class, always good, fine no issues. No progress report saying he is doing poorly either. If my son was not the honest boy he is I would not of already known he was doing so poorly in Spelling. He told me.. this should be where you ask why didn't you see the test papers.. the answer would be NO! She still has them. She has been hording his paperwork. I asked her about this a week ago she said it was because they were so busy preparing for Meap.. yeah Meap ended over 3 weeks ago. Then papers that my son saw in his bin (each student has a bin) are now mysteriously missing. Thankfully he already told me the scores. So now what? I ask some of my friends they say switch his teacher, so I ask. Apparently he is not allowed to switch classes now. I ask for an aide so he can catch up on his lost skills and I get told " No, we don't do that here" really what the heck are all the aides doing here then. Again I get told its only for " special ed" Whatever.. I know of a number of students who are NOT special ed getting additional help. Once again it's left to me, I know have to go in every day to make sure I get my son's papers from his teacher, and I may have to sit in class to make sure he comprehends and the teacher is not just passing him over. I laugh at the NO Child left behind, as it not a phrase honored at our school.
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Shelley - start asking about an IEP (individual education plan) Does he qualify? Do some research and find out what it takes. It is sponsored by the state and honored by ALL public schools. Maybe just the mention of the dreaded IEP will shake them up and get them to help. Have them test him for it. If he is having problems it is their responsiblity as much as it is yours to make sure he is learing. Heck our teachers didn't have any problem sending home papers and tests during MEAPs. If the school doesn't have communication folders, create one of your own. They have helped my kids so much. One pocket is for things you have to return to school. The other pocket is for notes & homework that just needs to come home. Hope you get this straigtened out soon....It wont help him if it continues. Drag whoever you have to into the mess till it's fixed. Who cares if it takes a fight his education is more important than the PTO!
ReplyDeleteHe goes to IEP already, this was his last year actually. The problem is mostly the teacher, she is a airhead. I was told by friend that I should ask for the other teacher back in June, but I felt that I should just take what I got and deal with it, but now I am regretting that. I am going to see the Board of Education Superviser and see what she has to say about it all. I am also going in every day to make sure he has everything the needs, its a pain but he is worth it :) I will be taking my friends advice and requesting my next teacher however!
ReplyDeleteShelley if he has an IEP - they have to give him what he needs and if that is a different teacher than that is what they do. I would push this as far as you have too! One year of bull could make things so much worse for him. I know he is very smart and that is not the issue. But sometimes even the very smart need help in how to learn. I know we don't need one more issue, but that seems to be how it always goes. Does he have a "case worker" (not sure what they call them in school)? That is the person who should be helping you get the instruction he needs. Love you & we're praying this all works out the best for Zach!
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