Teacher not returning calls/email

arbrighton

And as a science teacher, be kind to the technicians as you have NO hope of anything otherwise

mumps

My daughter is a teacher and she phoned me as she walked home on Friday. It was nearly 6pm and she had been in school since 7.30 am. As we were chatting he said she was feeling faint. Then she said, "Thinking about it I haven't had anything to eat today." I don't know when she is expected to contact all the parents who want to speak to her when she hasn't even got time to eat a biscuit, some days she struggles to find time to go to the loo. Her partner confiscates her computer/phone at 9 pm so that she has time before bed without e mails coming in.

System

As a teacher, quite often we are never near a phone as we're in our classrooms. I find email much easier to respond to. Also, I am personally responsible for 41 learners, who all at sometime or another contact me through our shared Facebook group on top of parents wanting a "quick chat".

Pollycat

Mojisola wrote: »

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.

arbrighton wrote: »

And as a science teacher, be kind to the technicians as you have NO hope of anything otherwise

Although my career wasn't in education, I was always very polite & friendly to our reception staff (a very big building) and security staff in a smaller one.
Getting in to work at 07:15, I'd make the security chap a coffee - he'd been in an empty building all night - and he was always grateful.
I'd stop and have a quick chat, my colleague would pretend to be on the phone as he entered the building so he wouldn't have to speak to him.

Guess who always managed to get a meeting room or a car parking space for their visitor?

Jackieboy

Mojisola wrote: »

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.

Particularly the woman who does the photocopying.;)

arbrighton

andydownes123 wrote: »

As a teacher, quite often we are never near a phone as we're in our classrooms. I find email much easier to respond to. Also, I am personally responsible for 41 learners, who all at sometime or another contact me through our shared Facebook group on top of parents wanting a "quick chat".

Facebook group? you don't work in a school then where safeguarding etc means you lock down profiles and don't go anywhere near students apart from an official means like school email

Guest101

This obsession with sets is unfounded. Set 4 is probably the best place for her after a school move as the atmosphere is more relaxed - it doesn't mean she going to do badly and allows for adjustment to the environment

springdreams

Guest101 wrote: »

This obsession with sets is unfounded. Set 4 is probably the best place for her after a school move as the atmosphere is more relaxed - it doesn't mean she going to do badly and allows for adjustment to the environment

From the way the OP writes, I'm also guessing English is not the home language ...

ThinkingOutLoud_2

springdreams wrote: »

From the way the OP writes, I'm also guessing English is not the home language ...

If you will forgive a paraphrase of Churchill, "for me this is an assumption one should not begin with"

According to research by Kate Menken, bilingual children "who are able to develop and maintain their home languages in school through bilingual education are likely to outperform their counterparts in English-only programs and experience greater academic success" ("[Dis]Citizenship or Opportunity?" in Language Policies and [Dis]Citizenship, 2013).

System

arbrighton wrote: »

Facebook group? you don't work in a school then where safeguarding etc means you lock down profiles and don't go anywhere near students apart from an official means like school email

All depends on the age group. If handled correctly, there is no reason why we are not able to use the platform all our learners access on a daily basis.