Early this morning, My phone rang and it was my daughters 5th grade teacher.She called to let me know what a hard worker my daughter was.She asked if there was anything she could do to make homework easier for my child.We discussed how to shorten small task.What a wonderful conversation we had. Not many teachers take the time to call parents on a Sat. morning.She just wanted to let me know that her door is always open.She should be nominated for teacher of the year.
Re: wonderful teachers do exist
We had a 2nd grade teacher who was wonderful. She even went to her students’ birthday parties, soccer games, dance recitals and played playstation at their home. She accommodated my daughter even before she was evaluated for an LD. She teaches PHONICS. and “does what the child needs to succeed”. She noticed my daughter couldn’t copy from the board - it was so bad she observed her writing across the paper, across the desk and her arm fell off the other side of the desk b/c she had to keep her eyes on the board to copy. She immediately put a book on the desk. She is not well liked by the other teachers b/c she walks to the beat of a different drummer and does what the child needs, not what the school does. She has used the same phonic books for about 12 years b/c she doesn’t does believe in the sight word reading curriculum (I can’t think of what it’s called). Oh, she also tutors many of her students after school for FREE. Even though she doesn’t know LMB or the specialized multisensory stuff, she works with them on phonics. She is a rare gem in today’s world of education.
Re: wonderful teachers do exist
I have to agree it’s certainly not a run-of-the-mill occurance. OTOH, we have had at least 3 teachers who have given us their home phone number and permission to call if we had problems. So Michele is right… there are teachers out there that go the extra mile.
BTW, the teachers who have offered their phone numbers are the ones we rarely NEED to call ;-)
Karen
Highly unusual. I have had only 2 regular ed teachers call my home in 10 years to be helpful, and 1 to gripe about my child not meeting expectations. Keep in mind that for the last 3 years one child has had 24 teachers since he has been changing classes since middle school, and my other child has had more than 8 instructors. I have had 1 sp ed teacher who called me on a Sat. once, never a reg ed teacher. Must add that I am in an area with what is considered to be a very good school system by those that rate schools.