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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 217753" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Since the school does not have a principal does it have a director or someone who fills that position? If so I would make a BIG deal out of this.</p><p> </p><p>This woman is NOT someone who needs to be a sub. She just doesn't. ANYONE who would tell a child basically: I saw you a few times last year and you behaved badly so from now on you can't do anything right. That person needs a job where she isn't around kids. It would be terribly easy for a sub to see a child ahveing a bad day on the 3 or 4 times she sees that child, then to hold it against a child a YEAR later. someone isn't terribly mentally balanced, in my opinion. </p><p> </p><p>HAve a chat with the director, or whoever calls teh subs. Let them know that if she is there you do NOT want her having authority over your child, even on the playground. </p><p> </p><p>A few run-ins with her could easily send a child who is anxious into a down-hill spiral. Maybe if they can give you notice that she is going to be there, ESPECIALLY in his classroom, you or husband can keep difficult child home that day? Not work-free, but at least in an area she can't get to him. Or have him spend recess in the library, or at gym or somewhere. </p><p> </p><p>I do think a meeting with her and your husband (as school board chair) and the director or whoever would be a good thing first. But you are not going to get very far with most people like that.</p><p> </p><p>And I, also, have NOTHING against subs. It is a very difficult job, even more so than teaching, because you really have to work hard to make any rapport with kids, and you see so many many different kids.My dad spent a YEAR as a permanent substitute teacher when his school district stopped teaching wood shop and didn't have any full-time science teacher openings. It was a really HARD year. So I have tons of respect for most subs. But not for one who would tell a child that, or treat a child that way.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 217753, member: 1233"] Since the school does not have a principal does it have a director or someone who fills that position? If so I would make a BIG deal out of this. This woman is NOT someone who needs to be a sub. She just doesn't. ANYONE who would tell a child basically: I saw you a few times last year and you behaved badly so from now on you can't do anything right. That person needs a job where she isn't around kids. It would be terribly easy for a sub to see a child ahveing a bad day on the 3 or 4 times she sees that child, then to hold it against a child a YEAR later. someone isn't terribly mentally balanced, in my opinion. HAve a chat with the director, or whoever calls teh subs. Let them know that if she is there you do NOT want her having authority over your child, even on the playground. A few run-ins with her could easily send a child who is anxious into a down-hill spiral. Maybe if they can give you notice that she is going to be there, ESPECIALLY in his classroom, you or husband can keep difficult child home that day? Not work-free, but at least in an area she can't get to him. Or have him spend recess in the library, or at gym or somewhere. I do think a meeting with her and your husband (as school board chair) and the director or whoever would be a good thing first. But you are not going to get very far with most people like that. And I, also, have NOTHING against subs. It is a very difficult job, even more so than teaching, because you really have to work hard to make any rapport with kids, and you see so many many different kids.My dad spent a YEAR as a permanent substitute teacher when his school district stopped teaching wood shop and didn't have any full-time science teacher openings. It was a really HARD year. So I have tons of respect for most subs. But not for one who would tell a child that, or treat a child that way. [/QUOTE]
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