Teacher not returning calls/email

annandale

The OPs daughter moved to the school in December

OP. Stop phoning, stop emailing. Make an appointment to see the teacher

You have nothing to complain about

barbiedoll

I'm sure that the teacher is doing her best for your daughter, she won't need endless emails and phone calls from you to jolly her along. As a parent, you should be ensuring that your daughter does her homework as required, that she has access to appropriate reading materials, and you should encourage her to work at the very best of her ability, no matter what set she is in or what her grades are.

You aren't going to get your daughter upgraded simply by having what you think is a "relationship" with her teacher and sending endless emails and making phone calls is not going to endear you to her. By all means keep abreast of developments in your daughter's school year but do not hassle the teacher, your daughter is not her only pupil.

A note is a good idea but don't expect a reply within 24 hours!

**Speaking as a public sector worker, emails from our "clients" are a real nuisance at times. We get endless emails asking the same questions over and over again, this is information which is readily available in literature they have been given, easily found online and which is also given to them during face-to-face appointments. Most of us end up answering emails in our free (non-paid) time, and I know that teachers do this too.

annandale

Sorry. Misread. It doesn't actually say how long the daughter has been at the school.

It may not have been that teacher who made the decision to put your child into that particular set

pollypenny

OP, if your daughter was originally put into set two before being moved to four, it suggests that she was struggling.

Sets really are designed to give each pupil the best chance. I can recall pupils who were a nuisance in mixed ability Y9' but grew in confidence when feeling secure and able to work at their own pace in a smaller class, usually a lower set.

arbrighton

how very odd. The OP has edited their post to remove the info about sets.

theoretica

arbrighton wrote: »

how very odd. The OP has edited their post to remove the info about sets.

It is in post 7 - wasn't mentioned at the start.

arbrighton

theoretica wrote: »

It is in post 7 - wasn't mentioned at the start.

Ah yes, my mistake, sorry

Robisere

I have a daughter who is a teacher and a son who is a caretaker, not at the same school. Therefore I can respond to JoJo's long post in two ways.

One - no two teachers and their working day, and no two schools, are alike.
Two - caretakers can be made grumpy by certain teaching staff, who are convinced that a caretaker can be in more than one place, carrying out more than one task, at the same time. The experiences of my son has forced his sister to re-evaluate the caretaking staff at her school (both of them) and encourage her colleagues to think about the caretaking staff differently. The experiences of his sister, has forced my son to look at teachers in a different light. Although, he says, there are two who will never change their attitudes towards him. He says that they seem to expect him to tug a forelock now and then, and they do not appear to view him as a human being.

hello007007

Thank you for the replies. I was not sure what to do but now I can understand the situation better. I'll waiting until parent evening which is in feb.

Mojisola

Robisere wrote: »

The experiences of my son has forced his sister to re-evaluate the caretaking staff at her school (both of them) and encourage her colleagues to think about the caretaking staff differently.

I was given some very good advice by an experienced teacher when I was still training - make sure the caretaker and the office support staff know you appreciate their work.