A little off Topic. Second Grade

[childcaremom]

the only reason I know she does yell for sure is that all of the other kids said she does too. what i didn't realize is that a few years back, kinder year for my son I was volunteering and waiting for his teacher.

as i am waiting for the kinder teacher to get back from the library with the kids I can hear a classroom coming around the corner. All I hear is this teacher yelling at the kids, saying stuff like how horrible their line is, what are you guys babies and etc. I was in complete shock. I had no clue who this teacher was at the time. She came around the corner and saw me and had that oh crap look on her face.

well I didn't realize that was my sons teacher until the 2nd week of school when i did a morning drop off and met her. so I know that she does yell at the kids.

yelling or not I would not want a teacher talking to any children that way.

[daycare]

yelling or not I would not want a teacher talking to any children that way.

I agree that is a horrible way to talk to anyone kids or adults.

[BabyMonkeys]

How's your son doing?

Did you guys get the teacher situation figured out?

[daycare]

Did you guys get the teacher situation figured out?

we actually did work something out this past Tuesday, but it was not pretty and i am still very baffled by her responses.

She could not explain her homework routine to me. She tried, but it made zero sense. i told her I am 41 years old and I don't even understand it, how do you expect for 7-8yr old kids to understand. basically it sounds like the teacher is just a HOT MESS. sorry, i am not picking on her, but that's what it seems like.

I did find out that she used to teach 6th grade in the past. This is her 2nd year as a 2nd grade teacher. When the common core came out, she could not adapt to teach it to the 6th graders, so the school moved her to second grade.

any questions I had she could not answer. I made simple suggestions that I honestly thought were common sense and she acted like it was the best idea in the world. In the end after an hour conversation and her crying, I agreed to come in and volunteer in the classroom at the end of each day to help her. She said the kids are so out of control and she just wants to get them out the door. UGH I can feel for her, but I realized she just does not have an behavior management skills at all.

so starting next week I will go in for the last 15 min of class to help her. We shall see how it goes.

thanks for asking

[Annalee]

we actually did work something out this past Tuesday, but it was not pretty and i am still very baffled by her responses.

She could not explain her homework routine to me. She tried, but it made zero sense. i told her I am 41 years old and I don't even understand it, how do you expect for 7-8yr old kids to understand. basically it sounds like the teacher is just a HOT MESS. sorry, i am not picking on her, but that's what it seems like.

I did find out that she used to teach 6th grade in the past. This is her 2nd year as a 2nd grade teacher. When the common core came out, she could not adapt to teach it to the 6th graders, so the school moved her to second grade.

any questions I had she could not answer. I made simple suggestions that I honestly thought were common sense and she acted like it was the best idea in the world. In the end after an hour conversation and her crying, I agreed to come in and volunteer in the classroom at the end of each day to help her. She said the kids are so out of control and she just wants to get them out the door. UGH I can feel for her, but I realized she just does not have an behavior management skills at all.

so starting next week I will go in for the last 15 min of class to help her. We shall see how it goes.

thanks for asking

Shifting teachers has become the norm here as well due to common core issues???? The whole system baffles me so I am sure the teachers and the kids are feeling the effects of the changes as well.

[hope]

Daycare, that is great that you are able to volunteer your time and help out. It will give you some great insight. Would be better if the teacher was able to handle it herself but since that is not the case, very sweet of you!

I have never heard of teachers getti g moved between grades like this. If a teacher is having trouble with 6th graders, why fo they think she woulf be better suited for 2nd graders? I really don't understand.

[Annalee]

Daycare, that is great that you are able to volunteer your time and help out. It will give you some great insight. Would be better if the teacher was able to handle it herself but since that is not the case, very sweet of you!

I have never heard of teachers getti g moved between grades like this. If a teacher is having trouble with 6th graders, why fo they think she woulf be better suited for 2nd graders? I really don't understand.

They shift teachers in my state to keep the "scores" for each grade like they want them. There is a "testing system" here that assesses teachers and it is tied in with common core as well which is difficult for all students to achieve....so to counteract the possible negative test scores they shift the teachers around to help the overall school's scores....that confused me typing that:: but I think I explained what is happening in my state.

[KiddieCahoots]

My DS is in 2nd grade too. His teacher has been teaching 4th grade for yrs and is teaching 2nd grade for the first time. Same thing here with the dang homework folders, my son keeps forgetting them. Like pp, it's got to be part of the curriculum with teaching independence/responsibilities. His teacher is allowing us to make up the work though, so my son gets hit with extra homework the following night. That's not fun either, but at least the cause fits the effect.